Buddy Lazier
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Robert Buddy Lazier is an American auto racing driver, best known for winning the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and the 2000 Indy Racing League season championship.
Lazier at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May 2008 for the 2008 Indianapolis 500.
Lazier driving at the 1991 Toyota Monterey Grand Prix at Laguna Seca Raceway.
The car Lazier used to win the 1996 Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum.
Lazier's car in Gasoline Alley during practice for the 2006 Indianapolis 500
1996 Indianapolis 500
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The 80th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 26, 1996. This was the first Indy 500 contested as part of the new Indy Racing League, under the overall sanctioning umbrella of USAC. It was the third and final race of the 1996 IRL season. Veteran driver and former AIS champion Buddy Lazier won the race, his first career victory in top-level Indy car competition. Lazier's victory came just over two months after he suffered a broken back in a crash at Phoenix.
1996 Indianapolis 500
Arie Luyendyk track record setting car.