William Bernard Cheesbourg was an American racecar driver who participated in six Indianapolis 500 races.
11 Facts About Bill Cheesbourg
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Bill Cheesbourg was born on June 12,1927, in Tucson, Arizona.
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Bill Cheesbourg started racing jalopies in Tucson and successfully moved into midgets racing all over Arizona after World War II.
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Bill Cheesbourg successfully bumped his way into the Indy 500 field after initially being bumped out three times, which is the race record.
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Bill Cheesbourg finished in the top ten in stock cars 8 times, with his best finish in 7th position in 1959 at Daytona and in 1966 at Fuji.
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Bill Cheesbourg returned to the local dirt short track racing scene after his Indy Car career was finished.
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Bill Cheesbourg is known for the help he offered to many other racers.
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Bill Cheesbourg won several Arizona Late Model Stock Car championships racing at Corona Speedway in Tucson, Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix and many other tracks.
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Bill Cheesbourg was known equally for his ability to use his front bumper and his natural talents.
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Bill Cheesbourg even competed for a while in local figure eight racing just for the fun of it.
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Bill Cheesbourg died of cancer on November 6,1995, in Tucson, Arizona.