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'Dick Simon' (born September 21, 1933 in Sandy, Utah) is one of the oldest men to ever have raced in the Indianapolis 500. He was 54 years old during his final Indy 500 start in 1988. A multiple starter and top-ten finisher in the race. He also became a car owner helping to begin the IndyCar careers of Stéphane Grégoire, Arie Luyendyk, Raul Boesel, and others. Simon also fielded cars for Lyn St. James. He sold his race team to Andy Evans who formed Team Scandia in 1997. He was back in the game in the late 90's and entered cars in 2000 and 2001.

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Indy 500 results

Indy 500 results

Year Car Start Qual Rank Finish Laps Led Retired 1970 44 31 165.548 32 14 168 0 Flagged 1972 44 23 180.424 25 13 186 0 Out of Fuel 1973 44 27 191.276 19 14 100 0 Piston 1974 44 10 184.502 11 33 1 0 Valve 1975 44 30 181.891 31 21 133 0 Flagged 1976 17 16 182.342 19 32 1 0 Rod 1977 17 30 185.615 29 31 24 0 Overheating 1978 17 10 192.967 15 19 138 0 Wheel Bearing 1979 17 20 185.071 26 26 57 0 Clutch 1980 8 29 182.787 30 22 58 0 Lost wheel 1983 22 20 192.993 30 15 161 0 Flagged 1984 22 20 201.835 26 23 112 0 In Pits 1985 22 14 208.536 14 26 86 0 Oil Pressure 1987 22 6 209.960 7 6 193 0 Flagged 1988 22 16 207.555 28 9 196 0 Flagged 'Totals' 1614 0

Starts 15 Poles 0 Front Row 0 Wins 0 Top 5 0 Top 10 2 Retired 10

★ Simon ran over 4,000 miles at Indianapolis without ever leading a lap. This is 6th on the all-time list.