Billy Foster

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.

• Motorsports memorial entry
• Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame - 1993 inductee
• Canadian Auto Racing Blog
• please links, stories or images so we can all remember Billy Foster.

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