The sisters from Crown Point had trekked down to Indianapolis in 2001 to check on their father's prized car. They walked ... famed driver Gary Bettenhausen was behind the wheel.

Indy's twin passions will combine forces for a rare doubleheader that will send a jolt of adrenaline throughout central Indiana and capture the attention of the nation.

This is the first time car No. 83 has won the ... driver age 50 or older to start the Indianapolis 500. The others: Mario Andretti, Cliff Bergere, Gary Bettenhausen, Duane Carter, A.J. Foyt ...

That went to second-day qualifier Gary Bettenhausen, whose four-lap average ... There is tremendous pressure on trying to drive an Indy car as fast as possible, while conserving the tires to ...

Allison competed in two Indianapolis 500s ... But Roger Penske wanted Gary Bettenhausen to run my car after any and all changes were made. That really irked me.” Allison thought the world ...

“I have the concern that I think any father would have for their son in a race car and the ... joined Roger Penske’s Indy team racing with Mark Donohue and Gary Bettenhausen.

Stock car racing legend Bobby Allison ... Penske named Bobby Allison to his Indy 500 team in 1973 as teammates with defending winner Mark Donohue and oval specialist Gary Bettenhausen. Allison ...

When Ryan Bettenhausen was 3 years old, Uncle Gary bought him an appropriate gift ... he lost in a crash on the first lap of his first Indy-car race in 1972. A crash that cost him such simple ...