Billy Devore
American racecar driver

Billy Devore

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American racecar driver
Gender:
Male
Places:
United States of America
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Racecar driverFormula One driverEngineer
Work field:
EngineeringSports
Birth:
12 September 1910(Kansas)
Death:
12 August 1985(Indianapolis)
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Louis "Billy" Devore (12 September 1910, St. John, Kansas – 12 August 1985, Indianapolis, Indiana) was an American racecar driver. He was the son of pre-war Indy driver Earl Devore.

Indy 500 results

Year Car Start Qual Rank Finish Laps Led Retired
1937 28 14 120.192 9 7 200 0 Running
1938 58 30 116.339 30 8 185 0 Flagged
1939 26 33 116.527 33 10 200 0 Running
1940 14 32 122.197 21 18 181 0 Flagged
1941 23 8 121.770 21 19 121 0 Rod
1946 17 31 119.876 27 10 167 0 Throttle
1948 19 20 123.967 21 12 190 0 Flagged
Totals 1244 0
Starts 7
Poles 0
Front Row 0
Wins 0
Top 5 0
Top 10 4
Retired 2

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 WDC Points
1950 Joe Scopa Scopa Offenhauser L4 GBR MON 500
DNQ		 SUI BEL FRA ITA NC 0
1954 Youngstown White Truck Kurtis Kraft 3000 Offenhauser L4 ARG 500
DNQ		 BEL FRA GBR GER SUI ITA ESP NC 0