Myron George Stevens (February 17, 1901 – July 2, 1988) was an American

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and constructor.

Career

Stevens started working for Harry A. Miller in 1922, building bodies, frames and fuel tanks for Miller race cars. In 1927, Frank Lockhart, the winner of the

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, hired Stevens to help create the body for Lockhart's Stutz Black Hawk land speed record car. After Lockhart was killed in that car while attempting a land speed record in 1928, Stevens established his own shop and continued building racecar bodies. In 1930, the second through sixth-place finishers at the Indianapolis 500 all had Stevens chassis. He built cars for Indianapolis stars such as

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and others. In 1955, one of his cars took pole position at Indianapolis.

Awards and honors

* He was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1993. * Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame inducted Stevens into its ranks in 1993.

Motorsports career results

Indianapolis 500 results

World Drivers' Championship Indianapolis 500 results as a car builder

The Indianapolis 500 was a round of the

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from to . During that period, Stevens cars' achieved the following results:

References

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