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American racing driver

William Leonard Boat (born February 2, 1966) is an American former open wheel driver who raced in the Indy Racing League.

Boat began his career in USAC where he won 11 straight Western Series races on his way to the 1995 championship. He won the Turkey Night Grand Prix midget car race in 1995. He was a three peat winner in the event after winning in 1996 and 1997. He made his first IRL start in the 1997 Indianapolis 500 driving for A. J. Foyt Enterprises. In 1998 he won 6 poles, including 5 in a row, both league records, and won his first race at Texas Motor Speedway. It was his only official IRL victory. (He appeared to have won the same race in the 1996 97 season, but a scoring error meant he finished second). He is one of the few drivers with the distinction to have started from both the pole (1998) and final 33rd (2000, 2001) starting position in the Indy 500. He has not appeared in an IRL race since the 2003 Indianapolis 500.

Boat is a graduate of Arizona State University. In 1986 he founded Billy Boat Performance Exhaust, a company that makes performance exhaust systems for luxury and high performance cars, light trucks, and high performance watercraft. Boat has four children, with three girls and one boy. In 2014, Boat's son Chad began competing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, driving a family owned No. 84 Chevrolet.

Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points Ref 1996 Pagan Racing Reynard 94i 99 Ford XB V8tWDWPHXINDYDNQ NC 1996–97 A. J. Foyt Enterprises Dallara IR7 11 Oldsmobile Aurora V8NHMLVSWDWPHXINDY7LV223 18th 151 G Force GF01 1TXS2CLT2NH28 PDM Racing Dallara IR7 18PPIR19 1998 A. J. Foyt Enterprises Dallara IR8 11 WDW21PHX3INDY23TXS1NHM21DOVCLTPPIR9ATL12TX214LVS26 13th 194 1999 Dallara IR9WDW9PHX4CLTCINDY3TXS24PPIR24ATL10DOV4PPI213LVS22TX29 12th 204 2000 Team Pelfrey Dallara IR 00 81WDW9PHX6LVS7TXS23PPIR18ATL8KTY18TX23 10th 181 A. J. Foyt Enterprises G Force GF05 41INDY15 2001 Curb/Agajanian Beck Motorsports Dallara IR 01 98PHX5HMS13ATL14INDY9TXS5PPIR4RIR18KAN9NSH2KTY6STL6CHI12TX212 4th 313 2002 CURB/Agajanian/Beck Motorsports Dallara IR 02 Chevrolet Indy V8HMS16PHX8FON18NZR8INDY18TXS7PPIR14RIR22 13th 225 Infiniti VRH35ADE V8KAN9NSH14MIS14KTY19STL23CHI19TX224 2003 Panther Racing Dallara IR 03 Chevrolet Indy V8HMSPHXMOTINDY32TXSPPIRRIRKANNSHMISSTLKTYNZRCHIFONTX2 37th 1

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

NASCAR Busch Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Pts Ref 2003 Braun Racing 30 Dodge DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL RCH GTY NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO29 CAR HOM 135th 76