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Three-Time Indy 500 Winning Team Owner Pat Patrick Dies Aged 91 Photo: Darrell Ingham (Getty Images) Pat Patrick, one of the longest-standing and most influential car owners in the IndyCar paddock, died on January 5, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. He was 91 years old. Advertisement Ueal Eugene “Pat” Patrick was born on March 10, 1929 in Kentucky, with his family soon after moving to Michigan. Patrick found his start in the oil business, starting up Patrick Petroleum in 1962 and working alongside a man named Walt Michener. Michener may have been the reason Patrick got into racing, because he was using the business to field IndyCar teams. His first sponsorship came in 1967. ....
CART Co-Founder, Indy 500-Winning Team Owner Pat Patrick Dies at 91 Patrick’s teams won 45 Indy-car races, three Indianapolis 500s. U.E. Pat Patrick co-founded Championship Auto Racing Teams and founded the Indy Lights Series. Patrick, who died on Tuesday at the age of 91, won three Indy 500s and 45 Indy-car races as a team owner. Patrick Racing s greatest season was 1989. That year, Patrick won both the Indianapolis 500 and the CART championship with driver Emerson Fittipaldi. Veteran IndyCar racer and 1983 Indianapolis 500 winner Tom Sneva ducked into the Patrick Racing hospitality tent at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland during a July CART race weekend in 1995. ....
10 IndyCar Career Moves That Ended in Disaster The greener pastures are not always as green as they seem. Dec 11, 2020 STAN HONDAGetty Images An IndyCar driver may seek greener pastures by joining another team or leaving IndyCar racing for another home. Sometimes these moves work, while other times they can prove to be detrimental. Here’s 10 IndyCar career moves that just didn’t work out. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Jamie SquireGetty Images After a brief stint in Formula One in the early 1990s, Alex Zanardi was coming into his own as a driver in the CART IndyCar World Series in 1996. He would win the 1997 and 1998 CART titles for Chip Ganassi Racing before leaving the U.S. for a Formula 1 seat at Williams in 1999 alongside Ralf Schumacher. ....