Birthdate: May 7, 1957, Indianapolis Residence: Gilbert, Ariz. Ht./Wt.: 5-9, 160 Marital Status: Single IRL Races: 1 Billy Roe
Billy Roe was born May 7, 1957, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Before he started his professional racing career, he held a USAC chief mechanic's license for four years. He started his own racing career in go-karts and quickly broadened his horizons into many other types of vehicles, including: go-karts, stock cars, midgets, super modifieds, sprint cars, Formula Fords, Continentals, Atlantic, Can-Am cars, turbine car, and a piston car and electric Indy Car. He set a world record driving the electric powered Indianapolis car at 107 mph in Phoenix.
Since 1991, Roe has run in a handful of Atlantic events. His scored his career-best finish of third, in New Hampshire in 1993 and Nazareth in 1994. In 1996, he passed the USAC driver's test at Phoenix. He signed up to drive for Euro-international Inc. at the Phoenix 200 on March 23rd, 1997.
1996-97 IRL Season Results Event FP SP Laps Reason Out IRL PTS Prize Money ------------------------------------------------------------------- Phoenix 200 15 17 82 Accident 20 $19,200 -------------------------------------------------------------------
