Myron Stevens

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

This article is about the racecar driver. For the college football player, see Myron Stevens (American football).

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 Indy[3]

Career awards

Indy 500 results[4]
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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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