Trivia
The first Champ Car event was held at the Milwaukee Mile on July 17, 1933. The show was rained out. Wilbur Shaw and the other drivers convinced the track promoters to run the race the following day and the term "Rain Date" was born.
Shaw was the first driver to win back-to back Indianapolis 500 races, the 1939 and 1940 races, only Mauri Rose in 1947 and 1948, Bill Vukovich in 1953 and 1954, Al Unser in 1970, and 1971, and Hélio Castroneves in 2001 and 2002 have accomplished the same feat.
Shaw is the last native Hoosier to win the Indianapolis 500.
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