Billy Mills (racing driver)
South African racing driver and long-distance record breaker.
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William Arthur Frank Mills, known as Billy Mills, was a South African racing driver and aviation pioneer. Mills was also noted for long-distance record runs in the 1920s using Chryslers and De Sotos.
Quick Facts
- Full name
- William Arthur Frank Mills
- Born
- January 3, 1898
- Died
- September 16, 1937
- Place of death
- Pietermaritzburg
- Cause of death
- Heart failure brought on by influenza and pneumonia
- Notable car
- Aston Martin Ulster (one of 21 built)
- Grand prix appearances
- 2 (1936 and 1937, both at East London)
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