Racing career

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 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 IRL victory. 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.

Personal life

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.

In 2014, Boat's son Chad began competing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, driving a family-owned No. 84 Chevrolet.

Motorsports career results

American open-wheel racing results

(key)

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
1986	Marsh Holt Racing	PHX1	MIL	MEA	TOR	POC	MDO	ROA	LS	PHX2	MIA	6th	67
1987	Machinist Union Racing	PHX	MIL	MEA	CLE	TOR	POC	MDO	NZR	LS	MIA	24th	4

IndyCar Series

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
1996	Pagan Racing	Reynard 94i	Ford XB V8t	WDW	PHX	INDY														NC	-
1996-1997	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Dallara IR7	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	NHM	LVS	WDW	PHX	INDY					LV2							18th	151
		G-Force GF01							TXS		CLT	NH2
	PDM Racing	Dallara IR7								PPIR
1998	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Dallara IR8	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	WDW	PHX	INDY	TXS	NHM	DOV	CLT	PPIR	ATL	TX2	LVS						13th	194
1999	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Dallara IR9	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	WDW	PHX	CLT	INDY	TXS	PPIR	ATL	DOV	PPI2	LVS	TX2						12th	204
2000	Team Pelfrey	Dallara IR-00	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	WDW	PHX	LVS		TXS	PPIR	ATL	KTY	TX2								10th	181
	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	G-Force GF05					INDY
2001	Curb/Agajanian Beck Motorsports	Dallara IR-01	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	PHX	HMS	ATL	INDY	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2				4th	313
2002	Agajanian/Boat Racing	Dallara IR-02	Chevrolet Indy V8	HMS	PHX	FON	NZR	INDY	TXS	PPIR	RIR									13th	225
			Infiniti VRH35ADE V8									KAN	NSH	MIS	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2
2003	Panther Racing	Dallara IR-03	Chevrolet Indy V8	HMS	PHX	MOT	INDY	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIS	STL	KTY	NZR	CHI	FON	TX2	37th	1

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
1996	Reynard 94i	Ford XB V8t	DNQ		Pagan Racing
1997	Dallara IR7	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	22	7	A.J. Foyt Enterprises
1998	Dallara IR8	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	1	23	A.J. Foyt Enterprises
1999	Dallara IR9	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	3	3	A.J. Foyt Enterprises
2000	G-Force GF05	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	31	15	A.J. Foyt Enterprises
2001	Dallara IR-01	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	32	9	CURB/Agajanian/Beck Motorsports
2002	Dallara IR-02	Chevrolet Indy V8	23	18	Agajanian/Boat Racing
2003	Dallara IR-03	Chevrolet Indy V8	29	32	Panther Racing

NASCAR

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

Busch Series

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	NBSC	Pts
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	PHO	CAR	HOM	135th	76

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