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🇺🇸 Billy Boat
Racing driver from United States. IndyCar, Panther Racing.
Driver facts
Full name
Billy Boat
Born
2 February 1966(b. 1966)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Panther Racing
Series
IndyCar
Status
Retired
Career wins
1
Career podiums
7
Career starts
64
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
5,208
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,208Rank 906 of 40,700 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago
Billy Boat is a racing driver from United States who last raced in IndyCar for Panther Racing. Boat has recorded 1 win and 7 podiums from 64 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,208 ranks Boat 906th of 40,700 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2003 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
| 2003-11-01 | Phoenix Raceway | P29 | −86 |
| 2003-05-25 | 87th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race | P32 | −117 |
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +143 | True Value 500 1998 | IndyCar | P1 |
| +138 | True Value 500 1997 | IndyCar | P2 |
| +137 | Visionaire 500 1997 | IndyCar | P2 |
| +127 | Dura-Lube 200 1998 | IndyCar | P3 |
| +120 | Excite 500 2000 | IndyCar | P3 |
Season by season
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | ▸IndyCar | Panther Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P25 | −118 | 5,208 |
| ▸NASCAR Xfinity | Braun Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P42 | −86 | ||
| 2002 | ▸IndyCar | Curb/Agajanian/Boat Indy Racing | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P19 | −675 | 5,412 |
| 2001 | ▸IndyCar | Curb-Agajanian/Beck Motorsport | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | +346 | 6,087 |
| 2000 | ▸IndyCar | Team Pelfrey | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P11 | +131 | 5,740 |
| 1999 | ▸IndyCar | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P9 | +52 | 5,610 |
| 1998 | ▸IndyCar | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | P11 | −72 | 5,557 |
| 1997 | ▸IndyCar | A.J. Foyt Racing | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P10 | +4,279 | 5,629 |
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Boat finished ahead vs behind
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Buddy Lazier | 5,098 | 63 | 22 | 41 | 35% |
| 🇺🇸 Eddie CheeverFIA Gold | 5,131 | 62 | 28 | 34 | 45% |
| 🇺🇸 Scott SharpFIA Platinum | 4,858 | 58 | 25 | 33 | 43% |
| 🇬🇧 Jeff WardFIA Bronze | 5,334 | 57 | 27 | 30 | 47% |
| 🇺🇸 Robbie Buhl | 5,240 | 54 | 28 | 26 | 52% |
| 🇺🇸 Greg Ray | 5,314 | 53 | 34 | 19 | 64% |
| 🇺🇸 Mark Dismore | 5,154 | 53 | 30 | 23 | 57% |
| 🇨🇱 Eliseo Salazar | 5,675 | 50 | 22 | 28 | 44% |
| 🇺🇸 Buzz Calkins | 5,488 | 46 | 27 | 19 | 59% |
| 🇺🇸 Davey Hamilton | 5,092 | 39 | 20 | 19 | 51% |
| 🇺🇸 Tony StewartHigher-rated, 1× champion | 6,497 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 41% |
| 🇬🇧 Dario FranchittiHigher-rated, 4× champion | 6,348 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇧🇷 Gil de FerranHigher-rated | 6,099 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 24% |
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,700 drivers indexed
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 896 | 🇧🇷 Felipe Massa | Stock Car Pro Series | 5,214 |
| 897 | 🇺🇸 Trevor Bayne | NASCAR Xfinity | 5,214 |
| 898 | 🇩🇪 Christopher Lulham | GT World Challenge Europe | 5,213 |
| 899 | 🇺🇸 Robby Gordon | NASCAR Xfinity | 5,213 |
| 900 | 🇮🇹 Alessio Rovera | WEC | 5,212 |
| 901 | 🇬🇧 Alex Quinn | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,212 |
| 902 | 🇩🇰 Michael Jensen | European Le Mans Series | 5,212 |
| 903 | 🇺🇸 Ricky Stenhouse Jr | NASCAR Cup Series | 5,211 |
| 904 | 🇪🇸 Alfonso Garcia de Vinuesa | International Formula 3000 | 5,209 |
| 905 | 🇪🇸 Miguel Molina | WEC | 5,209 |
| 906 | 🇺🇸 Billy Boat | IndyCar | 5,208 |
| 907 | 🇫🇷 Dominique Delestre | International Formula 3000 | 5,208 |
| 908 | 🇧🇷 Jaime Melo | WEC | 5,206 |
| 909 | 🇬🇧 Marino Franchitti | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,206 |
| 910 | 🇺🇸 David Ragan | NASCAR Cup Series | 5,205 |
| 911 | 🇺🇸 Sam Ard | NASCAR Xfinity | 5,204 |
| 912 | 🇷🇺 Alexander Smolyar | 24H Series | 5,203 |
| 913 | 🇯🇵 Jörg Bergmeister | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 5,203 |
| 914 | 🇺🇸 Ryan Truex | NASCAR Xfinity | 5,203 |
| 915 | 🇺🇸 Noah Gragson | NASCAR Cup Series | 5,202 |
| 916 | 🇫🇷 David Velay | FIA GT Championship | 5,200 |
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