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4 unusual facts about Dick Simon


Dick Simon

He made his race debut the following spring driving a second-hand Vollstedt chassis at Phoenix International Raceway but was sidelined by magneto failure after only 4 laps.

Raul Boesel finished 5th in points with 3 runner-up finishes in 1993, the team's best season result.

A multiple starter and top-ten finisher in the race, he also became a car owner, founding Dick Simon Racing helping to begin the IndyCar careers of Stéphan Grégoire, Arie Luyendyk, Raul Boesel, and others.

Simon fielded a car in the 1992 Indianapolis 500 for Lyn St. James who became the second woman to drive in the race.



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