Tags: Motorsport Racer, Racing Driver.

Floyd Marion Roberts (February 12 1900 – May 30 1939) is a former Championship Car racing driver from Jamestown North Dakota. He won the 1938 Indianapolis 500 with a record speed of 117.2 mph (188.6 km/h). He led for 92 laps. The following year 1939 driving the same car he was killed in a crash on the backstretch after hitting a wooden fence at 100 mph (160 km/h). Roberts was the first former winner and defending champion of the race to have been killed while competing.

birth date
1900-02-12, 1904-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth name
Floyd Marion Roberts
birth place
Jamestown North Dakota
death cause
Traffic collision
death date
1939-05-30
death place
Indianapolis, Methodist Hospital of Indianapolis

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