Rick Mears, racing in his second 500, won the pole with a speed of 193.736 miles per hour in his Gould Charge Special with a ...

"I remember being in the airport, leaving after the [1991] Indy 500. And there's Rick Mears up ahead of me. And he's got a duffel bag in one hand and [wearing] a pair of jeans and T-shirt.

Helio Castroneves, Rick Mears, A.J. Foyt and Al Unser Sr ... months without—actually about a year without—being in an Indy car,” he said. “I jump in, new time, new people—that was ...