LLOYD RUBY - USAC HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2017

Lloyd Ruby, of Wichita Falls, Texas, was quite possibly the greatest Indy Car driver never to win the Indianapolis 500. In 17 career starts he led five different years for a total of 126 laps and finished third in 1964, despite the fact that he appeared on more than one occasion to be headed for victory. Although never a front-row starter at Indy, he recorded seven “top-10” finishes and led the race in five of six years between 1966 and 1971. In 1969 he looked like a strong contender for the win until a pit mishap left him with a rupture in his gas tank and forced him out of the race. He scored Indy Car victories at Milwaukee (3), Phoenix (2), Langhorne and Trenton and was also accomplished as a road racer, winning the 1965 Daytona Continental and the 1966 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring with Ken Miles. In 1991 he was inducted into the Auto Racing Hall of Fame, in 2008 he joined the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame and in 2015 he was inducted into the Motorsport Hall of Fame of America. He was also a co-recipient with Helio Castroneves of the famed Louis Meyer Award.