William Alva Foster was a Canadian racecar driver.
10 Facts About Billy Foster
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Billy Foster won the 1963 CAMRA in 1963 in the first year of the series.
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Billy Foster won the Utah Copper Cup race in 1963 and 1964.
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Billy Foster finished in the top ten 10 times, with his best finish in 2nd position in 1966 at Atlanta.
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Billy Foster became best friends with Mario Andretti, who later claimed he would never again form a close friendship with a fellow racer because Foster's death so significantly affected him.
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Billy Foster ran a NASCAR Cup Series race at Riverside International Raceway in 1966 and finished 7th.
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Billy Foster died in a practice for NASCAR race at Riverside in the following year.
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Billy Foster competed in 2 NASCAR West Series races in 1965.
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Billy Foster was a cousin of Canadian stock car driver Jim Steen and musician and producer David Billy Foster.
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Billy Foster was inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 1993.