where his father Bill, who drove race cars himself, ran Mears Excavation, a backhoe construction company. At 11, Rick raced toy slot cars and began spending much of his free time working on them.

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 ...

His father, Roger Mears, is a former IndyCar and off-roading veteran, while his uncle, the legendary Rick Mears ... from full ...