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2. Dick Simon - Wikipedia

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   At the 1988 Indianapolis 500, Simon set a record as the oldest driver in Indy 500 history (54 years, 251 days), a record that was later broken by A. J. Foyt. Simon was a longtime car owner, founding Dick Simon Racing, helping to begin the Indy car careers of Stéphan Grégoire, Arie Luyendyk, Raul Boesel, Lyn St. James, and many others. Simon ...

3. Herm Johnson - Wikipedia

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   Johnson suffered a serious crash in practice for the 1986 Indianapolis 500. Johnson suffered injuries to his back and neck, and the crash effectively ended his Indy car driving career. After his recovery, Herm was known to occasionally compete in sports car and ice racing events.

4. Robin Miller (journalist) - Wikipedia

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   Miller first visited the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1957, and attended his first Indianapolis 500 in 1959. [3] In 1968, at the age of 18, he got to "stooge" for his driving hero Jim Hurtubise [3] [4] at Indy. Miller was hired for free to do odd jobs with the pit crew, but was fired before the end of the month after he ruined the paint job ...

5. Donald Davidson (historian) - Wikipedia

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   Donald C. Davidson [1] [2] (born 1942-43 [3] [4]) was the historian of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from 1998 to 2020, [5] [6] the only person to hold such a position on a full-time basis for any motorsports facility in the world. [7]

6. Eddie Kuzma - Wikipedia

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   Ruttman's winning Kuzma from the 1952 Indianapolis 500. In California he continued to build midget race cars. [4] He was hired by J. C. Agajanian to build the Agajanian Special, [4] which won the 1952 Indianapolis 500, driven by Troy Ruttman. [6] A. J. Foyt won the Indianapolis 500 twice driving Kuzma's cars, [4] and Mario Andretti won in one ...

7. American open-wheel car racing - Wikipedia

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   American open-wheel car racing, generally known as Indy car racing, or more formally Indianapolis car racing, is a category of professional automobile racing in the United States. As of 2024 , the top-level American open-wheel racing championship is sanctioned by IndyCar .