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Billy Vukovich III
Born
William John Vukovich III
(1963-08-31 ) August 31, 1963Died November 25, 1990(1990-11-25) (aged 27 ) Cause of death Racing accident Nationality Relatives Bill Vukovich (grandfather)Bill Vukovich II (father)
William John Vukovich III (August 31, 1963 – November 25, 1990) was an American race car driver. He was a three-time starter of the Indianapolis 500 . The grandson of two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Bill Vukovich and the son of Bill Vukovich II , Vukovich III was the 1988 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year. Billy Vukovich III was killed in practice for a CRA race at Mesa Marin Raceway ,[1]
Vukovich became the first third-generation driver to qualify in Indy 500 history. His grandfather was killed while leading the 1955 Indianapolis 500 .
He got his start in racing driving for the John Runjavac racing team.
Motorsports career results [ edit ]
American open–wheel results [ edit ]
(key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
CART/Indy Car [ edit ]
Year
Team
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank
Points
Ref
1988
Gohr Racing
PHX11
LBH
INDY14
MIL
POR
CLE
TOR
MEA
MIS17
POC9
MDO
ROA
NAZ
LAG
MIA
30th
6 [2]
1989
Hemelgarn Racing
PHX
LBH
INDY12
MIL
DET
POR
CLE
MEA
TOR
MIS
POC
MDO
ROA
NAZ
LAG
34th
1 [3]
1990
Hemelgarn Racing
PHX
LBH
INDY24
MIL
DET
POR
CLE
MEA
TOR
MIS13
DEN
VAN
MDO
ROA
NAZ
LAG
34th
0
[4]
Indy 500 results [ edit ]
Year
Car
Start
Qual
Rank
Finish
Laps
Led
Retired
1988
56 23 208.545
20 14 179
0
Flagged
1989
81 30 216.698
13 12 186
0
Flagged
1990
81 31 211.389
32 24 102
0
Engine
Totals 467
0
Starts
3
Poles
0
Front Row
0
Wins
0
Top 5
0
Top 10
0
Retired
1
References [ edit ]
^ "Billy Vukovich III – 1989 CART Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023 .
^ "Billy Vukovich III – 1990 CART Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023 .
External links [ edit ]
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Billy_Vukovich_III&oldid=1171610353 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● 1 9 6 3 b i r t h s ● 1 9 9 0 d e a t h s ● A m e r i c a n p e o p l e o f S e r b i a n d e s c e n t ● C h a m p C a r d r i v e r s ● I n d i a n a p o l i s 5 0 0 d r i v e r s ● I n d i a n a p o l i s 5 0 0 R o o k i e s o f t h e Y e a r ● R a c i n g d r i v e r s f r o m F r e s n o , C a l i f o r n i a ● R a c i n g d r i v e r s w h o d i e d w h i l e r a c i n g ● S p o r t s d e a t h s i n C a l i f o r n i a ● U S A C S i l v e r C r o w n S e r i e s d r i v e r s H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● U s e m d y d a t e s f r o m A u g u s t 2 0 2 3 ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n m a t c h e s W i k i d a t a ● A r t i c l e s w i t h h C a r d s ● A r t i c l e s n e e d i n g a d d i t i o n a l r e f e r e n c e s f r o m M a r c h 2 0 0 8 ● A l l a r t i c l e s n e e d i n g a d d i t i o n a l r e f e r e n c e s
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