{{Short description|American racing driver (1910–1985)}} {{sources needed|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox racing driver | name = Billy Devore | image = | caption = | birth_name = Louis Wiley Devore | birth_date = {{Birth date|1910|09|12}} | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|08|12|1910|09|12}} | death_place = Brownsburg, Indiana, U.S. | module1 = {{Infobox Champ Car driver | embed = yes | Total_Champ_Races = 18 | Years_In_Champ = 12 | Best_Champ_Pos = 6th (1938) | First_Champ_Race = 1937 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis) | Last_Champ_Race = 1949 DuQuoin 100 (DuQuoin) | Champ_Wins = 0 | Champ_Podiums = 0 | Champ_Poles = 0 | module2 = {{Infobox F1 driver | embed = yes | years = {{F1|1950}}, {{F1|1954}} | teams = Scopa, Kurtis Kraft | races = 2 (0 starts) | championships = 0 | wins = 0 | podiums = 0 | points = 0 | poles = 0 | fastest_laps = 0 | first_race = 1950 Indianapolis 500 | last_race = 1954 Indianapolis 500 }}}}}}
'''Louis Wiley "Billy" Devore''' (occasionally spelt '''DeVore''', September 12, 1910 – August 12, 1985) was an American racing driver.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Billy DeVore |url=http://www.champcarstats.com/drivers/DeVoreBilly.htm |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=www.champcarstats.com}}</ref> He was the son of Indy car racer Earl Devore.
== World Drivers' Championship career ==
The AAA/USAC-sanctioned Indianapolis 500 was included in the FIA World Drivers' Championship from 1950 through 1960. Drivers competing at Indianapolis during those years were credited with World Drivers' Championship participation, and were eligible to score WDC points alongside those which they may have scored towards the AAA/USAC National Championship.
Devore attempted to qualify for two World Drivers' Championship races at Indianapolis, failing to make the 1950 and 1954 races.<ref name=":0" />
== Motorsports career results ==
=== Indianapolis 500 results ===
{| |----- valign="top" | {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !Year !Car !Start !Qual !Rank !Finish !Laps !Led !Retired |- !1937 |28 ||14 ||120.192 ||9 ||7 ||200 ||0 ||Running |- !1938 |58 ||30 ||116.339 ||30 ||8 ||185 ||0 ||Flagged |- !1939 |26 ||33 ||116.527 ||33 ||10 ||200 ||0 ||Running |- !1940 |14 ||32 ||122.197 ||21 ||18 ||181 ||0 ||Flagged |- !1941 |23 ||8 ||121.770 ||21 ||19 ||121 ||0 ||Rod |- !1946 |17 ||31 ||119.876 ||27 ||10 ||167 ||0 ||Throttle |- !1948 |19 ||20 ||123.967 ||21 ||12 ||190 ||0 ||Flagged |- |colspan="6"|'''Totals'''<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/events/indy500/history/historical-stats/driver-stats/drivers/billy-devore |title= Driver Stats |website= IndianapolisMotorSpeedway.com |access-date= 2016-05-16 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160529050332/http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/events/indy500/history/historical-stats/driver-stats/drivers/billy-devore |archive-date= 2016-05-29 |url-status= dead }}</ref> ||1244 ||0 || |} | {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !Starts |7 |- !Poles |0 |- !Front Row |0 |- !Wins |0 |- !Top 5 |0 |- !Top 10 |4 |- !Retired |2 |} |}
=== FIA World Drivers' Championship results ===
(key) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" ! Year ! Entrant ! Chassis ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! WDC ! Points |- | 1950 ! Joe Scopa ! Scopa ! Offenhauser L4 | GBR | MON |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| 500<br>{{small|DNQ}} | SUI | BEL | FRA | ITA | | ! NC ! 0 |- | 1954 ! Youngstown White Truck ! Kurtis Kraft 3000 ! Offenhauser L4 | ARG |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| 500<br>{{small|DNQ}} | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | SUI | ITA | ESP ! NC ! 0 |} {{citation needed|date=May 2016}}
== References ==
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