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Drivers

Drivers killed before the first Indianapolis 500-Mile Race

  • 1909
    • Wilfred Bourque

Drivers killed in the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race

Fourteen drivers have died as a result of racing in the "500". Ten races involved accidents claiming the lives of drivers.

  • 1919
    • Louis LeCocq
    • Arthur Thurman
  • 1929
    • Bill Spence
  • 1933
    • Mark Billman
    • Lester Spangler
  • 1935
    • Clay Weatherly
  • 1939
    • Floyd Roberts
  • 1947
    • Shorty Cantlon
  • 1953
    • Carl Scarborough (expired from heat exhaustion approximately one hour after calling for a relief driver.)
  • 1955
    • Bill Vukovich
  • 1958
    • Pat O'Connor
  • 1964
    • Eddie Sachs
    • Dave MacDonald
  • 1973
    • Swede Savage (died in hospital July 2, death may have been from contaminated blood transfusion rather than directly from the crash)

Drivers killed during testing, practice or qualifications

  • 1910
    • Tom Kincaid
  • 1911
    • Harry Martin
  • 1926
    • Herbert Jones
  • 1931
    • Joe Caccia
  • 1932
    • M. C. Jones
  • 1933
    • William Denver
  • 1934
    • Peter Kreis
  • 1935
    • Johnny Hannon
    • Stubby Stubblefield
  • 1940
    • George Bailey
  • 1948
    • Ralph Hepburn
  • 1949
    • George Metzler
  • 1953
    • Chet Miller
  • 1955
    • Manuel Ayulo
  • 1957
    • Keith Andrews
  • 1959
    • Jerry Unser
    • Bob Cortner
  • 1961
    • Tony Bettenhausen (practice)
  • 1966
    • Chuck Rodee
  • 1968
    • Mike Spence
  • 1972
    • Jim Malloy
  • 1973
    • Art Pollard (practice)
  • 1982
    • Gordon Smiley (warm-up lap during qualifications)
  • 1992
    • Jovy Marcelo (practice)
  • 1996
    • Scott Brayton: Brayton had qualified for the pole position for the 1996 race on Saturday May 11. During the second week of practice, on Friday May 17, Brayton was testing a backup car. At 12:17 p.m., he likely ran over a piece of debris in turn four or possibly down the frontstrech, which puntured the right rear tire. In the south short chute, his right rear tire suffered rapid deflation, and the car broke into a spin in turn 2. The car hit the wall hard with the left side, and slid to a stop down the backstrech. Brayton was killed instantly of basilar skull fracture.
  • 2003
    • Tony Renna (Firestone private testing session in October)

Crew

Riding mechanics killed in the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race

  • 1909
    • Harry Holcomb (Wilfred Bourque, driver)
    • Claude Kellum (Charlie Merz, driver)
  • 1911
    • Sam Dickson (Arthur Greiner, driver)
  • 1919
    • Robert Bandini (Louis LeCocq, driver)
    • Nicholas Molinero (Arthur Thurman, driver)
  • 1930
    • Paul Marshall (Cy Marshall, driver)
  • 1933
    • G.L. "Monk" Jordan (Lester Spangler, driver)

Riding mechanics killed in practice

  • 1931
    • Clarence Grover (Joe Caccia, driver)
  • 1932
    • Harry Cox (Benny Benefield, driver)
  • 1933
    • Bob Hurst (William Denver, driver)
  • 1934
    • Robert Hahn (Peter Kreis, driver)
  • 1935
    • Leo Whitaker (Stubby Stubblefield, driver)
  • 1937
    • Albert Opalko (Frank McGurk, driver)
  • 1939
    • Lawson Harris (Babe Stapp, driver)

Track personnel killed in Race

  • 1937
    • George Warford (firefighter); Indianapolis, Indiana
    • Otto Rhode (pit crew member), Toledo, Ohio.
  • 1961
    • John Masariu (firefighter); Danville, Indiana - On the 127th lap of the 1961 race, driver Eddie Johnson spun out, but did not suffer significant damage and he was not injured. A safety fire truck went to his aid. Masariu, who was a basketball coach at nearby Ben Davis High School and was serving as a safety worker, fell off the back of the fire truck. A moment later, the truck accidentally backed over him, and he was injured fatally.
  • 1973
    • Armando Teran (pit crew member); Santa Monica, California - In the moments following Swede Savage's crash, Teran was struck by a fire truck going northbound on pit road. Teran was working as a sign board man on Graham McRae's pit crew. USAC outlawed vehicles from traveling opposite the direction of the cars during the race as a result.

Spectators

Spectators killed at the Race

  • 1909
    • Homer Joliff; Franklin, Indiana
    • James West, Indianapolis, Indiana
  • 1923
    • Bert Shoup; Lafayette, Indiana
  • 1938
    • Everett Spence; Terre Haute, Indiana
  • 1960
    • Fred Linder; Indianapolis, Indiana (homemade scaffolding in the infield collapsed)
    • William Craig, Zionsville, Indiana (homemade scaffolding in the infield collapsed)
  • 1987
    • Lyle Kurtenbach; Rothschild, Wisconsin (Tony Bettenhausen lost a wheel in the third turn. Moments later, Roberto Guerrero hit the tire with his nose cone, and the tire was launched into the air. The tire went over the catchfence, and into the top row of the "K" grandstand, striking and killing Kurtenbach instantly. The resulting damage to Guerrero's car, a broken nosecone and more importantly, a broken clutch master cylinder, directly led to Guerrero losing the race. His car became stuck in gear, and stalled exiting the pits on his final pit stop.)

Bystander killed outside the track

  • 1931
    • Wilbur Brink; Indianapolis, Indiana - Brink was a 12-year old boy playing in his yard across the street from the track. As the result of an accident during the race, a wheel bounced over the fence and struck him, killing him instantly.

External links

  • Detailed Information with Photos

References

  1. ^ HEAT KILLS DRIVER; Scarborough Dies After Vukovich Auto Takes Indianapolis 500, by Frank Blunk New York Times , May 31st, 1953, page S1.
  2. ^ Dr. Stephen Olvey, "Rapid Response"

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