One of the highlights of my PRI show this year was sharing Bill Simpson stories with Del Flores—a fellow former tenant of Lord of the Land Simpson. To know Simpson is to have Simpson stories. Neither of us knew that Bill had a second—and ultimately fatal, I guess—stroke on Friday.…
New Zealand iconoclast Laurie Webster passes
Steve Rice alerted us to the passing of New Zealand iconoclastic motorcycle drag racer Laurie Webster in a crash on his turbo Kawasaki Funnybike at Meremere Dragway. “To my racing family, please remember—although racing is a fun game—this really is a matter of life or death,” Rice said in making…
Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s Mari Hulman George passes
Hulman & Company and Indianapolis Motor Speedway Chairman of the Board Emeritus Mari Hulman George, who touched the lives of millions through her deep passion for auto racing, stewardship of the Racing Capital of the World and decades of compassionate philanthropy, died Nov. 3 in Indianapolis with her family by…