
Floyd Roberts
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 86 years ago |
Date of birth | February 12,1900 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Jamestown |
North Dakota | |
United States | |
Date of died | May 30,1939 |
Died | Indianapolis |
Indiana | |
United States | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 718014 |
Floyd Roberts Life story
Floyd Marion Roberts was an American Championship Car racing driver. He won the 1938 Indianapolis 500 with a then-record speed of 117.2 mph. He led for 92 laps. The following year, 1939, driving the same car, he was killed in a crash on the backstretch after hitting a wooden fence at 100 mph.