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 ...

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.

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