Louis Chevrolet
Louis-Joseph Chevrolet
Birthplace: La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Born: December 25, 1878
Died: June 6, 1941

Extended driver stats
Riding mechanic stats

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Year Series Starts DNS/DNQ Wins 2nds 3rds 4ths 5ths Best Finish Poles Points Standing
1905 AAA 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 13 2
1909 AAA 10 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1300* 2*
Includes ACA 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NR
1910 AAA 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 NR
1911 AAA Entered as relief driver did not appear in race 0 NR
1915 AAA 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 50* 42T*
1916 AAA 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 0 NR
1917 AAA 13 1 4 1 2 1 0 2 1046* 2*
1918 AAA 9 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 485* 2*
1919 AAA 8 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 590* 8*
1920 AAA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 NR
1923 AAA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS 0 0 NR
Total 54 10 14 5 4 4 1 3 13/3484*

 

Track Type Starts DNS/DNQ Wins 2nds 3rds 4ths 5ths Best Finish Poles
Board Oval 25 6 7 4 2 4 0 2
Brick Oval 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Concrete Oval 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Dirt Oval 8 2 4 0 1 0 1 0
Road Course 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0

 

Series Starts DNS/DNQ Wins 2nds 3rds 4ths 5ths Best Finish Poles
AAA 54 10 14 5 4 4 1 3
ACA 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

 

Start # Date Track Type Series Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Start Finish Laps Status

Points
1 6/10/1905 Morris Park 1 DO AAA X Fiat 90 Fiat Fiat 1 1 3.5 4:48.8 62.3 4
-- 6/17/1905 Hartford DO AAA X Fiat 90 Fiat Fiat -- -- -- DNS, broken gears
2 6/26/1905 Empire City DO AAA X Fiat 90 Fiat Fiat 1 1 10 Finished 4
-- 6/28/1905 Brunots Island 1 DO AAA X Fiat 90 Fiat Fiat -- -- -- Eliminated in heat 1 1
4 6/29/1905 Brunots Island 2 DO AAA X Fiat 90 Fiat Fiat 2 1 10 9:53.4 60.67 4
-- 7/4/1905 Morris Park 2 DO AAA X Fiat 90 Fiat Fiat -- -- -- DNS, cracked cylinder
4 6/18/1909 Crown Point 1 RC AAA 8 Buick Buick Buick 7 13 3 Broken valve
5 6/19/1909 Crown Point 2 RC AAA 10 Buick Buick Buick 10 1 17 8:01:39 49.287 800*
6 8/19/1909 Indianapolis 1 DO AAA 37 Buick Buick Buick X 8 58 Blinded by dust
7 8/20/1909 Indianapolis 2 DO AAA 34 Buick Buick Buick X 5 10 Out
8 8/21/1909 Indianapolis 3 DO AAA 37 Buick Buick Buick X 15 40 Ignition
-- 9/6/1909 Lowell 1 RC ACA/AAA G Buick Buick Buick -- -- -- Driven by Strang
9 9/6/1909 Lowell 2 RC ACA/AAA 31 Buick Buick Buick 2 1 15 2:56:17 54.117 300*
10 9/8/1909 Lowell 4 RC ACA/AAA 17 Buick Buick Buick 14 17 3 Broken frame
11 9/29/1909 Riverhead 4 RC AAA 11 Buick Buick Buick X 1 5 1:37:36.2 69.926 200*
12 10/9/1909 Philadelphia RC AAA 13 Buick Buick Buick 12 14 11 Broken intake valve
13 10/30/1909 Long Island RC AAA 15 Buick Buick Buick 14 11 4 Broken cylinder
-- 5/27/1910 Indianapolis 1 BR AAA X Buick Buick Buick -- -- -- Did not start
14 5/28/1910 Indianapolis 2 BR AAA 42 Buick Buick Buick X 16 32 Broken piston
15 7/2/1910 Indianapolis 4 BR AAA 39 Marquette-Buick Buick Buick X 9 24 Flagged
16 7/4/1910 Indianapolis 5 BR AAA 41 Marquette-Buick Buick Buick X 10 62 Out
17 10/1/1910 Long Island 3 RC AAA 29 Marquette-Buick Buick Buick 27 19 15 Hit touring car
RD-- 5/30/1911 Indianapolis BR AAA X Buick Buick Buick -- -- -- Entered as relief driver for A. Chevrolet and C. Basle, practiced but did not participate in race
18 5/31/1915 Indianapolis BR AAA 27 Cornelian Cornelian Sterling 23 20 76 Broken valve
19 6/26/1915 Chicago 1 BO AAA 12 Delage Delage Delage 10 7 250 5:23:05.67 92.852 50*
-- 10/9/1915 Sheepshead Bay 1 BO AAA X X X X -- -- -- Did not appear  
20 5/30/1916 Indianapolis 1 BR AAA 8 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 21 12 82 Broken connecting rod
--/ 5/30/1916 Indianapolis 1 BR AAA 6 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac -- -- -- Broken crankshaft
-- 6/11/1916 Chicago 1 BO AAA X Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac -- -- -- Did not appear
21 7/4/1916 Minneapolis CO AAA 18 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 1 12 26 Broken rocker arm
NC-- 8/19/1916 Chicago BO AAA X Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac -- -- -- Did not appear
22 9/4/1916 Cincinnati BO AAA 39 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 20 25 20 Broken rocker arm
NC 9/9/1916 Indianapolis BR AAA X Sunbeam Sunbeam Sunbeam X 3 8 13:12.88 90.81
NC 9/9/1916 Indianapolis BR AAA X Sunbeam Sunbeam Sunbeam X 3 20 32:41.10 91.79
23 9/30/1916 Sheepshead Bay 2 BO AAA 19 Sunbeam Sunbeam Sunbeam X 30 13 Oil leak
-- 10/14/1916 Chicago 2 BO AAA X Ben-Hur/Delage Delage Delage -- -- -- Did not start
--/ 10/14/1916 Chicago 2 BO AAA X Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac -- -- -- Drove Ben-Hur Delage instead
NC 12/2/1916 Uniontown BO AAA X Frontenac X X X 1 100 1:14:12.2 90.97
24 5/10/1917 Uniontown 1 BO AAA 1 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 1 4 100 Finished 56*
25 5/30/1917 Cincinnati BO AAA 1 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 6 1 125 2:26:47.90 102.181 500*
26 6/16/1917 Chicago 1 BO AAA 1 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 15 9 125 2:40:08.86 93.663 10*
27 7/4/1917 Omaha BO AAA 54 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 1 11 56 Broken axle
28 7/14/1917 Minneapolis 1 CO AAA 54 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 4 10 6 Out
29 7/14/1917 Minneapolis 2 CO AAA 54 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 7 12 35 Out
30 9/3/1917 Chicago 3 BO AAA 54 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 3 1 50 0:56:29.05 106.224 200*
31 9/15/1917 Providence 1 CO AAA X Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac X 2 5 0:03:59.30 75.219 5*
32 9/15/1917 Providence 2 CO AAA X Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac X 3 25 0:20:22.22 73.636 20*
33 9/15/1917 Providence 3 CO AAA X Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac X 8 100 1:34:15.15 63.659

5*
34 9/22/1917 Sheepshead Bay BO AAA 7 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac X 1 50 0:54:20.98 110.396 200*
-- 10/29/1917 Uniontown 3 BO AAA X X X X -- -- -- Did not appear
35 11/29/1917 Ascot 2 DO AAA 1 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac X 1 10 0:07:51.0 76.433 20*
36 11/29/1917 Ascot 3 DO AAA 1 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac X 3 50 0:43:08.0 69.552 30*
37 5/16/1918 Uniontown 2 BO AAA 3 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac X 6 15 Out
38 5/16/1918 Uniontown 4 BO AAA 3 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 5 1 24 0:17:03.68 94.952 50*
39 5/16/1918 Uniontown 5 BO AAA 3 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac X 4 18 Out
NC 6/1/1918 Sheepshead Bay BO AAA 3 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac X 7 50 1:03:35
NC 6/22/1918 Chicago BO AAA 3 X Frontenac Frontenac X 1 50 0:55:29.6 108.12
NC 7/4/1918 Cincinnati BO AAA X X X X X 6 X X
40 7/18/1918 Uniontown 6 BO AAA 3 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac X 1 100 1:11:22.45 94.572 220*
41 7/28/1918 Chicago 1 BO AAA 3 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 4 2 5 05:25.0 10*
42 7/28/1918 Chicago 2 BO AAA 3 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 2 4 10 0:10:52.2 110.40 10*
43 7/28/1918 Chicago 3 BO AAA 3 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac X 2 15 0:16:55.8 106.32 35*
44 8/17/1918 Sheepshead Bay 1 BO AAA 3 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac X 4 3 Engine trouble
45 9/2/1918 Uniontown 7 BO AAA 3 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac X 2 100 1:12:10.42 93.524 160*
46 5/19/1919 Uniontown 1 BO AAA 26 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac X 2 100 1:10:30 95.74 110*
47 5/31/1919 Indianapolis BR AAA 7 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 12 7 200 6:10:10.92 81.041 50*
-- 6/14/1919 Sheepshead Bay 1 BO AAA X Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac -- -- -- DNS, engine
48 7/4/1919 Tacoma 1 BO AAA 7 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac X 3 20 Finished 25*
49 7/4/1919 Tacoma 2 BO AAA 7 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac X 1 30 0:36:47.2 97.86 120*
50 7/4/1919 Tacoma 3 BO AAA 7 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac X 1 40 0:49:24.12 97.16 160*
51 9/1/1919 Uniontown 7 BO AAA 7 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac X 3 200 2:26:58.81 91.849 125*
52 9/20/1919 Sheepshead Bay 6 BO AAA 7 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac X 11 55 Car on fire
53 10/12/1919 Cincinnati BO AAA X Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac X 15 32 Out
54 5/30/1920 Indianapolis BR AAA 3 Monroe Frontenac Frontenac 2 18 94 Broken steering knuckle
NC-- 9/19/1920 Syracuse DO AAA X Monroe Frontenac Frontenac -- -- -- Did not start
-- 9/4/1923 Altoona BO AAA X Mercedes Mercedes Mercedes -- -- -- Did not arrive

Known riding mechanics for this driver:

Date Track Type Mechanic Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Start Finish Laps Status
6/18/1909 Crown Point 1 RC G. Poirier 8 Buick Buick Buick 7 13 3 Broken valve
6/19/1909 Crown Point 2 RC Joe Nelson 10 Buick Buick Buick 10 1 17 8:01:39 49.287
10/9/1909 Philadelphia RC Joe Nelson 13 Buick Buick Buick 12 14 11 Broken intake valve
10/30/1909 Long Island RC Joe Nelson 15 Buick Buick Buick 14 11 4 Broken cylinder
                     
10/1/1910 Long Island 3 RC Charles Miller 29 Marquette-Buick Buick Buick 27 19 15 Hit touring car - fatal
                     
5/31/1915 Indianapolis BR Dutch Klein 27 Cornelian Cornelian Sterling 23 20 76 Broken valve
                     
5/30/1916 Indianapolis 1 BR George Tucker 8 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 21 12 82 Broken connecting rod
9/9/1916 Indianapolis NC1 BR Roscoe Sarles X Sunbeam Sunbeam Sunbeam X 3 8 13:12.88 90.81
9/9/1916 Indianapolis NC1 BR Roscoe Sarles X Sunbeam Sunbeam Sunbeam X 3 20 32:41.10 91.79
12/2/1916 Uniontown NC BO Roscoe Sarles X Frontenac X X X 1 100 1:14:12.2 90.97
                     
5/10/1917 Uniontown 1 BO Charles Kirkpatrick 1 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 1 4 100 Finished
6/16/1917 Chicago 1 BO Charles Kirkpatrick 1 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 15 9 125 2:40:08.86 93.663
9/3/1917 Chicago 3 BO Gaston Chevrolet 54 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 3 1 50 0:56:29.05 106.224
                     
5/31/1919 Indianapolis BR Ken Goodson 7 Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 12 7 200 6:10:10.92 81.041
5/31/1919 Indianapolis BR Salvatore Barbarino X Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac -- -- -- Entered as relief mechanic, unknown if he got into the race
                     
5/30/1920 Indianapolis BR Thane Houser 3 Monroe Frontenac Frontenac 2 18 94 Broken steering knuckle