List of fatal Champ Car accidents

This is a list compiling drivers who have been fatally injured in American Championship Car Racing, since 1956. The list recognizes "Indy car" or "Champ car" fatalities under the following sanctioning bodies:

The most recent driver to be killed in an IndyCar Series event was Dan Wheldon in 2011.

Contents

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
Billy Foster January 20, 1967 USAC Riverside Rex Mays 300 Practice
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 Rodríguez 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

Non-driver fatalities

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tragedy Fuels Debate on Spectator Safety". Los Angeles Times. 1999-05-03. http://articles.latimes.com/1999/may/03/sports/sp-33630. Retrieved 2011-12-22. 
  2. ^ "Flying debris kills three at IRL race / VisionAire 500 canceled after tragedy". Houston Chronicle. 1999-05-02. http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/1999_3136293/flying-debris-kills-three-at-irl-race-visionaire-5.html. Retrieved 2011-12-22.