Rick Mears won three CART national championships ... He was named the United States Auto Club Rookie of the Year. Car owner Bill Simpson helped Mears get his start in Indy car racing and then ...

Rick Mears won three Indycar championships in 1979, 1981 and 1982, out of which the second saw him face the biggest challenge of his entire career. At 65th Running of the Indy 500 in 1981 ...

Rick Mears, A.J. Foyt and Al Unser Sr ... There are so many ways that gives you confidence as a rookie that you can go about this in the same way. This guy has won it so many times and he ...

After battling Rick Mears up front and fighting handling issues, Gordon Johncock edges Mears at the line to win for the second time at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in one of the closest Indy 500 ...