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    Howdy Holmes (born December 14, 1947) is an American former racing driver in the CART Championship Car series. He began racing in the early 1970s and was...
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    Chuck Sprague, reached the final, along with Howdy Holmes of Forsythe Racing. In the final round, Holmes actually registered a faster time (11.734 seconds)...
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    and fourth time as the overall fastest qualifier. Later in the day, Howdy Holmes squeezed onto the front row with a run of 207.977 mph. It put him in...
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    active in Formula 5000. Shierson racing moved up to CART with Howdy Holmes in 1982. Holmes drove the team's car to 10th at the Indianapolis 500 and 13th...
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    887 km/h). A total of 34 cars took laps, without any major incidents. Howdy Holmes blew an engine, Mike Mosley blew a transmission, and Salt Walther suffered...
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  • player Howdy Holmes (born 1947), American racecar driver Howdy Myers (1910-1980), American college multi-sports coach and administrator Howard "Howdy" Quicksell...
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    until the automatic berths were known. The results were as follows: Howdy Holmes (14.489 seconds), Al Loquasto (15.691 seconds), Pancho Carter (16.220...
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  • Mabel White Holmes. The company is now run and managed by her grandson, Howdy Holmes, a former Indianapolis 500 and CART driver. Holmes became the company's...
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    December 4, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com . "Howdy Holmes Honored As Top Indy '500' Rookie". The Tennessean. United Press International...
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  • Bill Brack Canadian Formula Atlantic Champion 1976–1977 Succeeded by Howdy Holmes as North American champion Preceded by James Hunt Brands Hatch Race of...
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  • Sneva and Howdy Holmes, did not run in 1985. Tom Sneva moved to All American Racers, which expanded to a two car team, while Howdy Holmes moved to Forsythe...
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  • Holmes (disambiguation) H. H. Holmes (1861–1896), American con man, killer and bigamist Howdy Holmes (born 1949), American racing driver Hugh Holmes (1840–1916)...
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    reporter Bob Forbes rode in one of the pace cars on the parade lap. Veteran Howdy Bell moved to the backstretch, Doug Zink moved from turn three to turn two...
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  • were Keke Rosberg, Gilles Villeneuve, Michael Andretti, Bobby Rahal, Howdy Holmes, Tom Gloy, Dave McMikllan, Kevin Cogan, Jacques Villeneuve Sr, Chris...
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    spun in the middle of the race track. Howdy Holmes slowed his car but was unable to avoid Bettenhausen's. Holmes' car drove entirely underneath Bettenhausen's...
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    Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 1978 With Larry Rice Succeeded by Howdy Holmes Preceded by Al Unser Indianapolis 500 Winner 1979 Succeeded by Johnny...
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    to make an attempt, and qualified comfortably at 208.442 mph. Later, Howdy Holmes and Stan Fox (driving Foyt backup car) filled the field to 33 cars. Scott...
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    Teo Fabi (1983–1984, 1995) Memo Gidley (2000) Bryan Herta (2000–2001) Howdy Holmes (1985) Tony Kanaan (1999) Rodolfo Lavin (2004) David Martínez (2006–2008)...
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  • Bignotti-Cotter Racing March 83C Cosworth 153 Transmission 27 2 13 15 30 Howdy Holmes Doug Shierson Racing March 83C Cosworth 153 Engine 3 0 14 20 66 Pete...
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  • 7 George Snider 1–2 Wildcat Mk. II DGS 46 Gary Bettenhausen 1–2, 6–7 Howdy Holmes 3, 5 Greg Leffler 4 B/M Enterprises Antares 72 Offenhauser 50 Frank Weiss...
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    57 2.89674=165.11418 km 1'00:31.19 163.696 km/h Keke Rosberg Howdy Holmes Howdy Holmes 5 Halifax  Canada August 7, 1977 65 2.57488=167.3672 km 1'12:23...
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  • passed Rutherford on the restart. On lap 27, a caution came out when Howdy Holmes blew an engine and stopped on track. Rutherford pitted, which gave the...
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  • T500B Cosworth 44 Tom Bigelow 4 45 Janet Guthrie 4 Wildcat Mk. II DGS 46 Howdy Holmes 4 B/M Enterprises Antares 72 Offenhauser 50 Frank Weiss 4, 13 Eldon Rasmussen...
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    Mayer Motor Racing Howdy Holmes Steve Roby 18.948 1985 Team Penske Danny Sullivan† Chuck Sprague 11.742 N/A Forsythe Racing Howdy Holmes Barry Green 11.734...
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  • to bring out the second caution. Howdy Holmes, Roger Rager, and Jim McElreath crashed in turn three on lap 26. Holmes was the only one able to continue...
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    Sporting positions Preceded by Howdy Holmes Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 1980 Succeeded by Josele Garza...
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    the same part of the track. The second caution came on lap 26, after Howdy Holmes lost control, Jim McElreath slowed and Roger Rager hit the rear of his...
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    Atlantic Championship history Season Date Driver 1978 April 1 Howdy Holmes 1979 April 7 Tom Gloy 1980 March 29 Tom Gloy 1981 March 14 Geoff Brabham 1982...
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    finished 15th. Forbes-Robinson then finished second at Laguna Seca, with Howdy Holmes (replacing Townsend) finishing fourth, and Rosberg sixth, despite the...
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  • Simon 6 22 1-3, 5, 8-11, 13 Jorge Koechlin 12 Doug Shierson Racing 30 Howdy Holmes All Douglas Schulz 48 Tom Klausler 6, 8 Forsythe Racing 33 Teo Fabi All...
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