Remember when there was a big American 500-mile open-wheel race on Memorial Day weekend NOT in Indy? Yeah, Jimmy Vasser won $1 million dollars at the U.S. 500 in Michigan but there were few winners that May weekend in 1996.
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CART Co-Founder, Indy 500-Winning Team Owner Pat Patrick Dies at 91
Patrick’s teams won 45 Indy-car races, three Indianapolis 500s.
U.E. Pat Patrick co-founded Championship Auto Racing Teams and founded the Indy Lights Series.
Patrick, who died on Tuesday at the age of 91, won three Indy 500s and 45 Indy-car races as a team owner.
Patrick Racing s greatest season was 1989. That year, Patrick won both the Indianapolis 500 and the CART championship with driver Emerson Fittipaldi.
Veteran IndyCar racer and 1983 Indianapolis 500 winner Tom Sneva ducked into the Patrick Racing hospitality tent at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland during a July CART race weekend in 1995.
John Sturbin | Senior Writer, RacinToday.com Thursday, December 31 2020
A young John Paul Jr. showed big talent in both sports cars and open-wheelers.
IMSA GTP champion and INDYCAR race-winner John Paul Jr., one of the most versatile and star-crossed drivers of his generation, died Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020 after a lengthy battle against Huntington’s disease. He was 60.
Huntington’s is a fatal disorder that breaks down the nerve cells in the brain and deteriorates physical and mental abilities.
A native of Muncie, Ind., Paul made seven Indianapolis 500 starts between 1985 and 1998. His most successful year in the 500 was 1998, when he started 16th, led 39 laps and finished seventh in the No. 81 Team Pelfrey entry in his final start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.