Billy Foster from British Columbia in his supermodified. He was the first Canadian to drive in the Indy 500 - 1965, and again in 1966. At the USAC sprint car race at Oswego Speedway, NY on 28 August 1966, Billy Foster drove the # 38 sprinter. Billy died in a crash two years later while practicing at Riverside, California for a NASCAR race - he was 29 years old. As a reaction to this crash, NASCAR instituted the now-common window net rule.
Billy also won Utah's Copper Cup in 1963 & 1964 when it was a CAMRA race at the old Utah state fairgrounds racetrack in Salt Lake City.
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Supermodified and Indycar restorations |
1965 Indianapolis Motor Speedway photo Billy started 6th and finished 12th |
1965 Indy photo |
1966 |
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