Bill Vukovich
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Transportation, Automotive, History, Domestic, Sports, Motor Sports
| Author: | Robert Grey Reynolds Jr | ISBN: | 9781311240484 |
| Publisher: | Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr | Publication: | March 20, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Robert Grey Reynolds Jr |
| ISBN: | 9781311240484 |
| Publisher: | Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr |
| Publication: | March 20, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
Bill Vukovich was the top driver in the United States when he was killed in a tragic multiple car wreck at Indianapolis on Memorial Day 1955. Bidding to win the event for a third and unprecedented time, Vukovich was caught with nowhere to turn but right by a number of cars ahead of him on the backstretch. When he made what turned out to be a fatal turn the Fresno, California native was catapulted in his Hopkins Special and landed upside down. Killed instantly, his car is in flames around him in a popular photo taken that day. While rescue workers struggled to cover the car one of Vukovich's hands can be seen protruding from underneath the upside down racer.
Bill Vukovich was the top driver in the United States when he was killed in a tragic multiple car wreck at Indianapolis on Memorial Day 1955. Bidding to win the event for a third and unprecedented time, Vukovich was caught with nowhere to turn but right by a number of cars ahead of him on the backstretch. When he made what turned out to be a fatal turn the Fresno, California native was catapulted in his Hopkins Special and landed upside down. Killed instantly, his car is in flames around him in a popular photo taken that day. While rescue workers struggled to cover the car one of Vukovich's hands can be seen protruding from underneath the upside down racer.
