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2022 National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductee. Robin Lee Miller (October 27, 1949 – August 25, 2021) was an American motorsports journalist. Miller was best known for being a writer at The Indianapolis Star from 1968–2001. He also wrote for Autoweek, Car and Driver, ESPN and Speed. At the time of his death, he was a correspondent and ...
1980–1982. Team (s) Valvoline, Intermedics. First race. 1980 Indianapolis 500. Last race. 1982 Indianapolis 500. Gordon Eugene Smiley (April 20, 1946 – May 15, 1982) was an American race car driver who was killed in a single-car crash at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. [1] He was inducted into the Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 2000.
Tom Carnegie, born Carl Lee Kenagy, (September 25, 1919 – February 11, 2011) was an American radio and television broadcaster, public-address announcer, sports columnist, documentary filmmaker, and educator from Norwalk, Connecticut. Carnegie's radio and television broadcasting career, which spanned from 1942 to 1985, included work at KITE ...
Sagamore of the Wabash. 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] Davidson started his career as a statistician, publicist, and historian at USAC.
The car was reportedly travelling 130 km/h (80 mph), when it collided with a FAP truck. Her sister, Silvana Armenulić, died in the same crash. Tarnia Baker: 1967 2017 50 years South African politician pedestrian Park Rynie, South Africa Struck by a truck while walking across a street. [28] Christian Bakkerud: 1984 2011 26 years Danish
In the U.S. state of Indiana, Interstate 80 consists entirely of the following two routes: The Borman Expressway from the Illinois state line to Lake Station running concurrently with Interstate 94, U.S. Route 6, and U.S. Route 41. The Indiana Toll Road from Lake Station to the Ohio state line running concurrently with Interstate 90.
indystar.com. The Indianapolis Star (also known as IndyStar) is a morning daily newspaper that began publishing on June 6, 1903, in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It has been the only major daily paper in the city since 1999, when the Indianapolis News ceased publication. It won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2021 and the ...
The 1980 CART PPG Indy Car World Series began in April, and Indianapolis was the second race of the season. CART awarded points for Indianapolis towards their championship. After Indianapolis, Speedway officials became unhappy with the CRL arrangement. In the middle of July, after a total of five races had been run, USAC would pull out of the CRL.