List of IndyCar fatalities

This article lists the people who have been fatally injured in American Championship car racing during testing, practice, qualifying, or races since 1916, categorized into drivers, riding mechanics, and non-participants. The lists recognize "IndyCar" or "Champ Car" fatalities that have occurred in events making up the National Championship, which has been held by the following sanctioning bodies:

* American Automobile Association (1916, 1920–1941, 1946–1955)
* United States Auto Club (1956–1995)
* Championship Auto Racing Teams (1979–2003)
* Open Wheel Racing Series/Champ Car (2004–2007)
* Indy Racing League/IndyCar (since 1996)

The National Championship, which was split from 1979 to 2007, has featured regular races, non-points paying (non-championship) rounds, competitions sanctioned by entities that did not stage the National Championship in the same year (such as the Automobile Club of America), and the AAA Big car meetings held in the 1946 season.

The most recent driver to be fatally injured in an IndyCar Series event was Justin Wilson at the 2015 ABC Supply 500.

## Driver fatalities

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Driver  | Date of incident  | Sanction  | Track[note 1] | Event  | Team/Owner  | Car/Entry  | Session

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Bob Burman (USA)[1] | April 8, 1916  | AAA | Grand Boulevard (Corona)  | 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 (Kalamazoo)  | 100-mile race[note 2] |  | Sunbeam | Race[note 3]
Lewis Jackson (USA)[4] | November 18, 1916  | AAA | Santa Monica Road Race Course | American Grand Prize |  | Marmon | Race
Frank Galvin (USA)[5][note 4] | December 2, 1916  | AAA | Uniontown Speedway | Universal Trophy[note 2] |  | Premier | Race
Gaston Chevrolet (USA)[7] | November 25, 1920  | AAA | Beverly Hills Speedway | 250-mile race  |  | Frontenac | Race
Eddie O'Donnell (USA)[7][note 5] |  | Duesenberg
Alton Soules (USA)[9] | October 1, 1921  | AAA | Fresno Speedway | San Joaquin Valley Classic  |  | Frontenac | Race
Roscoe Sarles (USA)[10] | September 17, 1922  | AAA | Kansas City Speedway | 300-mile race  | Cliff Durant | Miller | Race
Howdy Wilcox (USA)[11] | September 4, 1923  | AAA | Altoona Speedway | 200-mile race  |  | Duesenberg | Race
Joe Boyer (USA)[12][note 6] | September 1, 1924  | AAA | Altoona Speedway | Fall Classic  |  | Duesenberg – Duesenberg SC | Race
Jimmy Murphy (USA)[14] | September 15, 1924  | AAA | New York State Fairgrounds | 150-mile race  |  | Miller | Race
Ernie Ansterburg (USA)[15] | October 16, 1924  | AAA | Charlotte Speedway | 250-mile race  |  | Duesenberg | Practice
Fred Wells (USA)[16] | April 22, 1925  |  | Long Island Motor Parkway | Private test  | Fred Wells | Wells's Hornet  | Testing
Ray Cariens (USA)[17][note 7] | November 29, 1925  | AAA | Culver City Speedway | 250-mile race  | T. W. Milton | Miller – Miller SC | Race
Herbert Jones (USA)[19][note 8] | May 27, 1926  | AAA | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Al Cotey | Miller – Miller SC "Elcar"  | Qualifying
Jack Foley (UK)[21] | July 4, 1926  | AAA | Rockingham Speedway | Independence Day Sweepstakes  | Jack La Cain | Duesenberg | Qualifying
Fred Comer (USA)[22] | October 12, 1928  | AAA | Rockingham Speedway | International Motor Classic  | Mike Boyle | Miller FD – Miller SC "Boyle Valve"  | Race
Bill Spence (USA)[23] | May 30, 1929  | AAA | 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 "Jones & Maley"  | Practice
Jimmy Gleason (USA)[26] | September 12, 1931  | AAA | New York State Fairgrounds | 100-mile race  | Denny Duesenberg | Duesenberg | Qualifying
Milton Jones (USA)[27] | May 27, 1932  | AAA | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Milton Jones | Miller | Practice
Bill Denver (USA)[28] | May 28, 1933  | AAA | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Ray Brady | Brady – Studebaker "Brady & Nardi"  | Qualifying
Mark Billman (USA)[29] | May 30, 1933  | James Kemp | Buehrig-Duesenberg "Kemp-Mannix"  | Race
Lester Spangler (USA)[29] | Harry Hartz | Miller
Pete Kreis (USA)[30] | May 25, 1934  | AAA | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Harry Hartz | Miller FD – Miller "Miller-Hartz"  | Practice
George Brayen (USA)[31] | September 9, 1934  | AAA | New York State Fairgrounds | 100-mile race  | George Simmons | Oakland "Simmons"  | Race
Johnny Hannon (USA)[32] | May 21, 1935  | AAA | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Leon Duray | Stevens – Miller "Bowes Seal Fast"  | Practice
Stubby Stubblefield (USA)[32] | Phil Shafer | Shafer – Buick "Victor Gasket"  | Qualifying
Clay Weatherly (USA)[33] | May 30, 1935  | Leon Duray | Stevens – Miller "Bowes Seal Fast"  | Race
Al Gordon (USA)[34] | January 26, 1936  | AAA | Ascot Speedway | 125-mile race[note 2] | Bill White | Wetteroth – Offenhauser | Race
Billy Winn (USA)[35] | August 20, 1938  | AAA | Illinois State Fairgrounds | 100-mile race[note 2] | Lion Oil  | Schrader-Miller | Race
Floyd Roberts (USA)[36] | May 30, 1939  | AAA | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Lou Moore | Wetteroth – Offenhauser "Burd Piston Ring"  | Race
George Bailey (USA)[37] | May 7, 1940  | AAA | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Gulf Oil | Miller RE4D – Miller SC "Gulf-Miller"  | Practice
Lou Webb (USA)[38] | September 2, 1940  | AAA | New York State Fairgrounds | 100-mile race  | Joe Marks | Marks – Offenhauser | Race
Mitchell Siemienski (USA)[39] | June 22, 1941  | AAA | Langhorne Speedway | 100-mile race[note 2] | Herman Hoppe | Hoppe – Riley  | Qualifying
Joseph Hrycenko (USA)[40] | April 14, 1946  | AAA | Williams Grove Speedway | 10-lap Big car race  | Julius Furslew | Furslew-Riley  | Heat race
Bumpy Bumpus (USA)[41] | June 16, 1946  | AAA | Flemington Fair Speedway | Big car race  | Bumpy Bumpus | Bagley – Hal DO "Burd Piston Ring"  | Heat race
Bus Wilbert (USA)[42] | August 11, 1946  | AAA | Funk's Speedway | 20-lap Big car race  | Charles Engle | Engle- Offenhauser | Race
George Robson (USA)[43] | September 2, 1946  | AAA | Lakewood Park | 100-mile race | Cliff Bergere | Wetteroth – Offenhauser "Noc-Out Hose Clamp"  | Race
George Barringer (USA)[43] | Ervin Wolfe | Shaw – Offenhauser "Wolfe-Tulsa"
Al Putnam (USA)[44] | September 15, 1946  | AAA | Indiana State Fairgrounds | 100-mile race | Richard Palmer | Stevens – Offenhauser | Qualifying
Shorty Cantlon (USA)[45] | May 30, 1947  | AAA | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Lou Rassey | Snowberger FD – Miller "Auto Shippers"  | Race
Ralph Hepburn (USA)[46] | May 16, 1948  | AAA | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Lou Welch | Kurtis 2000 – Novi SC "Novi Grooved Piston"  | Practice
Ted Horn (USA)[47] | October 10, 1948  | AAA | DuQuoin State Fairgrounds | 100-mile race  | Ted Horn Enterprises | Horn – Offenhauser | Race
George Metzler (USA)[48][note 9] | May 28, 1949  | AAA | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Lee Glessner | Shaw – Offenhauser | Practice
Bill Sheffler (USA)[50][note 10] | June 19, 1949  | AAA | New Jersey State Fairgrounds | 100-mile race | Bill Sheffler | Bromme – Offenhauser | Practice
Rex Mays (USA)[52] | November 6, 1949  | AAA | Del Mar Fairgrounds | 100-mile race  | Ervin Wolfe | Kurtis 2000 – Offenhauser | Race
Walt Brown (USA)[53] | July 29, 1951  | AAA | Williams Grove Speedway | Indianapolis Sweepstakes[note 2] | Jack Robbins | Wetteroth D – Offenhauser | Qualifying
Johnny McDowell (USA)[54] | June 8, 1952  | AAA | Wisconsin State Fair Park | Rex Mays Classic | Roger Wolcott | Kurtis Kraft – Offenhauser | Qualifying
Joe James (USA)[55][note 11] | November 2, 1952  | AAA | Santa Clara County Fairgrounds | 100-mile race  | Bob Estes | Watson – Offenhauser | Race
Chet Miller (USA)[57] | May 15, 1953  | AAA | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Jean Marcenac | Kurtis FD – Novi SC "Novi Governor"  | Practice
Carl Scarborough (USA)[58][note 12] | May 30, 1953  | Lee Elkins | Kurtis Kraft/Wetteroth D – Offenhauser "McNamara"  | Race
Bob Scott (USA)[59] | July 5, 1954  | AAA | Darlington Raceway | Independence Day Sweepstakes  | Ray Brady | Kurtis 4000 – Offenhauser | Race
Manny Ayulo (USA)[60][note 13] | May 16, 1955  | AAA | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Peter Schmidt | Kurtis 500C – Offenhauser | Practice
Bill Vukovich (USA)[62] | May 30, 1955  | Lindsey Hopkins | Race
Jack McGrath (USA)[63] | November 6, 1955  | AAA | Arizona State Fairgrounds | Bobby Ball Memorial | Jack Hinkle | Kurtis 4000 – Offenhauser | Race
Keith Andrews (USA)[64] | May 15, 1957  | USAC | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Giuseppe Farina | Kurtis 500G – Offenhauser | Practice
Pat O'Connor (USA)[65] | May 30, 1958  | USAC | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Chapman Root | Kurtis 500G – Offenhauser "Sumar"  | Race
Art Bisch (USA)[66][note 14] | July 4, 1958  | USAC | Lakewood Speedway | 100-mile race | Pete Salemi | Kuzma – Offenhauser "Central Excavating"  | Race
Jimmy Reece (USA)[68] | September 28, 1958  | USAC | Trenton Speedway | 100-mile race | George Bignotti | Kurtis 500G – Offenhauser "Bowes Seal Fast"  | Race
Marshall Teague (USA)[69] | February 11, 1959  | USAC | Daytona International Speedway | Speed record attempt | Chapman Root | Kurtis 500D – Offenhauser "Sumar Streamliner"[note 15] | Testing
George Amick (USA)[71] | April 4, 1959  | USAC | Daytona International Speedway | Daytona 100 | George Bignotti | Epperly – Offenhauser "Bowes Seal Fast"  | Race
Dick Linder (USA)[72] | April 19, 1959  | USAC | Trenton Speedway | Race of Champions | Jake Vargo | Kurtis 4000D – Offenhauser | Race
Jerry Unser (USA)[73][note 16] | May 2, 1959  | USAC | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | H. H. Johnson | Kuzma – Offenhauser "Helse"  | Practice
Bob Cortner (USA)[75] | May 19, 1959  | Cornis Engineering  | Cornis – Offenhauser
Van Johnson (USA)[76] | July 19, 1959  | USAC | Williams Grove Speedway | Indianapolis Sweepstakes[note 2] | Jake Vargo | Kurtis 4000D – Offenhauser | Race
Ed Elisian (USA)[77] | August 30, 1959  | USAC | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 200-mile race | Ernest Ruiz | Christiansen – Offenhauser "Travelon Trailer"  | Race
Jimmy Bryan (USA)[78] | June 19, 1960  | USAC | Langhorne Speedway | 100-mile race  | Leader Card  | Watson – Offenhauser | Race
Tony Bettenhausen (USA)[79] | May 12, 1961  | USAC | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Doug Stearly | Watson – Offenhauser "Stearly Motor Freight"  | Practice
Al Keller (USA)[80] | November 19, 1961  | USAC | Arizona State Fairgrounds | Bobby Ball Memorial | Bruce Homeyer | Phillips – Offenhauser "Konstant Hot"  | Race
Hugh Randall (USA)[81] | July 1, 1962  | USAC | Langhorne Speedway | Langhorne 100  | Jake Vargo | Kurtis 4000D – Offenhauser | Race
Eddie Sachs (USA)[82] | May 30, 1964  | USAC | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | DVS  | Halibrand Shrike – Ford "American Red Ball"  | Race
Dave MacDonald (USA)[82] | Mickey Thompson | Thompson 63 – Ford "Sears Allstate"
Bill Horstmeyer (USA)[83] | August 22, 1964  | USAC | Illinois State Fairgrounds | Tony Bettenhausen Memorial  | Bill Horstmeyer | Kuzma – Offenhauser "M. A. H." | Race
Bobby Marshman (USA)[84][note 17] | November 27, 1964  |  | Phoenix International Raceway | Tire test  | Lindsey Hopkins | Lotus 29 – Ford "Pure Oil Firebird"  | Testing
Chuck Rodee (USA)[86] | May 14, 1966  | USAC | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Leader Card  | Watson – Offenhauser "Wynn's"  | Qualifying
Mike Spence (UK)[87] | May 7, 1968  | USAC | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | STP | Lotus 56 – Pratt & Whitney Turbine "STP Oil Treatment"  | Practice
Ronnie Duman (USA)[88] | June 9, 1968  | USAC | Wisconsin State Fair Park | Rex Mays Classic | Pete Salemi | Gerhardt – Offenhauser TC "Central Excavating"  | Race
Jim Malloy (USA)[89][note 18] | May 14, 1972  | USAC | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Gerhardt Racing  | Eagle – Offenhauser TC "Thermo King"  | Practice
Bob Criss (USA)[91] | March 12, 1973  |  | FasTrack International Speedway | Private test  | Page Racing  | Eagle – Offenhauser TC | Testing
Art Pollard (USA)[92] | May 12, 1973  | USAC | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Bob Fletcher | Eagle – Offenhauser TC "Cobre Firestone"  | Practice
Swede Savage (USA)[93][note 19] | May 30, 1973  | Patrick Racing | Eagle – Offenhauser TC "STP Oil Treatment"  | Race
Gordon Smiley (USA)[95] | May 15, 1982  | USAC | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Bob Fletcher | March 81C – Cosworth | Qualifying
Jim Hickman (USA)[96][note 20] | July 31, 1982  | CART | Wisconsin State Fair Park | Provimi Veal Tony Bettenhausen 200 | Rattlesnake Racing  | March 81C – Cosworth | Practice
Jovy Marcelo (PHL)[98] | May 15, 1992  | USAC | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Euromotorsport | Lola T91/00 – Cosworth DFS | Practice
Scott Brayton (USA)[99] | May 17, 1996  | USAC | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Team Menard | Lola T95/00 – Menard V-6 | Practice
Jeff Krosnoff (USA)[100] | July 14, 1996  | CART | Toronto street circuit | Molson Indy Toronto | Arciero-Wells Racing | Reynard 96I – Toyota | Race
Gonzalo Rodríguez (URY)[101] | September 11, 1999  | CART | Laguna Seca Raceway | Honda Grand Prix of Monterey | Team Penske | Lola B99/00 – Mercedes | Practice
Greg Moore (CAN)[102] | October 31, 1999  | CART | California Speedway | Marlboro 500 | Forsythe Racing | Reynard 99I – Mercedes | Race
Tony Renna (USA)[103] | October 22, 2003  |  | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Firestone tire test  | Chip Ganassi Racing | G-Force – Toyota | Testing
Paul Dana (USA)[104] | March 26, 2006  | IRL | Homestead–Miami Speedway | Toyota Indy 300 | Rahal Letterman Racing | Panoz – Honda | Practice
Dan Wheldon (UK)[105] | October 16, 2011  | IndyCar | Las Vegas Motor Speedway | IZOD IndyCar World Championship | Sam Schmidt Motorsports | Dallara IR-05 – Honda | Race[note 3]
Justin Wilson (UK)[106][note 21] | August 23, 2015  | IndyCar | Pocono Raceway | ABC Supply 500 | Andretti Autosport | Dallara DW12 – Honda | Race

### Breakdown

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Fatalities by track  | Track[note 22] | Total  | First  | Last

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 36  | 1926  | 2003
New York State Fairgrounds | 4  | 1924  | 1940
Milwaukee Mile | 1952  | 1982
Altoona Speedway | 3  | 1923  | 1929
Lakewood Speedway | 1946  | 1958
Trenton Speedway | 1949  | 1959
Williams Grove Speedway | 1946  | 1959
Langhorne Speedway | 1941  | 1962
Beverly Hills Speedway | 2  | 1920  | 1920
Rockingham Speedway | 1926  | 1928
Daytona International Speedway | 1959  | 1959
Arizona State Fairgrounds | 1955  | 1961
Illinois State Fairgrounds | 1938  | 1964
Phoenix Raceway | 1964  | 1973
Grand Boulevard (Corona) | 1  | 1916
Sheepshead Bay Speedway | 1916
Recreation Park (Kalamazoo) | 1916
Santa Monica Road Race Course | 1916
Uniontown Speedway | 1916
Fresno Speedway | 1921
Kansas City Speedway | 1922
Charlotte Speedway | 1924
Long Island Motor Parkway | 1925
Culver City Speedway | 1925
Legion Ascot Speedway | 1936
Flemington Speedway | 1946
Winchester Speedway | 1946
Indiana State Fairgrounds | 1946
DuQuoin State Fairgrounds | 1948
Del Mar Fairgrounds | 1949
Santa Clara County Fairgrounds | 1952
Darlington Raceway | 1954
Toronto street circuit | 1996
Laguna Seca Raceway | 1999
Auto Club Speedway | 1999
Homestead–Miami Speedway | 2006
Las Vegas Motor Speedway | 2011
Pocono Raceway | 2015
Fatalities by decade  | Decade  | Total

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1910s  | 5
1920s  | 15
1930s  | 14
1940s  | 15
1950s  | 20
1960s  | 11
1970s  | 4
1980s  | 2
1990s  | 5
2000s  | 2
2010s  | 2
2020s  | 0
All  | 95

## Fatalities among riding mechanics

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✝ indicates that the driver was killed in the same incident.

Mechanician  | Driver  | Date of incident  | Sanction  | Track[note 1] | Event  | Team/Owner  | Car/Entry  | Session

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Erick Schrader (USA)[1] |  Bob Burman (USA) ✝ | April 8, 1916  | AAA | Grand Boulevard (Corona)  | Corona Grand Prize[note 2] |  | Peugeot | Race
Roxie Pallotti (USA)[2] |  Carl Limberg (USA) ✝ | May 13, 1916  | AAA | Sheepshead Bay Speedway | Metropolitan Trophy  |  | Delage | Race
Dan Colombo (USA)[108] |  Aldo Franchi (USA) | July 15, 1916  | AAA | Omaha Speedway | 150-mile race  |  | Peugeot – Sunbeam "Peusun"  | Race
Marion Arnold (USA)[3] |  Andy Burt (USA) | August 27, 1916  | AAA | Recreation Park (Kalamazoo)  | 100-mile race[note 2] |  | Stutz | Race
Bert Shields (USA)[109][note 23] |  Gil Andersen (USA) | September 4, 1916  | AAA | Cincinnati Motor Speedway | International Sweepstakes  |  | Stutz | Race
Ralph Hetlich (USA)[111][note 24] |  Wilbur D'Alene (USA) | October 14, 1916  | AAA | Speedway Park | Grand American Auto Race |  | Crawford – Duesenberg | Race
Charles Swartz (USA)[113] |  Harry Horsman (USA)[note 25] | November 10, 1916  | AAA/ACA | Santa Monica Road Race Course |  | Harry Horsman | Mercer | Practice
Gaston Weigle (FRA)[5] |  Frank Galvin (USA) ✝ | December 2, 1916  | AAA | Uniontown Speedway | Universal Trophy[note 2] |  | Premier | Race
Lyall Jolls (USA)[7] |  Eddie O'Donnell (USA) ✝ | November 25, 1920  | AAA | Beverly Hills Speedway | 250-mile race  |  | Duesenberg | Race
Harry Barner (USA)[9] |  Alton Soules (USA) ✝ | October 1, 1921  | AAA | Fresno Speedway | San Joaquin Valley Classic  |  | Frontenac | Race
Paul Marshall (USA)[115] |  Cy Marshall (USA) | May 30, 1930  | AAA | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | George Henry | Duesenberg | Race
William Berry (USA)[116] |  Doc MacKenzie (USA) | June 8, 1930  | AAA | Michigan State Fairgrounds | 100-mile race  | Ambler  | Ambler – Buick | Qualifying
Clarence Grove (USA)[25] |  Joe Caccia (USA) ✝ | May 26, 1931  | AAA | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Alvin Jones | Duesenberg "Jones & Maley"  | Practice
Harry Cox (USA)[117] |  Bennie Benefiel (USA) | May 25, 1932  | AAA | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Alvin Jones | Duesenberg "Jones & Maley"  | Qualifying
Bob Hurst (USA)[28] |  Bill Denver (USA) ✝ | May 28, 1933  | AAA | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Ray Brady | ? – Studebaker "Brady & Nardi"  | Qualifying
G. L. Jordan (USA)[29] |  Lester Spangler (USA) ✝ | May 30, 1933  | Harry Hartz | Miller | Race
Bob Hahn (USA)[30] |  Pete Kreis (USA) ✝ | May 25, 1934  | AAA | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Harry Hartz | Miller FD – Miller "Miller-Hartz"  | Practice
Leo Whitaker (USA)[32] |  Stubby Stubblefield (USA) ✝ | May 21, 1935  | AAA | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Phil Shafer | ? – Buick "Victor Gasket"  | Qualifying
Spider Matlock (USA)[34][note 26] |  Al Gordon (USA) ✝ | January 26, 1936  | AAA | Ascot Speedway | 125-mile race[note 2] | Bill White | Wetteroth – Offenhauser | Race
Albert Opalko (USA)[119] |  Frank McGurk (USA) | May 28, 1937  | AAA | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Murrell Belanger | Stevens – Miller "Belanger-Miller"  | Qualifying
Lawson Harris (USA)[120] |  Babe Stapp (USA) | September 20, 1939  |  | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Firestone tire test  | Mike Boyle | Miller FD – Miller | Testing

## Fatalities among non-participants

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This section lists people who have been fatally injured in close connection to the racing taking place at an event while not occupying a race car including participants being on the sidelines.

Name  | Date of incident  | Sanction  | Track[note 1] | Event  | Session  | Role  | Course of events

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William Speer (USA) | April 8, 1916  | AAA | Grand Boulevard (Corona)  | Corona Grand Prize[note 2] | Race  | Police officer  | Due to tire damage, Bob Burman's racer skidded, turned over and dashed into a crowd of people, several of whom were injured. Burman, his mechanician Erick Schrader, and a police officer died.[1]
Harold Edgington (USA) | November 18, 1916  | ACA | Santa Monica Road Race Course | American Grand Prize | Race  | Spectator  | With his left front wheel buckling, Lewis Jackson missed a slight turn. His car slid along the roadside and struck several people, three of them fatally. Jackson died being pinned against a tree.[4]
Leslie Jenkins (USA) | Camera operator
Lena Juratsch (USA) | Street vendor
Hughie Hughes (UK) | December 2, 1916  | AAA | Uniontown Speedway | Universal Trophy[note 2] | Race  | Driver  | Frank Galvin lost control of his racer, smashed through the guard rail and slammed into the press stand, injuring several of its occupants and crushing to death Hughie Hughes, who had crashed out of the race himself and was standing by the press box. Gaston Weigle, Galvin's mechanician, was also killed. Galvin died two days later.[5]
Bert Shoup (USA) | May 30, 1923  | AAA | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Race  | Spectator  | Tom Alley, who was relief driving for Earl Cooper, slid, rolled over and penetrated a fence, killing a 15-year-old spectator and hurting two other boys and himself.[121]
Russ Hughes (USA) | November 29, 1923  | AAA | Beverly Hills Speedway | 250-mile race  | Pre-race  | Photographer  | Attempting a start before the race, Harry Hartz hit a photographer, a team owner, and a mechanic, killing the former two and severely injuring the latter.[122]
George Wade (USA) | Team owner
Dan Shaw (USA) | October 12, 1925  | AAA | Rockingham Speedway | Autumn Classic  | Practice  | Mechanic  | The car driven by Vic Spooner veered into the pits where it fatally struck his mechanic before hitting the steel railing, being sent into the air, landing besides the track and catching fire. Spooner survived a concussion.[123]
Wilbur Brink (USA) | May 30, 1931  | AAA | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Race  | Bystander  | Billy Arnold's racer lost a wheel, which cleared the retaining wall and killed an 11-year-old boy who was off the speedway's property.[124]
Otto Rohde (USA) | May 28, 1937  | AAA | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Practice  | Pit attendant  | Overton Phillips lost control of his burning car, the gas tank of which had been pierced. Spinning into the pit area, it collided with another machine and inflicted fatal injuries on two attendants, one of whom died four days later, with three other people being hurt including Phillips.[119][125]
George Warford (USA)
Everett Spence (USA) | May 30, 1938  | AAA | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Race  | Spectator  | The tire and rim came off a wheel of the racer driven by Emil Andres, traveled through the air and fatally struck a spectator who was seated on a truck in the infield.[126]
Sam Stovall (USA) | April 14, 1946  | AAA | Williams Grove Speedway | 30-lap Big car race  | Feature race  | Spectator  | A spectator who had been hit by a car while he was crossing the track near completion of the race died of his injuries two days later.[40][127]
Peter Stupurak (USA) | October 15, 1950  | AAA | California State Fairgrounds | 100-mile race  | Race  | Spectator  | Tony Bettenhausen ran into and climbed up the rear of Walt Faulkner's racer, flipped over and smashed through a fence, hurting four spectators, one of whom died the next day.[128]
Lawrence Syrell (USA) | September 12, 1953  | AAA | New York State Fairgrounds | 100-mile race  | Race  | Spectator  | Trying to thread his way through Jimmy Bryan's spinning car and the fence, Chuck Stevenson hopped the outside wall, killing one spectator and injuring another 14.[129]
Clay Smith (USA) | September 6, 1954  | AAA | DuQuoin State Fairgrounds | Ted Horn Memorial  | Race  | Mechanic  | Rodger Ward lost a tire, locked wheels with Chuck Stevenson and spun into the pit area where he overturned, killing a mechanic and hurting eight other people.[130]
William Craig (USA) | May 30, 1960  | USAC | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Race  | Spectator  | A makeshift 30-foot (9.1 m) scaffold, which had privately been erected in the infield, toppled from the flatbed truck it was attached to during the parade lap before the start of the race, when the people occupying the structure leaned forward to watch the field drive by. They either fell or jumped to the ground where other attendants were hit by tumbling bodies or debris. Two spectators were killed, 82 sustained injuries.[131][132]
Fred Linder (USA)
John Masariu (USA) | May 30, 1961  | USAC | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Race  | Safety worker  | After a fire on Eddie Johnson's racer had been put out, a fire truck which was retreating from the scene backed over and killed a safety worker who was clearing a path for the vehicle.[133]
Ralph Heger (USA) | August 20, 1966  | USAC | Illinois State Fairgrounds | Tony Bettenhausen Memorial  | Qualifying  | Stage manager  | A scheduled performance by the Green Berets required a rope to be stretched from a platform mounted on the roof of the grandstand to the infield across the track. Shortly after a tow truck had tautened the rope, the structure came loose and plunged into the reviewing stand, crushing to death a stage manager. Two photographers who had occupied the platform fell to their deaths, 38 people were injured by debris.[134][135]
Robert Lockwood (USA) | Photographer
Dale Mueller (USA)
Red Stainton (USA) | April 13, 1969  | USAC | Hanford Motor Speedway | California 200  | Race  | Mechanic  | Fuel leaking from Art Pollard's car was ignited during a pit stop, causing burns to two attendants, one of whom leapt back into the path of Mario Andretti's car and was struck. The mechanic died of his injuries two days later.[136][137]
Armando Teran (USA) | May 30, 1973  | USAC | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Race  | Team member  | Rushing to the scene of Swede Savage's crash, a fire truck hit and killed a crewman for Graham McRae on pit lane.[93]
Lyle Kurtenbach (USA) | May 24, 1987  | USAC | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Race  | Spectator  | A tire which had come off Tony Bettenhausen Jr.'s racer was catapulted into the stands by Roberto Guerrero's car and fatally struck a spectator in the head.[138]
Jean Patrick Hein (CAN) | September 2, 1990  | CART | Vancouver street circuit | Molson Indy Vancouver | Race  | Marshal | Having pushed Ross Bentley's stalled racer out of a chicane area, three track workers rushed into the path of Willy T. Ribbs's car, which was coming around the corner. Two of them were hurt when colliding with the car's rear. The third sustained fatal injuries when he was hit and overrun by the left rear wheel.[139][140]
Gary Avrin (CAN) | July 14, 1996  | CART | Toronto street circuit | Molson Indy Toronto | Race  | Marshal | After Jeff Krosnoff's racer had touched wheels with that of Stefan Johansson, it was catapulted into the air and fatally struck a track worker who was positioned behind the wall lining the track while on its way into the catch fence where it disintegrated on impact, the cockpit coming to a stop against the opposite wall. Krosnoff was killed, too. Another marshal was slightly hurt.[100]
Kenneth Fox (USA) | July 26, 1998  | CART | Michigan Speedway | U.S. 500 | Race  | Spectator  | On lap 175, Adrián Fernández slammed into the outside wall in turn four. His right front wheel was torn off and hurled over the fence into the stands, killing three spectators and injuring six others.[141]
Sheryl Laster (USA)
Michael Tautkus (USA)
Barry Mobley (USA) | May 1, 1999  | IRL | Lowe's Motor Speedway | VisionAire 500K | Race[note 3] | Spectator  | On lap 59, Stan Wattles crashed into the outside wall in turn four, shearing off both right-side wheels. John Paul Jr.'s car hit one of them, propelling it over the fence into the stands. As a result, three spectators were killed and eight others, two of whom were children, sustained injuries. The race was abandoned before completing the necessary 104 laps to be official.[142][143]
Jeffrey Patton (USA)
Randy Pyatte (USA)

## See also

[edit]

* List of fatalities at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

## Notes

[edit]

1. ^ a b c The name of the track at the time of the fatal incident is displayed.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Non-championship event
3. ^ a b c The race was abandoned and voided after the fatal crash.
4. ^ Galvin died on December 4, 1916, two days after his crash.[6]
5. ^ O'Donnell died on November 26, 1920, the day after his crash.[8]
6. ^ Boyer died on September 2, 1924, the day after his crash.[13]
7. ^ Cariens died on December 1, 1925, two days after his crash.[18]
8. ^ Jones died on May 28, 1926, the day after his crash.[20]
9. ^ Metzler died on June 3, 1949, six days after his crash.[49]
10. ^ Sheffler died on June 28, 1949, nine days after his crash.[51]
11. ^ James died on November 5, 1952, three days after his crash.[56]
12. ^ Having stopped in the pits, Scarborough died of heat exhaustion a little later.[58]
13. ^ Ayulo died on May 17, 1955, the day after his crash.[61]
14. ^ Bisch died on July 6, 1958, two days after his crash.[67]
15. ^ The Formula Libre-classified car featured streamlined fenders over the wheels and a canopy enclosing the driver.[70]
16. ^ Unser died on May 17, 1959, fifteen days after his crash.[74]
17. ^ Marshman died on December 3, 1964, six days after his crash.[85]
18. ^ Malloy died on May 18, 1972, four days after his crash.[90]
19. ^ Savage died on July 2, 1973, thirty-three days after his crash.[94]
20. ^ Hickman died on August 1, 1982, the day after his crash.[97]
21. ^ Wilson died on August 24, 2015, the day after his crash.[107]
22. ^ The current, last, or best known name of the track is displayed.
23. ^ Shields died on September 30, 1916, twenty-six days after his crash.[110]
24. ^ Hetlich died on October 31, 1916, seventeen days after his accident.[112]
25. ^ Horsman, who had not been officially entered in the event and did not observe the starter's flag indicating the end of the practice session,[113] was released from hospital a week after his crash.[114]
26. ^ Matlock died on January 27, 1936, the day after his crash.[118]

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