November 2005

Vukovich

By Bob Gates

With wins at Indianapolis in 1953 and 1954, it looked as if Bill Vukovich was destined to be the first man to win a third consecutive event in 1955. However, it was not to be as Vuky was involved in someone else’s accident that took his life. Now, 50 years after his death, Bill Vukovich is still thought of as being “the greatest driver who ever turned a wheel at Indianapolis.”