Folks Of Interest R.I.P. Billy "the kid" Scott

R.I.P. Billy "the kid" Scott ...early drag racer and Indy car driver..



from NSSN :

Billy Scott
INDIANAPOLIS — Billy Scott, who competed in four USAC national championship races, including the 1976 Indianapolis 500, died April 28. He was 68.

Nicknamed “Billy the Kid,” Scott began driving quarter-midgets as a 5-year-old in San Bernardino, California, and he was later the first 16-year-old ever to record a top-end speed of 200 mph in an NHRA Top Fuel dragster, doing so on the very day he became eligible to hold a Top Fuel license, his 16th birthday.

 

Billy when he was really a kid. He is in my Kurtis 1/4 Midget in 1961 after dad sold it to Scotty. He drove this until he started driving Scotty's blown Chevy dragster.

 

Billy drove the "Beacon Auto Parts" AA/D for Gene Adams. That's him sitting on the push truck. RIP Billy.

 

Dang hate to see that. I remember when he ran that 200 mph run.

 

Sincere sympathy goes out to his Family, friends & fans

 

Sad to hear @402BOSSMAN

 

R.I.P. Really nice guy, met him a few times , while playing with Gene and Don

 

R.I.P

I remember this pic from when I was a kid.
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and this one too. Also one of him doing a wheelie on a Schwinn stingray type bike, it's in one of my old mags somewhere.

 

BTT

 

RIP