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| | ThatsRacin.com | 12/07/2006 | Services scheduled for racer-turned-broadcaster Len Sutton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | INDIANAPOLIS, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2006 — Len Sutton, one of open-wheel racing’s most respected drivers and the runner-up in the 1962 Indianapolis 500, passed away on Dec. 4 at the age of 81. |
 | | Sutton made a total of 74 starts in national championship competition with notable wins in the 100-mile USAC dirt track event at Springfield, Ill., in 1959 and at the prestigious Milwaukee 200 in 1960. |
 | | After retiring in 1965, Sutton turned his attention to broadcasting, serving for several years as driver analyst for Sid Collins on the IMS Radio Network, and assisting Tom Carnegie, the longtime IMS public address announcer and local television personality, with television coverage at the track. |
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