1920 National Champion and Death
Following his May 31, 1920 victory at Indianapolis, Gaston raced in several more events. He won a 100-mile (160 km) match race against top racers Tommy Milton (ironically, driving a Chevrolet race car) and Ralph Mulford.
With the coming of winter in late 1920, racing moved to the West Coast. While competing in the last race of the season on the board track at the Beverly Hills Speedway, Gaston was killed when his Frontenac crashed on lap 146 of the 200 lap race. Despite the crash, Gaston had accumulated enough points during the race and through the season to win the 1920 title of "Speed King of the Year" (the AAA National Champion).
Gaston Chevrolet is interred next to his brothers in the Holy Cross and Saint Joseph Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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