I never had chance to meet the man but he was my hero for over 50 years and the main reason for purchasing CSX2159. During the past weekend while attending the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's Celebration of Automobiles with the car a large number of his friends and fans stopped by to comment on his passing many with interesting and inspiring memories they had. The local Fox TV channel (59) did a small bit on this and can be viewed at their web site -
Sports - fox59.com. He will be missed by all who knew of him.