Bill Homeier

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Bill Homeier
Nation: United StatesUnited States United States
Automobile world championship
First start: Indianapolis 500 1954
Last start: Indianapolis 500 1960
Constructors
1954  Cars Inc. 1955 Merz Engineering inc. 1960 Norman Hall
statistics
World Cup balance: WM-22. ( 1955 )
Starts Victories Poles SR
3 - - -
World Cup points : 1
Podiums : -
Leadership laps : -
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William E. "Bill" Homeier (born August 31, 1918 in Rock Island , Texas , † May 5, 2001 in Houston , Texas) was an American racing driver .

Career

Homeier began after the Second World War with midget car racing race at Southern California. In 1953 he was second in the championship there.

From 1953 to 1955 and from 1958 to 1960 he drove in the AAA National Series . In 14 starts, he achieved his best placement in 1959 with fifth place in Sacramento. In four other races he replaced other drivers. The 500-mile Indianapolis he was in 1954 , 1955 and 1960 at the start. In 1954 he was the first to retire, but later took over the Thomson car for 24 laps . In 1955 he took over the car from Walt Faulkner and shared fifth place with him. Six years later he was waved off in 13th place. His failure on the 75th lap in 1954 is a curiosity: although he had completed 74 laps, he was only classified as the last, as no other vehicle had failed before him. This record still stands today. Since the 500-mile race was part of the Formula 1 World Championship from 1950 to 1960 , Homeier has three Grand Prix races in the statistics. He was able to achieve one point for the drivers' world championship.

statistics

Indy 500 results

year Start number begin Agony (km / h) Result Round guide failure
1953 84 DNQ
87 DNQ
1954 51 18th 222.070 33 74 0 accident
43 24 3 25th 0 drove Thomson's car; Rd. 141165; steering
1955 72 DNQ
77 5 2 24 0 drove Faulkner's car; Rd. 138–161
1958 74 DNQ
95 DNQ
1959 42 DNQ
62 DNQ
1960 39 31 227.283 13 200 0
Legend
colour abbreviation meaning
gold - victory
silver - 2nd place
bronze - 3rd place
green - Placement in the points
blue - Classified outside the point ranks
violet DNF Race not finished (did not finish)
NC not classified
red DNQ did not qualify
DNPQ failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black DSQ disqualified
White DNS not at the start (did not start)
WD withdrawn
Light Blue PO only participated in the training (practiced only)
TD Friday test driver
without DNP did not participate in the training (did not practice)
INJ injured or sick
EX excluded
DNA did not arrive
C. Race canceled
  no participation in the World Cup
other P / bold Pole position
SR / italic Fastest race lap
* not at the finish,
but counted due to the distance covered
() Streak results
underlined Leader in the overall standings

literature

  • Rick Popely, L. Spencer Riggs: Indianapolis 500 Chronicle. Publications International Ltd., Lincolnwood IL 1998, ISBN 0-7853-2798-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. Bill Homeier; Race Car Driver Took Part in 3 Indy 500 Races: [1]
  2. Champ Car-Starts: [2]