Two-Time Indy 500 Winner Gordon Johncock Dies at 90

Gordon Johncock, the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and 1976 national champion, has died at 90 at his home in South Branch, Michigan. A hard-charging driver who won 25 races and competed in 24 Indianapolis 500s, he claimed his first Indy 500 in 1973, a race marked by fatal accidents and rain, and his second in 1982 after a dramatic duel with Rick Mears; their 0.16-second margin was then a record. Tributes from INDYCAR and racing organizations remembered Johncock’s lasting impact on the sport and his quiet life away from the track.