| Birth: | Oct. 31, 1902 | | Death: | Oct. 30, 1954 | 
Race Car Driver. He was a three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 (1937, 1939, and 1940), and three times a runner up. He later served as president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Best known as the man who, with Tony Hulman, saved the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from becoming an industrial park; Inducted in 1991 into the Indianapolis Motor speedway Hall of Fame.
Cause of death: Plane crash near Decatur, IN
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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Indianapolis
Marion County
Indiana, USA
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Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jun 27, 2000
Find A Grave Memorial# 10179 |
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