Rick ravon mears born december 3, 1951, known by the nickname rocket rick, is a retired american race car driver. Indy 500 great gary bettenhausen died indianapolis star. When men fail to lead marriage missions international. The fundamentals of fast driving are revealed in this definitive howto book for racers. Before the running of the 1986 miami grand prix, dannys car was used by someone to pick up. Sullivan won the 1988 cart championship, and placed third in points in 1986. Ball starting racing midgets at the age of 21 in 1971 and enjoyed some success in the discipline before moving to sprint cars in the midlate 1970s. A graduate of the kentucky military institute with the hollywood tag, an image he never liked, danny sullivan is the son of a building contractor from louisville, kentucky. Danny sullivan indy racing fan apparel and souvenirs for. Away from work, jim enjoys golfing, cooking, bicycling, fishing, hunting and shooting sports, including trap, skeet and sporting clay.
Latest movies and tv shows with danny sullivan imdb. Danny sullivan bio, fact age,net worth,married,wife. Sullivan no, not that one delighted to be back at indy 500. He looks just like the racecar driver danny sullivan, shelley says. Auto racing may never see another mainstream superstar like danny. Don garlits was born in florida, and began drag racing in the mid1950s in a car he built. Danny tepper is a successful race car driver, driving a porsche 962 carrera owned by marty worthington.
Danny sullivan of louisville, ky, sits on his championship race car during the. Danny sullivan timeline featuring movies and other. Find everything in one place on danny sullivan including their biography, latest news and. He cut his teeth in the uk and didnt race seriously in his homeland until.
Indy 500 winners danny sullivan and bobby rahal were there, verizon indycar series ceo mark miles made his first visit to aar and came away with a. At bethel woods, i spot champion driver tommy kendall and his wife caroline, emerging from one of the shows oddest, coolest cars. Danny sullivan, american race car driver and sportscaster. Even more than his win at indianapolis or the cart championship he won with us in 1988, he changed the way people look at race car drivers and racing as a whole. Race car driver danny sullivan, 39, and his companion of eight years, interior decorator julie nini, 35, expect their first child, a boy, in march. He told his wife, amanda, that scheckter would be his driver if he put a team together. Mastering the art of race driving is the perfect resource for drivers from novice to expert.
Danny sullivan and his wife, brenda bosveld, in a 2017 porsche 911 carrera at the opening of the vancouver island motorsport circuit in cowichan. An accomplished racer, paul newman shared daytona 24 win at. Indy 500 winner danny sullivan to host new show on. Jan 21, 2019 were all very saddened about the passing of betty rutherford, indianapolis motor speedway president doug boles said in a statement. Fans of auto racing know well the story of danny sullivan, the kentucky kid whose model good looks and seemingly impossible spinandwin at the 1985 indianapolis 500 catapulted him simultaneously to the top of newspaper sports pages and the. Indianapolis 500 winner and 1988 cart world series champion danny sullivan appears to be ok after a potentially devastating road car crash on feb. But danny sullivan, born and raised in louisville, kentucky, had his first race in a formula ford at silverstone, and worked his way through f3 and f2 without ever racing in the us. Balls career took its first real major step forward in late 1978, when steve and his sponsor bought a used sprint car from reigning usac champion greg leffler. Indy winner sullivan joins united autosports for daytona classic 24.
Sullivan and partner jimmy vasser, the 1996 indy car series champion, were partners with kv racing technology when tony kanaan won the 20 indianapolis 500 for the team. Danny sullivan and brenda bosveld have been married for 24 years about. Daniel john sullivan iii born march 9, 1950, better known as danny sullivan, is an american former racing driver. In 1994, sullivan took a sabbatical from indy car racing.
He doesnt even look like your average race car driver. Born on 9th march, 1950 in louisville, ky, he is famous for winner of 1985 indy 500. A race car driver taking part in the miami grand prix is accused of murdering a prostitute. Crockett and tubbs track a grand prix racecar driver after the body of a slain prostitute is thrown from his speeding car. Racing legend danny sullivan drives in for inaugural petersen. Danny sullivan parlayed one of the most famous moments in indianapolis 500.
Their son is named after a famous race car driver who won the indy 500 in 1985. It wasnt great, but it was ok, sullivan said of his nascar experience at ims. Recently, in an interview on a news program, the racecar driver danny sullivan was asked, when youre in that car, what do you fear most. Sullivan and partner jimmy vasser, the 1996 indy car champion, were partners with kv racing technology. Danny sullivan s indy heat is a 1991 arcade racing game developed and published in the arcades by leland corporation.
Gary bettenhausen could have been rick mears, but he was gary bettenhausen, driver of anything and everything that was great about openwheel racing. Home versions of the game were eventually released for the nes, commodore amiga, atari st and commodore 64. Danny sullivan ok after road crash totals his audi. Apr 14, 2016 indy 500 winners danny sullivan and bobby rahal were there, verizon indycar series ceo mark miles made his first visit to aar and came away with a deeper appreciation for its driving force and the. Mears is also a threetime indycar seriesworld series champion 1979, 1981 and. In 1996 he got married to his girlfriend brenda bosveld with whom he has been dating for several years. Danny sullivan won the indianapolis 500 in 1985 with his spin to win. The motorsports community tragically lost a racing legend 30 years ago this weekend. This popular american who celebrates the big 50 this millennial year, started out as many other fellow european and latin american drivers. Rick also came with jbr motorsports for a track day in a jbr prepped radical race car a couple of weeks back video here. Andrettis car and popped above the white line and into the racing. Danny sullivan and brenda bosveld dating, gossip, news. When sullivan blurted out, drive a race car, almost as a joke, falkner took him seriously.
It starred american indycar driver danny sullivan, and featured the tracks of the cart series of the early 1990s. Foyt, boats wife andrea is looking on during delayed 81st running of the indianapolis 500 mile race tuesday may 27. Legendary racecar driver danny sullivan is living this dream as a formula one driving steward a driver who rotates through the grand prix circuit to consult on the tracks and mitigate potential problems in a race. Aug 28, 1988 he looks just like the race car driver danny sullivan, shelley says. Jan 22, 1990 race car driver danny sullivan, 39, and his companion of eight years, interior decorator julie nini, 35, expect their first child, a boy, in march. Traveling the globe to partake in historic rallies and races is a fantasy for many sports car enthusiasts. Danny holds american nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. Former taxi driver, formula one driver and 1985 spin and win indianapolis 500 champion danny sullivan, who started the inaugural brickyard 400 in 1994 in a rare nascar appearance. Search program to find an american driver to compete in formula one. Inside the office of a race car driver when walking around jims house you may think he is completely dedicated to fishing, art collection, boating or literature there is very little residue of his racing career visible in the house except for the two perfectly restored. I always wanted danny sullivan to take me for a few laps around. The day before this years indianapolis 500, danny sullivan was one of the race car drivers riding in the 500 festival parade.
Danny sullivan is a formal american racing driver born on 9th march 1950 in louisville, kentucky. For other people with the same name, see daniel sullivan. Thats really danny s legacy, remarked sullivan s former boss, roger penske. It has been estimated that danny has the net worth of u.
Unlike the other penske drivers of the mid1980s, sullivan was eager to. Doug bassett goes straight on at the hairpin, larry perkins, elfin 620 leads tiff needells lotus 69, chris smiths elden and buzaglo in the ippokampos elden. May 29, 2015 danny sullivans indy 500 spin and win fame unlikely to be equaled auto racing may never see another mainstream superstar like danny sullivan became after his 1985 indy 500 spin and win. Sullivan, the 1985 indy 500 winner and 1988 national driving champion, became available after he was cut loose by roger penske when marlboro, penskes no. More than a decade after running errands for tyrrell, sullivan joined the team as a driver.
For a 21st birthday present, falkner enrolled danny in the jim russell school of motor racing. Get the best deals on danny sullivan indy racing fan apparel and souvenirs when you shop the largest online selection at. Flea market mogul preston henn asskicked his way into. He earned 17 wins in the cart indy car world series, including the 1985 indianapolis 500. Galles racing driver danny sullivan of the usa drives his galmer chevrolet during the toyota grand prix, part of the cart championship auto. Racing legend danny sullivan drives in for inaugural. Drivers who have won an indy car title under penske rick mears, three in cart. Danny ongais born may 21, 1942 is an american former racing driver. His wife was two weeks overdue, yet he wasnt with her in the hospital. The woman on the other side of the desk has no idea that this. Lets check, how rich is danny sullivan in 20192020. Al holbert, racing legend remembered 30 years later. Danny sullivans indy heat is a 1991 arcade racing game developed and published in the arcades by leland corporation. Florence italy is the sixteenth episode of miami vices second season.
Sullivan ended the season with a huge crash at michigan which left him with a broken pelvis and with that his racing career came to end. The likes of tony brise, brian henton, alan jones, larry perkins and danny sullivan didnt even make monacos final. To help promote that character, the jet setting racing driver, sullivan enlisted the help of alan nierob, hollywood publicist to the stars. Apr 21, 2016 danny sullivan of louisville, ky, sits on his championship race car during the traditional photographs of the indianapolis 500 winner on the finish line of the indianapolis motor speedway on may. Imdbs advanced search allows you to run extremely powerful queries over all people and titles in the database. Sep 28, 2008 the father of 1985 indy 500 winner danny sullivan, dan sullivan jr. Siriusxm today announced that former openwheel racing star danny sullivan, winner of the 1985 indy 500 and 1988 cart indycar series champion, will host a new weekly show that will air nationwide on the dan patrick radio channel on siriusxm channel 211. At the time, gordon was dating his first wife, but on the dl, because it was against the rules for them to date job conflicts. His father, frank tepper, is also a driver, and father and son occasionally race against each other, once in a parking garage on motorcycles which frank won and the miami grand prix which he won. The father of 1985 indy 500 winner danny sullivan, dan sullivan jr. Indy 500 paralleled upanddown life of winner danny sullivan.
Beekhuis was born in zurich, switzerland while his american father was studying at eth zurich, and grew up in california. They have two adult children, blair and danny, and two dogs, bella, a black lab, and grizzly, a goldendoodle. Celebrities, famous birthdays, historical events, and past life were excluded. Danny sullivan was born in louisville, kentucky in march 1950.
When scientology sponsored indy cars l ron hubbards. Alltime baja celebrity racers include steve mcqueen and. Sep 27, 2008 he became a car owner in the canam series, campaigning cars for a number of top drivers, including indianapolis 500 winners al unser, danny sullivan and bobby rahal, as well as formula one. May 11, 2016 danny sullivan became true superstar with spin and win indy 500 auto racing may never see another mainstream superstar like danny sullivan became after his 1985 indy 500 spin and win. That was the first time we saw her, says john webb, the uks most goahead promoter of the period. Future f1 drivers in a field of great depth included danny sullivan, patrick neve, tiff needell and hans binder as well as perkins of course.
Danny sullivan is a 70 year old american auto racer. When a spat between 1986 grand prix of miami race promoter ralph sanchez and henn almost prevented reigning indianapolis 500 winner danny sullivan from. Danny sullivan, 35, is not your average race car driver. When the drives in europe dried up he returned home, thinking his motor racing days were done. Even sullivans wife, brenda, is something of a spinandwin product. He is pictured below with kathy busby jims lovely wife and his springfield built rolls royce more about the car in our earlier post from pebble beach concours delegance 2010 here. Jun 17, 2016 danny sullivan and his wife, brenda bosveld, in a 2017 porsche 911 carrera at the opening of the vancouver island motorsport circuit in cowichan. Sep 26, 2009 were you expecting the former race car driver. Danny sullivan led the last 61 laps of the 1985 indianapolis 500 en route. Danny sullivans spin and win indy 500 made him unequaled star. As a boy i didnt even know what car racing was, it didnt interest me. Among the crowd of more than 300,000 lining the streets was a.
Now 25 years since his indy 500 win, danny sullivan is still going. But danny sullivan, born and raised in louisville, kentucky, had his. Indy 500 winner danny sullivan to host motorsports show on. He grew up with his parents who were building contractor. Which is quite a coincidence because gary also is a race car driver. Heres a quick list of all the fun birthday facts about march 9, 1965. This year, sullivan plans to travel to italy, austria, and singapore to share his experience and passion for motorsports. A flamboyant figure on the racing circuit, ongais was nicknamed ongas and the flyin hawaiian. He competed professionally in motorcycle, sports car, formula one, and drag racing. Oct 11, 2018 the show takes its title from sullivans famous 360degree ontrack spin toward the end of the 1985 indy 500, when sullivan deftly avoided a potential race ending crash to go on to outrun mario andretti for the victory. Dan gurneys 85th birthday bash had one fantastic surprise.
How many children does danny sullivan have answers. From the minute she and johnny met at the indianapolis motor speedway in 1963 when he was an indy 500 rookie and she was a student nurse in the infield medical center, betty has been a beloved member of the racing community. Danny sullivan and brenda bosveld dating, gossip, news, photos. Classic racers cant stand still at art in motion concours. Sullivan, danny open wheel 2012 inductees hall of fame. For penskes drivers, rick mears and danny sullivan, this means there is a good chance they will either get a leg up on the competition or be saddled with a machine that is neither sufficiently. Danny sullivans spin and win indy 500 made him unequaled. Spin and win danny sullivan wins 1985 indianapolis 500 youtube.
Ongais is the only native hawaiian to compete in the indianapolis 500. Which is quite a coincidence because gary also is a racecar driver. May 22, 2018 500 driver billy boat left gets a pat on the shoulder from car owner a. Now she impressed racings international set by finishing 12th in f3s most prestigious race. The spin and win was a careerdefining moment for sullivan and has become a timeless highlight in motorsports history. A chaste affair keeps a marriage alive chicago tribune. He came into the bank once or twice a week, and they. Crockett and tubbs track a grand prix race car driver after the body of a slain prostitute is thrown from his speeding car. The 1988 ars indy lights champion, beekhuis drove in 14 cart from 1989 to 1992. Danny modernoted film cinematographer with over 20 on his filmography paula murphyonetime worlds fastest woman racer n michael nesmithtv actormusician monkees.
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