Tags: Motorsport Racer, Racing Driver.
Floyd Eldon Davis (March 5 1909 Oakford Illinois – May 31 1977 Indianapolis Indiana) was the co-winner of the 1941 Indianapolis 500.Floyd Davis drove the first 72 laps of the 1941 race before being replaced by Mauri Rose who completed the race in the lead.He is buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis (Section 53 Lot 320).In the 1941 Indianapolis 500 Floyd Davis had been driving the Noc-Out Hose Clamp car for sixty laps moving from 17th to 12th place when team mate Mauri Rose the pole sitter began experiencing problems with his car the Elgin Piston Pin.