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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – As a young aspiring racer, Chip Ganassi enjoyed any form of motorsports. Years later, as one of the most successful team owners who dabbles in multiple forms of the sport, it is ...
Pink isn't that uncommon a primary or complementary color for Indianapolis 500 Mile Race entries. Bob Sweikert won the 1955 race in a car dubbed the "Pink Zink," though the car's official color was ...
On the first lap of the main event 100 tapper at Oakland Stadium, Jim Rathman, a guest entrant from Los Angeles, starts to spin and is struck on the left side by Bob Sweikert, in a light blue roadster ...
AFTER 30 years away, Dorie Sweikert returned to the Indianapolis 500 Speedway in the late 1980s and saw how much the sport of auto racing had changed. “This car ran right smack into the cement wall ...
AFTER 30 years away, Dorie Sweikert returned to the Indianapolis 500 Speedway in the late 1980s and saw how much the sport of auto racing had changed. “This car ran right smack into the cement wall ...