1982, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991). Mears is also a three-time Indycar series/World Series champion (1979, 1981 and 1982). Mears was born in Wichita, Kansas and...
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14 top tens (no finish worse than 7th), Rick Mears ran away with the inaugural CART championship title. Mears took a large points lead after winning the...
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fall-out of the controversy. Penske's next Indy 500 win was with Rick Mears in 1984. Mears and former Penske driver Tom Sneva battled for the lead in the...
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438 km/h). A few minutes later, he was beaten by his Penske teammate Rick Mears. Mears secured the pole position with a four-lap average of 207.004 mph (333...
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of the Coca-Cola 600, Mears is a member of the Mears racing family as the nephew of four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears and the son of IndyCar...
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positions with Rick Mears winning the pole position, Danny Sullivan at the center of the front row, and Al Unser, Sr. on the outside. Mears set a new track...
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday May 27, 1984. Rick Mears, who previously won in 1979, won his second (of four) Indy 500 victories...
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During time trials, Mears also established an Indy record by winning his sixth career pole position. The month of May for Mears was tumultuous, as he...
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of Danny Ongais, and a major pit fire involving Rick Mears. Ongais was critically injured, and Mears suffered burns, but both drivers would recover. Another...
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saw a shake-up from the previous year. Rick Mears suffered a serious crash at Sanair in 1984. In 1985, Mears only drove a partial schedule (ovals only...
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wheel. Second-year driver Rick Mears took the lead for the final time with 18 laps to go, and won his first Indianapolis 500. Mears would win again in 1984...
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two laps, not an average speed of the two laps. Rick Mears won the pole with a speed of 200.983 mph. Mears' lap broke the single lap record that Peter Revson...
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sanctioned by USAC, but counted towards the CART points championship. Rick Mears won the Indy 500, his third victory at Indy. The 1988 season was the breakout...
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father of Al Unser Jr. He was the second of four men (A. J. Foyt, himself, Rick Mears and Hélio Castroneves) to have won the Indianapolis 500 four times (1970...
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Fittipaldi and Mears finished 1st-2nd. Fittipaldi effectively clinched the championship by virtue of a now 22-point lead over Mears. If Mears were to win...
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wanted a proven winner to join his young driver Rick Mears. Unser won six times to Mears' three wins but Mears won the championship and Indianapolis 500. In...
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, Rick Mears and Hélio Castroneves, each of whom has won the race four times. The active driver with the most victories is Castroneves. Rick Mears holds...
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Rick Mears 1980 Johnny Rutherford 1980 Johnny Rutherford (2) Year USAC Gold Crown ChampionshipAB 1981 Rick Mears (2) 1981–82 George Snider 1982 Rick Mears...
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Ashley Mears (born 1980), American sociologist Brian Mears (1931–2009), British author and former chairman of Chelsea Football Club Carl Mears, Senior...
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Mears (born 1951), American race car driver Rick Mercer (born 1969), Canadian comedian, television personality, political satirist, and author Rick McGraw...
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the 2023 event, 75 different drivers have won. A. J. Foyt, Al Unser, Rick Mears, and Hélio Castroneves share the record for the most victories with four...
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location on November 6. The PPG Indy Car World Series Drivers' Champion was Rick Mears. Rookie of the Year was Bobby Rahal. Though it was not officially part...
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as the "Spin and Win." In September 1984, Rick Mears suffered serious leg injuries in a crash at Sanair. Mears drove only a part-time schedule in 1985,...
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sanctioned by USAC, but counted towards the CART points championship. Rick Mears won the Indy 500, his record-tying fourth victory in the event. Michael...
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(Parnelli*) CART Champions (9): 1979 Rick Mears (Penske) 1980 Johnny Rutherford (Chaparral) 1981 Rick Mears (Penske) 1982 Rick Mears (Penske) 1983 Al Unser (Penske)...
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dropped out. Rick Mears then took the lead, and throughout the next 20 laps dueled with Johnny Rutherford. After a poor pit stop by Rutherford, Mears had a 20...
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In order, Rick Mears, Mario Andretti, and Bobby Rahal at Laguna Seca, 1991....
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amputate both feet but were convinced to transfer Mears to Indianapolis for reconstructive surgery. Mears returned to racing at the 1985 Indianapolis 500...
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Indianapolis 500. Rick Mears earned the first victory for the engine in a 500 mile race at the 1987 Pocono 500. A year later, Mears won the 1988 Indianapolis...
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stop on lap 72, Mears made the handling adjustments he needed to pull out to a 9-second lead. However, over the final handful of laps, Mears was stuck behind...
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