Myron Stevens
{{Short description|American racing driver (1901–1988)}}
{{About|the American auto racer|the American college football player|Myron Stevens (American football)}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Myron Stevens
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Myron George Stevens
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1901|02|17}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|07|02|1901|02|17}}
| death_place = Sun City West, Arizona, U.S.
| module1 =
{{Infobox Champ Car driver|embed=yes
| Total_Champ_Races = 2
| Years_In_Champ = 3
| Best_Champ_Pos = 9th (tie) (1929)
| First_Champ_Race = 1929 Altoona 200 #2 (Altoona)
| Last_Champ_Race = 1931 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
| Champ_Wins = 0
| Champ_Podiums = 1
| Champ_Poles = 0
}}}}
Myron George Stevens (February 17, 1901 – July 2, 1988) was an American racing driver and constructor.
Career
Stevens started working for Harry A. Miller in 1922, building bodies, frames and fuel tanks for Miller race cars. In 1927, Frank 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sprintcarhof.com/pages/hall-of-fame.aspx|title=Hall of Fame Inductees {{!}} National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum|website=www.sprintcarhof.com|access-date=2020-04-27}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://indyracingmuseum.org/fame_inductee/myron-stevens/|title=Stevens|website=Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-27}} In 1930, the second through sixth-place finishers at the Indianapolis 500 all had Stevens chassis. He built cars for Indianapolis 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 Indianapolis.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sprintcarhof.com/pages/hall-of-fame.aspx|title=Hall of Fame Inductees {{!}} National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum|website=www.sprintcarhof.com|access-date=2020-04-27}}
Awards and honors
- He was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1993.
- Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame inducted Stevens into its ranks in 1993.
Motorsports career results
= Indianapolis 500 results =
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| Year{{cite web
|url= http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/events/indy500/history/historical-stats/driver-stats/drivers/myron-stevens |title= Driver Stats |website= IndianapolisMotorSpeedway.com |access-date= 2016-07-30 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190801092746/https://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/events/indy500/history/historical-stats/driver-stats/drivers/myron-stevens |archive-date= 2019-08-01 |url-status= dead }} !Car !Start !Qual !Rank !Finish !Laps !Led !Retired |
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| 1931
|21 |35 |107.463 |21 |4 |200 |0 |Running |
| colspan=6|Totals
|200 |0 | |
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| Starts
|1 |
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| Poles
|0 |
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|0 |
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|0 |
| Top 5
|1 |
| Top 10
|1 |
| Retired
|0 |
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= World Drivers' Championship Indianapolis 500 results as a car builder =
The Indianapolis 500 was a round of the World Drivers' Championship from {{F1|1950}} to {{F1|1960}}. During that period, Stevens cars' achieved the following results:
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! Season ! Driver ! Grid ! Classification ! Points ! Note ! Race Report |
| {{F1|1950}}
| 13 | 12 | | | Report |
| {{F1|1951}}
| 33 | 19 | | | Report |
| {{F1|1952}}
| 15 | 14 | | | Report |
| {{F1|1952}}
| 17 | 32 | | Gearbox | Report |
| {{F1|1953}}
| 20 | 8 | | | Report |
| {{F1|1953}}
| 5 | 33 | | Accident | Report |
| {{F1|1954}}
| 13 | 10 | | | Report |
| {{F1|1954}}
| 31 | 18 | | | Report |
| {{F1|1955}}
| 1 | 31 | | Oil leak | Report |
| {{F1|1956}}
| 30 | 10 | | | Report |
References
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Category:Indianapolis 500 drivers
Category:National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductees
Category:Racing drivers from Los Angeles