The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum announced today that Chuck Jones is the new chairman of the Museum’s board of directors.Jones, an honors graduate of Purdue University, is an internationally recognized design and product development leader and is currently the Chief Design Officer at GE HealthCare, where he’s responsible for the...

ABOVE: Chuck (far left) first worked with Clay Regazzoni in F5000 in 1973, and the two would go on to partner in F1 and become life-long friends. LEFT: Chuck at his Costa Mesa, Calif. shop with the Gurney Weslake Eagle that he once owned and a Le Mans Ferrari that...

ABOVE: Jones at Pomona in 1960. LEFT: Jones at the Monaco GP with Ensign in 1977. Chuck Jones, designer, inventor, race team owner and patron of driving talent, passed away today at the age of 84.Chuck was born in Orange County, Calif., and fully embraced the car-crazy postwar era of...