Howard Samuel Wilcox (1889-06-24)June 24, 1889 Crawfordsville, Indiana, U.S.
Died
September 4, 1923(1923-09-04) (aged 34) Tipton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Championship titles
Major victories Indianapolis 500 (1919)
Champ Car career
36 races run over 12 years
Best finish
11th (1916)
First race
1910 100-mile Remy Brassard (Indianapolis)
Last race
1923 Altoona 200 (Altoona)
First win
1910 Remy Grand Trophy (Indianapolis)
Last win
1919 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Wins
Podiums
Poles
3
9
1
Howard Samuel "Howdy" Wilcox (June 24, 1889 – September 4, 1923) was an American racing driver active in the formative years of auto racing. He won the 1919 Indianapolis 500.
Howard Samuel "Howdy" Wilcox (June 24, 1889 – September 4, 1923) was an American racing driver active in the formative years of auto racing. He won the...
Omer "Howdy" Wilcox (February 20, 1905 – October 13, 1946) was an American racing driver active during the 1930s. He commonly raced as HowdyWilcox II to...
to World War I, the Indianapolis 500 returned to competition in 1919. HowdyWilcox won, accompanied by riding mechanic Leo Banks. More than half the field...
Tommy Milton became the first multiple winner of the Indianapolis 500. HowdyWilcox (the 1919 winner) drove relief for Milton in laps 103–151. During the...
HowdyWilcox was the winner of the Indianapolis 500. The de facto National Champion as polled by the American automobile journal Motor Age, was Howdy...
André) placed in 1915; similar models won in 1916 (Dario Resta) and 1919 (HowdyWilcox). For the 1913 French Grand Prix, an improved L5 (with 5,655 cc (345 cu in)...
the pre-war machinery that was triumphant. In the Indianapolis race, HowdyWilcox in his Peugeot saw off a competitive field including new cars from Duesenberg...
1919: With the track reopened after the war, local Indiana-born driver HowdyWilcox wins the race. There are 19 rookies who start this year's race, the most...
row, with Louis Chevrolet in second and HowdyWilcox in third. Pete Henderson dropped out on the first lap. Wilcox passed Chevrolet for second place on lap...
winning the Vanderbilt Cup. Then when he retired in the Grand Prize it was HowdyWilcox and Johnny Aitken who won in another of the dominant Peugeots. Oval courses...
course and withdrew. Dario Resta won the race by over six minutes over HowdyWilcox. His average speed was 56.13 mph (90.33 km/h), slowed by the rain. Wikimedia...
Chassagne drew pole position, while Teddy Tetzlaff and HowdyWilcox completed the front row. Wilcox led the first lap of the race, but the European drivers...
the Triple Crown under either definition. Cyrus Patschke, Don Herr, HowdyWilcox and Norman Batten all temporarily took over driving duties from Harroun...
hit the wall earlier in the month, was back out on the track Friday. HowdyWilcox II completed a lap of 113.5 mph. Qualifications was scheduled for seven...
Milton (1923), and DePaolo (1925) included Cyrus Patschke, Don Herr, HowdyWilcox, and Norman Batten. None of the four relief drivers have been officially...
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halfway. Although Aitken took over teammate HowdyWilcox's car for the win, the AAA awarded points only to Wilcox, and Resta took the championship. The Grand...
Indianapolis 500 winner was Tommy Milton. 1919 Indianapolis 500 winner HowdyWilcox died during the Altoona Speedway event on September 4, 1923. All races...
now producing racing cars and running works teams. Stutz had signed HowdyWilcox, Earl Cooper and Norwegian-American Gil Andersen. Billy Carlson and Eddie...
Billy Arnold 1965 Jim Clark 3 1912 Joe Dawson 1916 Dario Resta 1919 HowdyWilcox 1938 Floyd Roberts 1940 Wilbur Shaw 1947 Mauri Rose 1950 Johnnie Parsons...
state native HowdyWilcox prompts crowd to sing Back Home Again in Indiana for the first time, immediately after conclusion of the race. Wilcox's Peugeot is...
supercharged cars to race in the event. However, in a dominant display HowdyWilcox and then Tommy Milton led most of the way in their HCS-Millers. Milton...
4 17 Charles Basle 18 Eddie Hearne 19 Harry Grant 20 Charlie Merz 21 HowdyWilcox 5 23 Mel Marquette 24 Fred Ellis 25 Harry Cobe 26 Jack Tower 27 Ernest...