19 Facts About Ronnie Duman

Ronnie Duman was an accomplished driver in sprints and midgets, and won the prestigious Little 500 at Anderson Speedway in 1959 and 1960.

Ronnie Duman drove in the USAC Championship Car series from 1961 to 1968.

Ronnie Duman had 63 career starts, including the Indianapolis 500 from 1964 to 1968.

Ronnie Duman had 27 top-ten finishes in Champ Car competition, with a best finish of third in 1965 at Phoenix.

Ronnie Duman was fatally injured in a crash at the 1968 Rex Mays Classic at the Milwaukee Mile.

Ronnie Duman narrowly held on to make the lineup on bump day, as the second-slowest car in the field.

Ronnie Duman was involved in the fiery crash that took the lives of Dave MacDonald and Eddie Sachs.

The car erupted in flames, but not before Ronnie Duman was able to climb out and escape to the grass infield.

Ronnie Duman was hospitalized with second and third degree burns, and missed over two months of racing while he recuperated.

Ronnie Duman ran as high as 12th before dropping out.

The 1968 race would be his best result at Indianapolis, as just over a one-week later, Ronnie Duman was killed in a crash at Milwaukee.

Ronnie Duman's son Rick is a championship-winning mechanic who won the 2005 Clint Brawner Award at the Indianapolis 500, currently owning Turn 4 Restorations that restores vintage Indy cars.

Ronnie Duman was the only USAC Champ Car driver to race a front-engine upright 'dirt-style' car on a road course and a rear-engine car in a USAC championship dirt car race.

Less than two weeks after he finished 6th at the 1968 Indianapolis 500, Ronnie Duman was at the next race of the USAC Championship season, the Rex Mays Classic at Milwaukee.

Ronnie Duman started 14th in the 24-car field, driving the Central Excavating Gerhardt Turbocharged Offy.

Ronnie Duman's car tipped over and began barrel-rolling before it flew into the catchfence cockpit first.

Darnell and Brown suffered minor burn injuries, but Ronnie Duman was killed instantly from massive head injuries when the cockpit of his car struck the catchfence.

Ronnie Duman's helmet had been shattered and pulled from his head.

Ronnie Duman is interred at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.