Dave Billes

{{Short description|Canadian racing driver (1938–2023)}}

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| birth_name = David George Billes

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|11|18}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|01|21|1938|11|18}}

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| spouse = {{marriage|Donna Geraldine Siemms|1963|2020|reason={{abbr|d.|Death}}}}

| children = 3

| father = Alfred Jackson Billes

| mother = Muriel Billes

| nationality = Canadian

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David George Billes, popularly known as Dave Billes (November 18, 1938 - January 21, 2023), was a Canadian racing driver. He was Jacques Villeneuve (elder)'s car owner in CART IndyCar competition in the early 1980s and entered two cars in the 1985 Indianapolis 500.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19850521&id=PxgiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1aUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1199,242799|title=Two Indy entries a first for Canada|date=21 May 1985|work=The Gazette|page=D6|accessdate=2013-04-23|location=Montreal, PQ}}

He was inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 1994.{{Cite web|url=http://cmhf.ca/dave-billes/|title=Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame | Dave Billes}}

IndyCar win

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!1985

|August 4

|CART

|Road America (R)

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|{{flagicon|CAN}} Jacques Villeneuve (Sr.)

|March 85C

|Cosworth DFX V8t

|Goodyear

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Category:1938 births

Category:2023 deaths

Category:Canadian racing drivers

Category:Racing drivers from Ontario

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