The Calif. racing star who crashed his car and disappeared
The Calif. racing star who crashed his car and disappeared
May 27, 2022
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A Penske prepared March 84C powered by a turbo V8 Cosworth DFX 🤝 "Rocket" Rick Mears. This man machine combo put together the most ideal win at Indy - ahead of 2nd place by 2 laps. #Indy500 | #INDYCAR | Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum
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A Penske prepared March 84C powered by a turbo V8 Cosworth DFX 🤝 "Rocket" Rick Mears. This man machine combo put together the most ideal win at Indy - ahead of 2nd place by 2 laps. #Indy500 | #INDYCAR | Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum
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Reminiscing and racing in red. Here’s the moment Rick Mears surprised Scott McLaughlin with his red Pennzoil fire suit. | Team Penske
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Reminiscing and racing in red. Here’s the moment Rick Mears surprised Scott McLaughlin with his red Pennzoil fire suit. | Team Penske
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Happy birthday to 4-time #Indy500 winner Rick Mears! | Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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Happy birthday to 4-time #Indy500 winner Rick Mears! | Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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More Bench Racing w Rick & Clay! Check out the full episode on YouTube @ RWRTV And leave some questions for next time… 🔗 Link in Bio. | Rick Ware Racing
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More Bench Racing w Rick & Clay! Check out the full episode on YouTube @ RWRTV And leave some questions for next time… 🔗 Link in Bio. | Rick Ware Racing
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REWIND: Miller on how Rick Mears turned racing at Indy into an art and a science | RACER
REWIND: Miller on how Rick Mears turned racing at Indy into an art and a science | RACER
Aug 26, 2021
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We are 7️⃣5️⃣ days from the 106th #Indy500 presented by Gainbridge! 7️⃣5️⃣: Rick Mears earned his fourth, and final, victory at #IMS in the 75th #Indy500 in 1991. 🎟 >>> https://bit.ly/3q3Iz5a #INDYCAR | #IsItMayYet | Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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We are 7️⃣5️⃣ days from the 106th #Indy500 presented by Gainbridge! 7️⃣5️⃣: Rick Mears earned his fourth, and final, victory at #IMS in the 75th #Indy500 in 1991. 🎟 >>> https://bit.ly/3q3Iz5a #INDYCAR | #IsItMayYet | Indianapolis Motor Speedway
146.1K viewsMar 14, 2022
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Three drivers. Three legacies. Joey Logano, Rick Mears and Scott McLaughlin sat down to discuss what unites them all: racing. Full video: bit.ly/4mtXsZs | Team Penske
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Rick Mears outduels Michael Andretti to win his fourth #Indy500. | INDYCAR on FOX
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Won it by two laps. Rick Mears relives his 1984 Indianapolis 500 win. | Team Penske
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A legend. 🚀 Rick Mears is seeing his special exhibit at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum for the first time. #IndyCar | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Team Penske
161.9K viewsMay 20, 2021
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Four-time Indy 500 winner Rick Mears got to tour the IMS Museum exhibit celebrating his storied racing career and came away impressed. | WISH-TV
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A fan salute led by one of the greats. Ahead of the Firestone Fast Six, Rick Mears, the all-time leader in Indy 500 poles, will lead the drivers around IMS before they go all-out for the NTT P1 Award. Team Chevy | #IMS | NTT INDYCAR SERIES | Indianapolis Motor Speedway
14.7K viewsMay 22, 2022
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Celebrating 63 days away from the 105th Running of the #Indy500 presented by Gainbridge with our 63rd winner: Rick Mears. #INDYCAR | #IsItMayYet | Indianapolis Motor Speedway
26.3K viewsMar 28, 2021
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During the 1981 Indianapolis 500, veteran driver Rick Mears endured one of the sport’s most terrifying moments — not due to visible flames, but the lack thereof. On lap 58, a methanol fuel spill during a pit stop doused Mears, his car, and the crew, igniting into a nearly invisible fire. Methanol burns with a faint blue flame, virtually undetectable in daylight, leaving team members and marshals baffled as they instinctively fled the pit area. Mears later recalled, “I quit breathing… I kind of k
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Celebrating 75 days away from the 105th Running of the #Indy500 presented by Gainbridge with our 75th winner: Rick Mears. #INDYCAR | #IsItMayYet | Indianapolis Motor Speedway
122.8K viewsMar 16, 2021
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"I quit breathing" - When Rick Mears narrated the horrifying 'invisible fire' story from the 1981 Indy 500
Feb 16, 2025
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They came to battle with the best and still left with the title. Rick Ware Racing, your zMAX CARS Tour Pro Late Model Owners’ Champions. Full story: https://www.racingamerica.com/news/late-models/rick-ware-racing-celebrates-zmax-cars-tour-pro-late-model-owners-championship | Racing America
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1982 | 10 laps to-go, 11 second lead. 1 lap to-go, wheel to wheel. Rick Mears chased down Gordon Johncock in one of the most intense battles in racing history! In an era of huge horsepower and newfound aerodynamics, close racing was rare. The stage was set for very dangerous business. At the time it was the closest finish in Indy history! Where does this moment in Indy history rank for you? #Indy500 | #Top10 | #ThisIsMay | #IMSMuseum | Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum
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Sharp Minds Only on Instagram: "The 1981 Indy 500 delivered one of motorsport’s most frightening moments when Rick Mears’ car burst into flames during a pit-lane crash. The danger came from methanol fuel — it burns with an almost invisible flame in daylight. When the fire ignited, neither the crowd nor most crew members could see it. All anyone felt was the sudden heat hitting their faces. Mechanics rushed toward Mears using instinct alone, spraying extinguishers at a fire they couldn’t actually
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MotionByteX on Instagram: "During the 1981 Indianapolis 500, motorsport witnessed one of its most chilling and misunderstood moments the invisible fire. As Rick Mears rolled into the pits for a routine stop, a fuel hose malfunction caused methanol to spill across his car. Within seconds, it ignited. The terrifying part was that no one could see it. Unlike gasoline, methanol burns with a nearly transparent flame. To the cameras and even the crew standing inches away, there appeared to be nothing
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@999.and.more on Instagram: "During the 1981 Indianapolis 500, one of the strangest and most dangerous incidents in racing history occurred - a fire that was almost completely invisible. When driver Rick Mears pitted, methanol fuel spilled onto his car and instantly ignited. But methanol burns with a nearly transparent flame, making the fire impossible to see on camera and even hard to detect in person. Mears jumped out, confused, as crew members scrambled with extinguishers, unsure where the fl
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In 1981, Rick Mears survived one of the most terrifying moments in racing history. During a pit stop at the Indy 500, his car caught fire—but the flames were nearly invisible. Methanol burns clear, and for seconds, no one realized he was standing in fire. the crew put the fire out along with the mechanic who was also caught in the flame. don’t play with methanol. #f1 #indy500 #racing #cars #fyp
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1981 Racing Car Incident Shows Why Invisible Methanol Fires Are So Dangerous
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Casey Mears Returns to NASCAR Cup Series
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Formula Folds on Instagram: "During the 1981 Indianapolis 500, a near-tragic incident involving driver Rick Mears became one of the most memorable and impactful moments in racing history. While making a routine pit stop, Mears was accidentally sprayed with methanol fuel, which ignited on contact with the car’s hot surfaces. Because methanol burns with a nearly invisible flame, neither Mears nor the pit crew immediately realized he was on fire. The scene turned chaotic as people fled in confusion
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