Biography
Bill Cheesbourg was born in Tucson, Arizona, in 1927. He began racing jalopies in his home town and, after the Second World War, moved into midget racing, competing at tracks all over Arizona. He later raced in the USAC Championship Car series.
The Indianapolis 500 counted towards the Formula One World Championship from 1950 to 1960. Cheesbourg took part in 1957, 1958 and 1959, giving him three World Championship starts: in a Kurtis Kraft in 1957 and 1958, and in a Kuzma in 1959. In total he contested the Indianapolis 500 six times.
When his Indy car career ended, he went back to local dirt short track racing. In Arizona he won several Late Model Stock Car championships. He died in Tucson in 1995.
Source: Wikipedia, “Bill Cheesbourg”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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