Joe Boyer was a co-winner of the 1924 Indianapolis 500. Boyer was born in Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan

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At the 1924 Indianapolis 500, Boyer participated in two different cars during the race. In his original entry (#3), he qualified 4th. On the 109th lap he was relieved. His relief driver went on to race until lap 176, when the car crashed in turn 1. On lap 111, Boyer climbed into the car of L. L. Corum (#15), driving relief for Corum. Boyer charged to the front of the field, and led the last 24 laps in Corum's car.

Corum and Boyer were scored as "co-winners," the first time in Indy 500 history that designation had been assigned. In three previous Indy 500 races (1911, 1912, 1923), the winner had relief help during the race, but in none of those cases did the relief driver finish the race; the original driver got back behind the wheel to finish those races.

He died in a crash during a race at Altoona Speedway in Tyrone, Pennsylvania

Tyrone, Pennsylvania

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 later that year.

Indy 500 results

Year Car Start Qual Rank Finish Laps Led Retired 1919 1919 Indianapolis 500 Results of the 1919 Liberty Sweepstakes held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 31, 1919.... 39 14 100.900 4 31 30 0 Rear axle 1920 1920 Indianapolis 500 Results of the 1920 Indianapolis 500 held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday, May 31, 1920.... 6 2 96.900 2 12 192 93 Crash T3 1921 1921 Indianapolis 500 Results of the 1921 Indianapolis 500 held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday, May 30, 1921.... 7 3 96.650 4 17 74 1 Rear axle 1923 1923 Indianapolis 500 Results of the 1923 Indianapolis 500 held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Wednesday, May 30, 1923.... 3 13 98.800 7 18 59 0 Differential 1924 1924 Indianapolis 500 Results of the 1924 Indianapolis 500 held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Friday, May 30, 1924.... 3 4 104.840 4 5 109 0 Relieved   15 21 93.330 16 1 91 25 Running Totals 555 119

Starts 5 Poles 0 Front Row 2 Wins 0 Top 5 1 Top 10 1 Retired 4