Horrific crash. Disputed finish. No Penske. Split looming: 1995 Indy 500 Hollywood script
INDIANAPOLIS -- What would make a riveting, remarkable, heart-wrenching movie script telling the story of the 1995 Indianapolis 500 that played out 30 years ago includes intense plot twists, turns and despair. And a cast of colorful, glamorous and forlorn characters. There is the tragic hero, 42-year-old Stan Fox, who was a spindly driver known around Indianapolis Motor Speedway as a warm, friendly jokester who laughed boisterously and was always doing kind deeds for others. Fox plays a sad role in the 1995 Indy 500. He left the race in an ambulance after a violent crash in the first lap on Turn 1 and was never the same again. Jacques Villeneuve is the hero of this story, the first Canadian...