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Joseph Boyer Jr. (May 30, 1890 – September 2, 1924) was an American racing driver, and a winner of the 1924 Indianapolis 500.
JOE BOYER, co-winner of the 1924 Indianapolis 500, was one of the wealthy young sportsmen prominent in racing during the period immediately following World War I. He is listed as a co-winner because he took the checkered flag at the wheel of a car started by another driver, L.L. Corum.
May 25, 2024 · Joe Boyer became the first co-winner of an Indy 500. He and his teammates switched cars and drivers mid-race.
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Joe Boyer was the first driver to win the Indianapolis 500 with a supercharged car. Tragically, after his great triumph at Indianapolis, Joe was killed just a few months later, on September 2, 1924, in a crash at the Altoona Speedway in Tyrone, Pennsylvania.
Mar 3, 2016 · In the first of only two times in 500 history, there were co-winners for the race, L.L. Corum and Joe Boyer shared the laurels of victory in 1924. Their revolutionary Indianapolis-built...
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Sep 8, 2021 · Joe Boyer’s Unlikely Indy Victory. Joe Boyer, co-winner of the 1924 Indianapolis 500, was born into wealth. A distant relative, William Seward Burroughs, invented and manufactured the Burroughs Adding Machine. And when Boyer was born on May 30, 1890, his father was the CEO of the profitable company. Proficient in sailing and an accomplished ...
Joe Boyer was the first driver to win the Indianapolis 500 with a supercharged car. Tragically, after his great triumph at Indianapolis, Joe was killed just a few months later, on September 2, 1924, in a crash at the Altoona Speedway in Tyrone, Pennsylvania ."
