Henry Banks

Henry Edwin Banks (June 14, 1913 – December 18, 1994) was an American racing driver.

Banks is best remembered for winning the 1950 AAA National Championship, and for his later career as a USAC race official.

Banks was the first driver to pass the qualifying "rookie test" instituted at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway beginning in 1936.

Banks won the 1941 American Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) championship in New England.

In 1950, he was the AAA National Champion, winning a three-way battle for the title during the final race of the season.

Banks tested the first-ever turbine-powered car at Indianapolis in 1955
Banks (center), with Ralph DePalma and Troy Ruttman in 1952