Myron Stevens
NationalityUnited States American
Born(1901-02-17)February 17, 1901
Los Angeles, California, United States
DiedJuly 2, 1988(1988-07-02) (aged 87)
Sun City West, Arizona, United States

Myron Stevens (February 17, 1901 Los Angeles, California – July 2, 1988 Sun City West, Arizona) was an American racecar driver, but achieved more fame as a racecar builder.

Career

Stevens started working for Harry A. Miller in 1922, building bodies, frames and fuel tanks for Miller race cars. In 1927, Frank S. Lockhart, the winner of the 1926 Indianapolis 500, hired Stevens to help create the body for Lockhart's Stutz Black Hawk land speed record car.[1]

After Lockhart was killed in that car while attempting a land speed record in 1928, Stevens established his own shop and continued building racecar bodies.[2] In 1930, the second through sixth-place finishers at the Indianapolis 500 all had Stevens chassis. He built cars for Indy stars such as Louis Meyer, Wilbur Shaw, Peter DePaolo, Chet Gardner, Rex Mays and others. In 1955, one of his cars took pole position at Indianapolis.[3]

Career awards

Indianapolis 500 results as a driver[4]

World Championship Indianapolis 500 results as a car builder

The Indianapolis 500 was a round of the World Drivers' Championship from 1950 to 1960. During that period, Stevens cars achieved the following results:

Season Driver Grid Classification Points Note Race Report
1950 Duane Carter 13 12 Report
1951 Bill Mackey 33 19 Report
1952 Bill Schindler 15 14 Report
1952 Bobby Ball 17 32 Gearbox Report
1953 Ernie McCoy 20 8 Report
1953 Andy Linden 5 33 Accident Report
1954 Cal Niday 13 10 Report
1954 Ed Elisian 31 18 Report
1955 Jerry Hoyt 1 31 Oil leak Report
1956 Cliff Griffith 30 10 Report

References

  1. ↑ "Hall of Fame Inductees | National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum". www.sprintcarhof.com. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  2. ↑ "Stevens". Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  3. ↑ "Hall of Fame Inductees | National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum". www.sprintcarhof.com. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  4. ↑ "Driver Stats". IndianapolisMotorSpeedway.com. Archived from the original on 2019-08-01. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
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