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Born: William Clarence Cummings November 11, 1906Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.: Died: February 8, 1939 (aged 32) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. Championship titles; AAA ...
Raffaele "Ralph" DePalma (occasionally spelt De Palma, December 19, 1882 – March 31, 1956) was an American racing driver who won the 1915 Indianapolis 500. His entry at the International Motorsports Hall of Fame estimates that he won about 2,000 races. [ 1 ]
DePalma's domination of most of the event was total, as he built an eventual five-and-a-half lap, eleven-minute advantage over second, and lead uncontested for the next 194 laps. On lap 87, DePalma led his 85th lap and became the all-time Indianapolis 500 lap leader with 89 laps led (he led 4 laps in the 1911 race), a title he would hold until ...
Peter DePaolo was born on April 6, 1898, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pete saw his first race in 1919, where he watched his uncle Ralph DePalma win from Pete's perch as DePalma's riding mechanic. [1]
Scott Miller, 53, American singer-songwriter and musician (Game Theory, Loud Family), suicide. [285] Jean-François Paillard, 85, French classical conductor. [286] Robert Perloff, 92, American psychologist and academic. [287] Zastrow Simms, 78, American civil rights activist. [288] [better source needed]
EVANSVILLE — A former employee for the Vanderburgh County Assessor's office was arrested Tuesday and accused of breaching its computer system.. Scott Michael Hunt, 51, was booked on two counts ...
A Maryland man walked into a Baltimore police station and confessed to two murders he said he committed over a decade ago, according to the city’s police department. Scott Barnett, 45, entered ...
Royal Richard "Jim" Rathmann (July 16, 1928 – November 23, 2011), was an American racing driver who competed primarily in Championship Cars.Rathmann is best known for winning the Indianapolis 500 in 1960, emerging victorious after a race-long duel with Rodger Ward – as recently as 2023, a panel of fans and historians voted Rathmann's victory as the greatest '500' of all time.