Indy 500 favorite Gary Bettenhausen

Garry Bettenhausen race driver in May 1996.

Tony Bettenhausen congratulating brother Gary Bettenhausen after he qualified for the 1986 Indianapolis 500.

Gary Bettenhausen is all smiles after his ride in the 1951 belanger Special. gary is wearing his fater, Tony's helment.

Gary Bettenhausen drives the 1951 Belanger Special while wearing his father's racing helmet during a ceremonial lap Wednesday may 17th.

Gary Bettenhausen, here with Eddie Cheever and Danny Sullivan, tells his best stories at the Speedway in 1995.

John Hollansworth Jr. gets a hug from his team manager and coach, Gary Bettenhausen, after qualifying for the Indy 500 Saturday May 22, 1999.

Gary Bettenhausen, car flips during a crack-up in the USAC championship dirt race at Syracuse (N.Y.) Fairground. Bettenhausen suffered two broken collar bones and other minor injuries in 1974.

Gary Bettenhausen, the patriarch of a racing clan, is in a familiar place - a hospital recovering from race injuries in 1990.

Driver Gary Bettenhausen stands near his car while watching his brother Merle Bettenhausen drive around the State Fairgrounds dirt track. Neither Bettenhausen made the race which was rain delayed by one week in 1973.

Susie Beinent, left, and Vicki Bennett present Gary Bettenhausen a T-shirt at the Indianapolis Press Club's annual Last Row Party for starting in the 33rd row in the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race, at the press club May 23, 1980.

Gary Bettenhausen, right, discusses his successful qualifying run with car owner J.C. Agajanian after he put the No. 98 Dragon-Offy in the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race field with a speed of 187.324 mph May 22, 1978 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Car owner Lindsey Hopkins, left, and driver Gary Bettenhausen share a moment after Bettenhausen qualified for the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race with a speed of 190.870 mph. on May 17, 1981. Hopkins said it would be his last year at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Race car driver Gary Bettenhausen signs autographs for children at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway May 19, 1994.

The car of Gary Bettenhausen flips on to of Howdy Holmes' car on lap 211 of the Michigan 500 July 22, 1984 at the Michigan International Speedway.

Race car driver Gary Bettenhausen, July 5, 1970.