INDIANAPOLIS - Bill Puterbaugh, the 1975 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year, passed away Monday, Oct. 9 at his home on the west side of Indianapolis. He was 81.Puterbaugh, who was originally from Roxana, Illinois, and raced out of the St. Louis area for several years until moving to Indianapolis...

Above: Jim McElreath, 1980. McElreath made 15 Indy 500 starts.Jim McElreath, who started his Indianapolis 500 career as rookie of the year in a roadster back in 1962 and finished it 20 years later in the ground-effects era as his own chief mechanic, passed away Thursday at the age of...

Billy Scott, who competed in four USAC National Championship races, including the 1976 Indianapolis 500, died Friday, April 28. He was 68.Nicknamed "Billy the Kid," Scott began driving quarter-midgets as a 5-year-old in San Bernardino, California, and he was later the first 16-year-old ever to record a top-end speed of...