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Johnny met Betty Hoyer, a nurse, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1963 when he was taking his rookie test. They married two months later [4] and were a highly visible and inseparable couple throughout Johnny's racing career. His first Indy 500 win in 1974, with Betty looking on from the pits, helped to end the superstition in American ...
Jesse Ebb Rose (February 27, 1925, Houston, Texas – August 27, 2007) was an American racecar driver.. Rose raced in the USAC Championship Car series in the 1961–1963 seasons, with 4 career starts, including the 1961–1963 Indianapolis 500 races.
A 1958 Watson-Offenhauser which won the Race of Two Worlds in Monza, Italy. The Watson Indy Roadster was an open-wheel race car chassis designed and developed by automotive mechanic and engineer A. J. Watson for U.S.A.C. Indy car racing, between 1956 and 1964. [4] [5] [6]
Star Jones is reflecting on having open-heart surgery 14 years ago, and how that fueled her public advocacy to encourage others to prioritize their health.. During an appearance on the Wednesday ...
Shell's Wonderful World of Golf was a televised series of golf matches which began in the 1960s. [1] [2] The program was sponsored by Shell Oil.It was a part of the tradition of "challenge matches" between pairs of professional golfers, which were the earliest form of professional golf competition, but have now been almost entirely replaced by large field tournaments.
The "Grease" actor launched a thousand memes when he introduced the "Frozen" star's performance of "Let It Go," unintelligibly pronouncing her name as "Adele Dazeem." 10. Chris Rock takes no ...
In 1954, the two companies merged, but the new company lost its traction and US production came to a screeching halt in 1963. When the company went kaput, thousands of the company’s workers ...
The 47th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Thursday, May 30, 1963. Rufus Parnelli Jones took his only Indy 500 win. This win was controversial because his car (nicknamed "Calhoun") spewed oil from a cracked overflow tank for many laps, which allegedly caused at least one ...