Howard Omer Wilcox (1905-02-20)February 20, 1905 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Died
October 13, 1946(1946-10-13) (aged 41) Converse, Indiana, U.S.
Champ Car career
6 races run over 2 years
Best finish
3rd (1932)
First race
1932 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Last race
1932 Oakland 150 (Oakland)
Wins
Podiums
Poles
0
2
0
Howard Omer "Howdy" Wilcox (February 20, 1905 – October 13, 1946) was an American racing driver active during the 1930s. He commonly raced as Howdy Wilcox II to differentiate himself from fellow Championship Car driver – and 1919 Indianapolis 500 winner – Howdy Wilcox, to whom he was unrelated.[1]
Omer "Howdy" Wilcox (February 20, 1905 – October 13, 1946) was an American racing driver active during the 1930s. He commonly raced as HowdyWilcoxII to...
hit the wall earlier in the month, was back out on the track Friday. HowdyWilcoxII completed a lap of 113.5 mph. Qualifications was scheduled for seven...
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...
500 rookie W Indianapolis 500 winner First alternate: Sam Palmer R HowdyWilcoxII had qualified for the race, but officials disqualified him from the...
first member retroactively being Billy Arnold, along with Fred Frame, HowdyWilcoxII, Cliff Bergere, Bob Carey, Russ Snowberger, Louis Meyer, Chet Gardner...
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...
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...
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...
Milton (1923), and DePaolo (1925) included Cyrus Patschke, Don Herr, HowdyWilcox, and Norman Batten. None of the four relief drivers have been officially...
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...
Times. June 1, 1919. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-10-01. "HowdyWilcox - 1919 Indianapolis 500". First Super Speedway. Archived from the original...
contenders who race today" 25 November 1920 Detroit News. 26 September 1920, Sect. II p. 7 L.A. Times. 21 November 1920, Pt. 6, p. 1. Motor Age. 27 October 1927...
the Triple Crown under either definition. Cyrus Patschke, Don Herr, HowdyWilcox and Norman Batten all temporarily took over driving duties from Harroun...
Romero, Johnnie Parsons, Wally Parks, Lucy Foyt, Phil Harris, General HowdyWilcox, and Larry Bisceglia. During the race, guests that stopped by included...
Rickenbacker 28 Gil Andersen 17 Dario Resta 2 15 Barney Oldfield 29 HowdyWilcox 27 Tom Rooney R 19 Charlie Merz 3 4 Pete Henderson R 1 Wilbur D'Alene...
Cooper Earl Cooper 1918 — Ralph Mulford Ralph Mulford 1919 — HowdyWilcoxHowdyWilcox 1920 Gaston Chevrolet Tommy Milton Gaston ChevroletA Tommy Milton...
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...
Unser Jacques Villeneuve Bill Vukovich Bill Vukovich II Lee Wallard Rodger Ward Dan Wheldon HowdyWilcox Immediately after the list was released, critical...
the driver won at Indianapolis. Winner of the 1919 Indianapolis 500 HowdyWilcox died in an Altoona race on September 4, 1923, while co-1924 winner Joe...
1854) 1914 – Charles Péguy, French poet and philosopher (b. 1873) 1923 – HowdyWilcox, American racing driver (b. 1889) 1940 – George William de Carteret,...
single car, for Ralph DePalma, and Peugeot just had a pair of cars for HowdyWilcox and Jean Chassagne. Sunbeam had three cars for René Thomas, André Boillot...
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