Someone once said that Indy car drivers would be lost if they had to turn right as well as left. They also said that at Le Mans they’d never find their behinds with both hands when it got dark or if it rained. Obviously, they never met Lloyd Ruby. During his career, Ruby drove anything and everything he could get his hands on from motorcycles to Chevy-powered Maserati specials, to Genies, to Ford GT40s, in addition to just about any…

In the 1960 Indy 500, Lloyd Ruby qualified the “Agajanian Special” 12th and finished a credible 7th, in his rookie appearance at the Speedway.
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