Kyle Larson is the latest in a long line of NASCAR drivers and teams with dreams of Indy 500 glory.
It’s long and sometimes confusing, this ongoing relationship between NASCAR and the Indianapolis 500. In total, 10 drivers best known for their stock car successes have raced at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Five others have tried, but failed to make the 33-car grid.The relationship began in 1963, when future NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Curtis Turner passed his rookie tests, but crashed in practice and didn’t advance.
The following year, it was another terrific weekend for the future Hall of Fame driver from Alabama. He was 6th in Coyote/Ford at Indy on a Saturday, then 2nd to brother Bobby at Charlotte the next afternoon; Bobby Allison 1973, 1975 The future NASCAR champion and Hall of Fame driver made his Indy 500 debut in 1973, finishing 32nd when the engine in his McLaren/Offy blew up on the parade lap.In his second and final Indy 500 in 1975, Allison led a few laps before finishing 25th in a McLaren/Offy.
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