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The following is a list of individuals killed during events at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Persons named include drivers, riding mechanics, pit crew members, track personnel, and spectators. All fatalities are related to Championship Car races at the Speedway unless otherwise noted. Fatalities have occurred in conjunction with the Indianapolis 500, Brickyard 400, the Moto GP event, the Speedway's golf course, and during private testing. During World War I, while the Speedway was being used as a landing strip and maintenance/refueling station for the 821st Aero Repair Squadron, at least test pilot was fatally injured in a plane crash at the track.〔''The Talk of Gasoline Alley'' - 1070-AM WIBC, June 15, 2005〕 ==Fatal accidents during races from 1909—1910== *Wilfred Bourque & Harry Holcomb – 1909 Prest-O-Lite Trophy Race (Thursday, August 19, 1909) *:Wilfred "William" Bourque, 26, was accompanied by riding mechanic Harry Holcomb, 22. On the 58th lap of the 250-mile race, Bourque was witnessed to have glanced backwards momentarily at other cars on the frontstretch. At that moment, a wheel slipped, hit a rut, and the car flipped over in a ditch. Holcomb was thrown from the car and was killed instantly. Bourque was trapped under the car and suffered severe injuries, and never regained consciousness after being transferred to the hospital. *Claude Kellum – 1909 Wheeler-Schebler Trophy Race (Saturday, August 21, 1909) *:During the 300-mile race, Claude Kellum was serving as the riding mechanic for Charlie Merz. At the time, he was relieving fellow riding mechanic Robert Lyne. While driving down the frontstretch, Merz blew a tire, and the car flipped up into the stands, pinning Merz underneath. Kellum was thrown from the car, and died from his injuries an hour later. Spectators Howard Homer Jolliff, 20, of Franklin, Indiana, and James West, 29, of Indianapolis, were also killed by the crashed car. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of fatalities at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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