Biography
Bill Homeier was born in Rock Island, Texas, on 31 August 1918 and died in Houston on 5 May 2001. He raced in the AAA and USAC Championship Car series from 1953 to 1955 and from 1958 to 1960. His best result there was fifth place at Sacramento in 1959.
He entered the Formula One statistics through the Indianapolis 500, which formed part of the World Championship from 1950 to 1960. He took part in three of these races: in 1954 with cars from Kurtis Kraft and Nichels, in 1955 with Kurtis Kraft, and in 1960 with Kuzma. In 1955 he took over from Walt Faulkner as relief driver at the Indianapolis 500 and finished the season 23rd in the championship. In the 1954 race he was classified last, yet had completed 74 laps, more than any other last-place finisher.
Source: Wikipedia, “Bill Homeier”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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