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The following is a list of 74 individuals whose deaths have been related to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana: 42 drivers, 1 motorcyclist, 13 riding mechanics, and 18 others including a pit crew member, track personnel, and spectators have sustained fatal injuries or have had fatal medical conditions.
Driver Date of incident Sanction Track [note 1] Event Team/Owner Car/Entry Session Bob Burman (USA) [1] April 8, 1916 AAA: Grand Boulevard Corona Grand Prize [note 2] Peugeot: Race Carl Limberg (USA) [2] May 13, 1916 AAA: Sheepshead Bay Speedway: Metropolitan Trophy Delage: Race Jack Peacock (USA) [3] August 27, 1916 AAA: Recreation Park
[3] [4] Widely considered to be the worst accident [5] is the 1955 Le Mans disaster at 24 Hours of Le Mans that killed driver Pierre Levegh and approximately 80 spectators with over 100 being injured in total. This is a list alphabetically sorted, and structured after the kind of competition, of the more notable driver deaths, excluding those ...
Sprint car driver Justin Owen died of injuries he suffered during a horrific crash in which his car was tossed multiple times during a race in southern eastern Indiana.. The racer who was just 26 ...
The 51-year-old driver struck a wall, having had a heart attack, of which he died on July 11, 1993, the next day. [122] Ron Biellier (USA) [123] July 15, 1994 Speedway USA (Bolivar, Missouri) Race Winston Racing Series (Late Model Stock) The 45-year-old businessman brushed a wall but died of a heart attack. [123] Al Papini (USA) [124] April 1, 2001
1. James Douglas Meredith Hinchcliffe (born December 5, 1986) is a Canadian race car driver and commentator best known for competing in the IndyCar Series. Hinchcliffe won six races for Andretti Autosport and Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. In 2015, his first year driving for Schmidt Peterson, he suffered life-threatening blood loss when he was ...
58. 18. Josef Nicolai Newgarden[ 2 ] (born Joseph Edgar Newgarden, December 22, 1990) [ 3 ][ 4 ] is an American racing driver who races the No. 2 Team Penske Dallara / Chevrolet in the IndyCar Series. [ 5 ] He was the 2011 Indy Lights champion, and 2017 and 2019 IndyCar Series Champion. He won the 2023 and 2024 Indianapolis 500, and the 2024 24 ...
May 24—NAPPANEE — A tanker truck driver has died in a fiery crash in Nappanee. The truck caught fire after rolling onto its side on Tomahawk Trail in Nappanee. Indiana State Police, which was ...