Bill Cummings

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Bill Cummings (November 11, 1906 Indianapolis, Indiana – February 8, 1939 Indianapolis, Indiana) nicknamed "Wild Bill", won the 1934 Indianapolis 500. Cummings died driving a passenger automobile on State Road 29 in Indianapolis, when he hit a guard rail and plunged 50 feet (15 m) into Lick Creek. Cummings was pulled from the water by passers-by while still alive,[1] but died in the hospital two days later .[2]

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References

  1. Associated Press, as published in the Albuquerque Journal, February 8th, 1939, page 2.
  2. Injuries Kill Cummings Associated Press, as published in the New York Times, February 8th, 1939.
Preceded by Indianapolis 500 Winner
1934
Succeeded by
Kelly Petillo


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