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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 after hitting a wooden fence at near 100 mph. Roberts was the first former winner and defending champion of the race to have been killed while competing.
[edit] Indy 500 results
| Year |
Car |
Start |
Qual |
Rank |
Finish |
Laps |
Led |
Retired |
| 1935 |
22 |
3 |
118.671 |
3 |
4 |
200 |
0 |
Running |
| 1936 |
4 |
15 |
112.403 |
29 |
19 |
183 |
0 |
Out of gas |
| 1937 |
62 |
17 |
116.996 |
30 |
13 |
194 |
0 |
Flagged |
| 1938 |
23 |
1 |
125.681 |
2 |
1 |
200 |
92 |
Running |
| 1939 |
1 |
23 |
128.968 |
5 |
23 |
106 |
0 |
Crash BS |
| Totals |
883 |
92 |
|
|
| Starts |
5 |
| Poles |
1 |
| Front Row |
2 |
| Wins |
1 |
| Top 5 |
2 |
| Top 10 |
2 |
| Retired |
2 |
|
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