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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# | Season | Date | Sanction | Track / Race | No. | Winning Driver | Chassis | Engine | Tire | Grid | Laps Led |
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!1985 |August 4 |CART |Road America (R) |align=center|76 |{{flagicon|CAN}} Jacques Villeneuve (Sr.) |March 85C |align=center| 4 |align=center| 14 |
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Category:Canadian racing drivers
Category:Racing drivers from Ontario
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