Indy 500 Chief Mechanic dies

Wayne Leary has died. Wayne was the former crew chief for Dan Gurney and Bobby Unser from the mid 1960s to the late 1970s, and had a fantastic track record behind him, including a win at the 1975 Indy 500.

Wayne had contracted cancer after returning to California from Indianapolis where he lived during the 1990s, and had a recent operation that he did not survive.