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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.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway: Indianapolis 500: August Duesenberg: Duesenberg – Duesenberg SC: Race Ray Keech (USA) [24] June 15, 1929 AAA: Altoona Speedway: 200-mile race M. A. Yagle: Miller – Miller SC "Simplex Piston Ring" Race Joe Caccia (USA) [25] May 26, 1931 AAA: Indianapolis Motor Speedway: Indianapolis 500: Alvin Jones: Duesenberg ...
Lost control and crashed into a pickup truck and trailer; also killed a pit crew member [175] Sean Edwards (GBR) 2013-10-15 Touring car Porsche 996: Queensland Raceway: Private test He was killed in a crash as a passenger, when it hit a tire wall protecting a concrete barrier [176] Bill Egleston (USA) 2018-01-16 Modified Victory Circle Chassis
He was A.J. Foyt, Mario Andretti and Al Unser before they were born. Jimmy Murphy was in midst of brilliant racing career when he died.
Unser, one of only four drivers to win the Indianapolis 500 a record four times, died Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, following years of health issues. He was 82. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler, File)
Graham Rahal sat in his car on pit row, sweating out yet another Bump Day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Marcus Ericsson, the 2022 Indianapolis 500 winner and 2023 runner-up, waited nearly 45 ...
1951 and 1958 champion Tony Bettenhausen was killed in a crash at Indianapolis in May 1961. Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald were killed during the 1964 Indianapolis 500. Art Pollard (practice) and Swede Savage (race) died of injuries suffered during the 1973 Indianapolis 500. Gordon Smiley was killed while attempting to qualify for the 1982 ...
Gil de Ferran, the 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner and holder of the closed-course land speed record, died Friday while racing with his son at The Concourse Club in Florida, multiple former ...