Paul Bost

{{Short description|American racing driver (1904–1987)}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Paul Bost

| image =

| caption =

| birth_name = Paul Brown Bost

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1904|12|07}}

| birth_place = Matthews, North Carolina, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1987|12|21|1904|12|07}}

| death_place = Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.

| module1 =

{{Infobox Champ Car driver|embed=yes

| Total_Champ_Races = 11

| Years_In_Champ = 5

| Best_Champ_Pos = 16th (1931)

| First_Champ_Race = 1929 Detroit 100 (Detroit)

| Last_Champ_Race = 1933 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)

| Champ_Wins = 0

| Champ_Podiums = 1

| Champ_Poles = 1

}}}}

Paul Brown Bost (December 7, 1904 – December 21, 1987) was an American racing driver.{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Allen |title=Paul Bost |url=https://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Paul_Bost |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=OldRacingCars.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Paul Bost |url=http://www.champcarstats.com/drivers/BostPaul.htm |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=www.champcarstats.com}} He raced in events from 1929 and appeared on both dirt or board oval tracks. He continued racing until 1935, when he was a relief driver for Mauri Rose at the Indianapolis 500. In 1935 he married and fulfilled a pledge to his new wife to cease racing promptly upon marriage.{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Allen |title=Paul Bost |url=https://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Paul_Bost |access-date=2024-04-30 |website=OldRacingCars.com |language=en}}

Motorsports career results

= Indianapolis 500 results =

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Year

!Car

!Start

!Qual

!Rank

!Finish

!Laps

!Led

!Retired

1931

|31

|3

|112.125

|5

|31

|35

|2

|Crankshaft

1932

|17

|8

|111.885

|14

|37

|18

|0

|Crankshaft

1933

|24

|33

|111.330

|24

|40

|13

|0

|Oil line

colspan=6|Totals

|66

|2

|

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Starts

|3

Poles

|0

Front Row

|1

Wins

|0

Top 5

|0

Top 10

|0

Retired

|3

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References