Johnny Boyd
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 United States
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| Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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| First start: | Indianapolis 500 1955 | ||||||||
| Last start: | Indianapolis 500 1960 | ||||||||
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| 1955 Chapmann S. Root 1956 and 1957 George Bignotti 1958 Robert M. Bowes 1959 and 1960 Bignotti Bowes Racing | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | WM-16. ( 1958 ) | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | 4th | ||||||||
| Podiums : | 1 | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | 18 over 66.880 km | ||||||||
John "Johnny" Boyd (born August 18, 1926 in Fresno ; † October 27, 2003 there ) was an American racing driver .
Career
Johnny Boyd drove regularly in the US USAC racing series in the 1950s and 1960s . Between 1955 and 1966 it competed 56 times. Although he was among the top ten 31 times, he was denied great success. Second place in the 1959 Milwaukee race was his best place.
Boyd was a close friend of Bob Sweikert who brought him to racing. At Boyd's first start at the Indianapolis 500 in 1955, Sweikert tuned the racing vehicle, a Kurtis Kraft 500D Offenhauser , for the race. Sweikert won the Indy 500 in 1955; Boyd dropped out early on after a mass collision in which Bill Vukovich was also involved. Vukovich had a fatal accident.
Boyd competed twelve times in Indianapolis. In 1958 he was 18 laps in the lead and finished third in the race. Since the 500 miles from Indianapolis were part of the Formula 1 World Championship between 1950 and 1960, the successes he achieved there during this time also count for this racing series.
In 1967, Boyd missed the Indianapolis qualification and ended his career. He died of cancer in his hometown of Fresno in 2003, aged 77.
literature
- Rick Popely, L. Spencer Riggs: Indianapolis 500 Chronicle. Publications International Ltd., Lincolnwood IL 1998, ISBN 0-7853-2798-3 .
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Boyd, Johnny |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boyd, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fresno |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 27, 2003 |
| Place of death | Fresno |