May 11-20

May 11
May 11, 1874 Major Miller born
May 11, 1881 Dave Lewis born
May 11, 1893 Fred Roberts born
May 11, 1917 William Turner died
May 11, 1925 Earl Cooper won the Charlotte Race 1 at Charlotte
May 11, 1935 Jack Buxton died
May 11, 1949 Frank Goode died
May 11, 1954 Cliff MacBeth died
May 11, 1960 Cannonball Baker died
May 11, 1963 Gene Stecher died
May 11, 1973 Chief Sun Hawk died
May 11, 1997 Paul Tracy won the Hollywood Rio 400K at Rio de Janeiro
May 11, 1999 Benjamin Pedersen born
May 11, 2000 Louis Gérard died
May 11, 2003 Sébastien Bourdais won the German 500 at Lausitz
May 11, 2015 Nick Dioguardi died
May 11, 2019 Simon Pagenaud won the INDYCAR Grand Prix at Indianapolis
May 11, 2024 Alex Palou won the Sonsio Grand Prix at Indianapolis
May 12
May 12, 1895 Henry Turgeon born
May 12, 1896 Mervin Headley born
May 12, 1904 Walt May born
May 12, 1918 Milton Mabe born
May 12, 1924 Don Padia born
May 12, 1956 Leon Duray died
May 12, 1961 Tony Bettenhausen died
May 12, 1972 E. F. Scheifler died
May 12, 1973 Art Pollard died
May 12, 2018 Will Power won the INDYCAR Grand Prix at Indianapolis
May 13
May 13, 1890 Leo McKone born
May 13, 1908 Tom Cosman born
May 13, 1916 Carl Limberg died
May 13, 1916 Eddie Rickenbacker won the Metropolitan Trophy Race at Sheepshead Bay
May 13, 1916 Johnny Aitken won the Coney Island Cup at Sheepshead Bay
May 13, 1916 Ralph Mulford won the Queens Cup at Sheepshead Bay
May 13, 1921 Theodore Pilette died
May 13, 1928 Dave Lewis died
May 13, 1960 Harry Schell died
May 13, 1996 Berton Groves died
May 13, 2000 Michael Andretti won the Firestone Firehawk 500K at Motegi
May 13, 2006 Sébastien Bourdais won the Grand Prix of Houston at Houston
May 13, 2017 Will Power won the INDYCAR Grand Prix at Indianapolis
May 13, 2023 Álex Palou won the GMR Grand Prix at Indianapolis
May 14
May 14, 1890 Denny Hickey born
May 14, 1925 Ninian Sanderson born
May 14, 1926 Norm Hall born
May 14, 1966 Chuck Rodee died
May 14, 1967 T. E. Russell died
May 14, 1969 Stéphan Grégoire born
May 14, 1986 Rodolfo González born
May 14, 1986 Nelson Stacy died
May 14, 1999 Joe Langley died
May 14, 2008 Jim Reynard died
May 14, 2009 Frank Mundy died
May 14, 2016 Simon Pagenaud won the Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis at Indianapolis
May 14, 2017 Bruce Hill died
May 14, 2022 Colton Herta won the GMR Grand Prix at Indianapolis
May 15
May 15, 1884 Herman Terrien born
May 15, 1906 Ted Chamberlain born
May 15, 1934 Sam Palmer died
May 15, 1953 Chet Miller died
May 15, 1955 Louis Tomei died
May 15, 1957 Keith Andrews died
May 15, 1982 Gordon Smiley died
May 15, 1992 Jovy Marcelo died
May 15, 1999 Juan Montoya won the GP Telemar Rio 200 at Rio de Janeiro
May 15, 2004 Bob Nance died
May 15, 2004 Bill Taylor died
May 15, 2021 Rinus VeeKay won the GMR Grand Prix at Indianapolis
May 16
May 16, 1892 Tony Janette born
May 16, 1896 Steve Smith born
May 16, 1909 Luigi Villoresi born
May 16, 1918 T. E. Russell born
May 16, 1918 Tommy Milton won the Liberty Sweepstakes Heat 1 at Uniontown
May 16, 1918 Ralph Mulford won the Liberty Sweepstakes Heat 2 at Uniontown
May 16, 1918 Eddie Hearne won the Liberty Sweepstakes Heat 3 at Uniontown
May 16, 1918 Louis Chevrolet won the Liberty Sweepstakes Heat 4 at Uniontown
May 16, 1918 Ralph Mulford won the Liberty Sweepstakes Main at Uniontown
May 16, 1925 Curley Boyd born
May 16, 1948 Ralph Hepburn died
May 16, 1955 Manny Ayulo died
May 16, 1967 Stevie Reeves born
May 16, 1970 J. C. Carbonell born
May 16, 1974 Myron Fults died
May 16, 1995 Red Amick died
May 16, 2006 Earl Hatcher died
May 16, 2017 Jerry Nemire died
May 17
May 17, 1903 Mel Kenealy born
May 17, 1955 Manny Ayulo died
May 17, 1959 Jerry Unser died
May 17, 1996 Scott Brayton died
May 18
May 18, 1927 Bill Sullivan born
May 18, 1931 Bill Chennault born
May 18, 1935 Frank Sanborn born
May 18, 1944 Dave McMillan born
May 18, 1961 Donnie Beechler born
May 18, 1972 Jim Malloy died
May 18, 1984 Simon Pagenaud born
May 18, 2017 Jim McElreath died
May 19
May 19, 1892 Christian Werner born
May 19, 1919 Tommy Milton won the Victory Sweepstakes at Uniontown
May 19, 1946 Leslie Allen died
May 19, 1946 Joie Chitwood won the Williams Grove Race 3 at Williams Grove
May 19, 1949 Johnny Coogan born
May 19, 1959 Bob Cortner died
May 19, 1973 Dario Franchitti born
May 19, 1997 Troy Ruttman died
May 19, 2000 Johnny Baldwin died
May 19, 2001 Kenny Bräck won the Firestone Firehawk 500K at Motegi
May 19, 2014 Jack Brabham died
May 19, 2014 Gig Stephens died
May 20
May 20, 1876 Mel Stringer born
May 20, 1921 Elton Green born
May 20, 1926 Bob Sweikert born
May 20, 1927 Lee Drollinger born
May 20, 1965 Jovy Marcelo born
May 20, 1971 Tony Stewart born
May 20, 1984 Bill Holland died
May 20, 1988 Ralph Holmes died
May 20, 2009 Larry Rice died