It was a perfect storm for a little team that never had much money or luck.Back in October of 1973, USAC’s Championship Trail was at Texas World Speedway for the next-to-last race of the season. Bill Finley had towed his homemade Fleagle chassis to College Station behind a Chevy pickup...

I sent in my ballot for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame last week, but for the first time in 10 years, I didn’t write in Jim Hurtubise, Paul Newman, Carl Haas or Bill Finley because it was a obvious that the no one in charge ever gave them...

Bill Finley was one of the last, great chief mechanics at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway because he could do it all – weld, fabricate, build engines, assemble gearboxes and repair anything.The L.A. native came to IMS in the early '60s with Jimmy Daywalt before starting his own team in 1966...