Indy 500 1953, Bill Vukovich On this day in 1953, Bill Vukovich won the Indy 500 race, the second round of Formula 1 World Championship of that year - the extremely high temperature led to Carl Scarborough's death due to heat prostration and the description of the race as the ''Hottest 500''. On the same day 2 years later, ''Vuky'' lost the control of his Kurtis Kraft and passed away, on route to achieve his 3rd successive win in Brickyard... Indy 500 1953, Bill Vukovich Σαν σήμερα το 1953, ο Bi

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Few drivers dominated a short era of the #Indy500 more than Bill Vukovich. Take a trip down #IMS Memory Lane and relive "Vuky's" second win in "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" in 1954. For the second year in a row, sweltering heat resulted in an unusually high number of relief drivers—the 11th-placed finisher used five—and for the second year in a row it was the same driver who won. He was Bill Vukovich, “The Iron Man” from Fresno, Calif. who didn’t use a relief driver. No less tough was Arizo