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Aug 22, 2020 · “Tony Hulman was rather like Howard Hughes,” said IMS historian Donald Davidson of the legendary business magnate, pilot, engineer, film enthusiast and philanthropist. “He could see into the ...
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May 15, 2019 · 24 updates. Many would remember the 1980s as the first decade without Tony Hulman, the decade in which his wife made her mark in the business world and another decade of expansion.
May 19, 2024 · Tony Hulman Jr, of Terre Haute, Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker and three time Indianapolis 500 winner Wilbur Shaw sign the formal papers of transfer for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Nov. 15, 1945. Hulman purchased the track for $750,000. and provide a track and competition that should be an invitation challenge to the greatest race drivers in the world.
ANTON HULMAN, Jr., commonly known as Tony, was the grandson of German immigrants who established a wholesale grocery firm in Terre Haute, Indiana. Hulman was a star athlete at Yale University in both football and track and field. He joined the family business after graduating with a degree in business and is given much credit for the eventual ...
May 26, 2016 · Enter Anton "Tony" Hulman. A businessman from Terre Haute, Hulman was recruited by three-time Indy 500 winner Wilbur Shaw to purchase the track. For a purchase price reported to be $750,000, Hulman took over the speedway and began major renovations and repairs that allowed the Indy 500 to resume just six months after Hulman acquired the property.
May 24, 1990 · Tony George, grandson of the late Tony Hulman, who saved the Indianapolis Motor Speedway when he bought it in 1945, is the new president of the speedway and, at 30, is younger than all but five of ...
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The Amateur Athletic Association named him the most outstanding high school pole-vaulter in the United States for 1919. Once at Yale, Hulman continued to stand out as an athlete. He was a member of the school’s undefeated football team in 1923. In 1923 and 1924, he took part in several intercollegiate track and field meets.
