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'''Floyd Roberts''' ([[February 12]], [[1904]] - [[May 30]], [[1939]]) is a former [[Championship Car]] racing driver from [[Jamestown, North Dakota]]. He won the [[Indianapolis 500]] in [[1938]] with a record speed of 117.2 mph. He led for 92 laps. The following year, [[1939]], driving the same car, he was killed in a crash on the backstretch. Roberts was the first former winner and defending champion of the race to have been killed while competing. | '''Floyd Roberts''' ([[February 12]], [[1904]] - [[May 30]], [[1939]]) is a former [[Championship Car]] racing driver from [[Jamestown, North Dakota]]. He won the [[Indianapolis 500]] in [[1938]] with a record speed of 117.2 mph. He led for 92 laps. The following year, [[1939]], driving the same car, he was killed in a crash on the backstretch. Roberts was the first former winner and defending champion of the race to have been killed while competing. | ||
===Indy 500 results=== | ===Indy 500 results=== | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:08, 8 August 2009
Floyd Roberts (February 12, 1904 - May 30, 1939) is a former Championship Car racing driver from Jamestown, North Dakota. He won the Indianapolis 500 in 1938 with a record speed of 117.2 mph. He led for 92 laps. The following year, 1939, driving the same car, he was killed in a crash on the backstretch. Roberts was the first former winner and defending champion of the race to have been killed while competing.
Indy 500 results
Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish |
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1935 | Miller | Miller | 3rd | 4th |
1936 | Stevens | Offy | 15th | 19th |
1935 | Miller | Miller | 17th | 13th |
1938 | Wetteroth | Miller | 1st | 1st |
1939 | Wetteroth | Offy | 23rd | 23rd |
Indianapolis 500 Winners | |||
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Four-time winners | |||
Three-time winners |
Meyer • Shaw • Rose • Rutherford • B. Unser | ||
Two-time winners |
Milton • Vukovich • Ward • Johncock • Fittipaldi • Luyendyk • Unser, Jr. • Castroneves | ||
One win |
Harroun • Dawson • Goux • Thomas • DePalma • Resta • Wilcox • Chevrolet • Murphy • Corum • Boyer • DePaolo • Lockhart • Souders • Keech • Arnold • Schneider • Frame • Cummings • Petillo • Roberts • Davis • Robson • Holland • Parsons • Wallard • Ruttman • Sweikert • Flaherty • Hanks • Bryan • Rathmann • Jones • Clark • Hill • Andretti • Donohue • Sneva • Sullivan • Rahal • Villeneuve • Lazier • Cheever • Brack • Montoya • de Ferran • Rice • Wheldon • Hornish |