Driver Fatalities
Driver |
Date of accident |
Sanction |
Track |
Race |
Team |
During |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pat O'Connor | May 30, 1958 | USAC | Indianapolis | 1958 Indy 500 | Race | |
Jimmy Reece | September 28, 1958 | USAC | Trenton | Trenton 100 | Race | |
George Amick | April 4, 1959 | USAC | Daytona | Daytona 100 | Race | |
Jerry Unser | 1959 | USAC | Indianapolis | 1959 Indy 500 | Practice | |
Ed Elisian | August 30, 1959 | USAC | Milwaukee | Milwaukee 200 | Race | |
Jimmy Bryan | June 19, 1960 | USAC | Langhorne | Race | ||
Al Keller | 1961 | USAC | Arizona Fairgrounds | |||
Tony Bettenhausen | May 12, 1961 | USAC | Indianapolis | 1961 Indy 500 | Practice | |
Bobby Marshman | Nov., 1964 | USAC | Phoenix | Tire testing | Testing | |
Dave MacDonald | May 30, 1964 | USAC | Indianapolis | 1964 Indy 500 | Race | |
Eddie Sachs | ||||||
Chuck Rodee | May 14, 1966 | USAC | Indianapolis | 1966 Indy 500 | Qualifying | |
Mike Spence | May 7, 1968 | USAC | Indianapolis | 1968 Indy 500 | Practice | |
Ronnie Duman | June 9, 1968 | USAC | Milwaukee | Rex Mays 150 | Race | |
Jim Malloy | May 15, 1972 | USAC | Indianapolis | 1972 Indy 500 | Practice | |
Art Pollard | May 12, 1973 | USAC | Indianapolis | 1973 Indy 500 | Practice | |
Swede Savage | May 30, 1973 | USAC | Indianapolis | 1973 Indy 500 | Race | |
Gordon Smiley | May 15, 1982 | USAC | Indianapolis | 1982 Indy 500 | Fletcher Racing | Qualifying |
Jim Hickman | August 1, 1982 | CART | Milwaukee | Tony Bettenhausen 200 | Hoffman Racing | Practice |
Jovy Marcelo | May 15, 1992 | USAC | Indianapolis | 1992 Indy 500 | Euromotorsport | Practice |
Scott Brayton | May 17, 1996 | IRL | Indianapolis | 1996 Indy 500 | Team Menard | Practice |
Jeff Krosnoff* | July 14, 1996 | CART | Exhibition Place | Molson Indy Toronto | Arciero-Wells Racing | Race |
Gonzalo RodrÃguez | September 11, 1999 | CART | Laguna Seca | Honda Grand Prix of Monterey | Team Penske | Practice |
Greg Moore | October 31, 1999 | CART | Fontana | Marlboro 500 | Forsythe Racing | Race |
Tony Renna | October 22, 2003 | IRL | Indianapolis | Private test | Chip Ganassi Racing | Testing |
Paul Dana | March 26, 2006 | IRL | Homestead | Toyota Indy 300 | Rahal Letterman Racing | Morning warm-up practice |
Dan Wheldon | October 16, 2011 | IndyCar | Las Vegas | IZOD IndyCar World Championships | Sam Schmidt Racing | Race |
- *In Krosnoff's crash at Toronto, the crash also killed race marshall Gary Arvin
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