Wilbur Shaw
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Warren Wilbur Shaw was an American racing driver. The second three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, he is also remembered for serving as president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from 1945 unti
Shaw on the cover of El Gráfico magazine, 1940
Shaw before qualifications at the 1940 Indianapolis 500
Shaw's winning car from the 1939 and 1940 Indianapolis 500s
Tony Hulman
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Anton "Tony" Hulman Jr. was an American businessman from Terre Haute, Indiana, who bought the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1945 and brought racing back to the famous race course after a four-year hi
Wilbur Shaw
…indicated that should they buy the IMS they would turn it into a private testing facility for their own cars only. Shaw then met Terre Haute businessman Tony Hulman who had inherited his family's business, Hulman & Company, a wholesale grocer and producer of coffee and baking powder, Clabber Girl. A lifelong fan…
Tony Hulman at the 59th running of the Indy 500, May 24, 1975.
A. J. Foyt and Hulman's grandson Tony George rode together in the 1977 pace car, recreating the scene on the 30th anniversary in 2007.
Roadway sign located at a rest stop on Interstate 70 in Indiana depicting the Anton "Tony" Hulman Jr. Memorial Way in 1997.