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	Rick Mears - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rick Mears (born December 3, 1951 in Wichita, Kansas) is an American race car driver.
		Mears qualified on the front row at Indy, but did not lead a lap and retired at half-distance with a blown engine.
		Mears eventually won by a clear two laps as he was the only front-runner who hadn't run into problems.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rick_Mears (1120 words)

	Motorsports Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Because Rick Mears is a consummate team player, when the time came for him to call an end to his illustrious driving career after the 1992 season, he first announced his decision to his teammates at the annual Penske Christmas party.
		Rick scored his first three race wins for Team Penske that year, and the rest, as they say, is history.
		Mears preferred to let the races come to him as he steadily worked to adapt his car to the situation at hand.
	www.mshf.com /hof/mears_rick.htm (513 words)

	Rick Mears - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Rick Mears (born December 3, 1951,) is an American race car driver.
		Although at the time Penske had the services of Tom Sneva and Mario Andretti, Andretti was also racing in Formula One with Lotus at the time and Penske wanted another young driver who would focus exclusively on American racing.
		1990 would be Mears' last in the livery as Marlboro stepped-up their sponsorship of the team.
	www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Rick_Mears (1151 words)

	HickokSports.com - Biography - Rick Mears
		The only driver to win the pole position at the Indianapolis 500 six times, Mears won the race in 1979, 1984, 1988, and 1991, and was the national driving champion in 1979, 1981, and 1982.
		Mears began his career by racing motorcycles in 1968, then switched to off-road dune buggy racing because his mother was concerned about his safety.
		Mears had a bad crash in September of 1984, suffering severe injuries to both feet, and didn't return to racing full time until 1986.
	www.hickoksports.com /biograph/mearsrick.shtml (167 words)

	Rick Mears - International Motorsports Hall of Fame Member (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mears was born on December 3, 1951, in Wichita, Kansas.
		Mears won his second and third Indy Car World Series titles back-to-back in '81 and 82, becoming the first driver to capture three PPG Cup Championships.
		Rick Mears' philosophy of "taking it easy when it doesn't matter but running hotter than anybody else when it does count" is one that stood him quite well in his entire career.
	www.motorsportshalloffame.com /halloffame/1997/Rick_Mears_main.htm (325 words)

	Rick Mears -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Rick Mears (born December 3, 1951,) is an (A native or inhabitant of the United States) American race car driver.
		Mears is also a 3-time (Click link for more info and facts about Champcar) Champcar national champion (1979, 1981 and 1982).
		In 1980 Mears had tested a (Click link for more info and facts about Formula One) Formula One (Click link for more info and facts about Brabham) Brabham and had been quicker than the team's lead driver (Click link for more info and facts about Nelson Piquet) Nelson Piquet.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ri/rick_mears.htm (1302 words)

	Rick Mears Posters
		Rick Mears (1951-) was born in Wichita, Kansas.
		Mears drove in his first Indianapolis 500 in 1978, and in 1979 he won his first title at Indianapolis and the first of his three USAC titles (1979, 1981, 1982).
		In 1982 Mears came in second by 0.16 seconds at the Indianapolis 500, then the closest finish in the race's history, and won the Pocono 500.
	www.aaron-sports-posters.com /rick-mears.html (231 words)

	USATODAY.com - Mears battling drinking problem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mears retired from driving after the 1992 season and currently is an adviser and driving coach with Marlboro Team Penske.
		Mears was back at work for the first time this weekend at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Ill., where the Penske team is competing in an Indy Racing League event.
		Mears, who won three CART championships and is considered one of the all-time greats in open-wheel oval racing, said he is determined keep the problem at bay.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/motor/2002-08-24-mears_x.htm (737 words)

	Indy a distant dream for Mears \| ajc.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		His uncle, Rick Mears, is a four-time Indy 500 winner, and his dad Roger Mears is an off-road racing ace who ran the 500 in 1982-83.
		Casey Mears, who raced open-wheel cars himself before moving to NASCAR in 2002, said that while he's happy in the Nextel Cup Series, a big part of his heart is at Indy.
		Mears, who will start 16th tonight, said despite the split years ago that created the competing CART and the Indy Racing League circuits and took away drivers and luster from the nation's best-known auto race, he still considers the Indy 500 a very special race, one he yearns to be a part of.
	www.ajc.com /sports/content/sports/0505/14nasnews.html (560 words)

	ESPN Classic - "Rocket Rick" won in three decades
		Mears made his first Indy 500 appearance that year and finished 23rd to share Indy 500 rookie of the year honors with Larry Rice.
		Mears missed only one race because of the facial burns and won six of the last nine races that year.
		Mears remains connected to the sport as an advisor and consultant to Penske Racing, working with the team's drivers and engineers.
	espn.go.com /classic/biography/s/Mears_Rick.html (1300 words)

	NASCAR.com - Mears at ease with his place in stock car racing - Mar 16, 2005
		Rick Mears was one of the most successful open-wheel drivers in history, having won the Indianapolis 500 four times.
		Yes, Mears is a totally different driver from when he started in Nextel Cup.
		Yes, Mears did have time to learn a little math when he was younger.
	www.nascar.com /2005/news/headlines/cup/03/16/cmears.feature (925 words)

	Mears Upholds Family Name - from Tampa Bay Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Casey Mears, the rising 26- year-old nephew of four-time Indy 500 winner Rick Mears, obliterated the track's stock car record to win the Brickyard 400 pole with a one-lap speed of 186.293 mph.
		Rick won six Indy 500 poles and the race in 1979, '84, '88 and '91 and is regarded as one of the smoothest drivers in history.
		Mears is the first driver to get his first two poles in back-to-back races since Billy Wade in 1964.
	autoracing.tbo.com /autoracing/MGB4T2NJMXD.html (824 words)

	Teleconference with Al Unser Jr. and Rick Mears (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Al Unser and Rick Mears respond to questions about the IRL rule changes and the possibility of a return to Indianapolis, as well as about the upcoming new event near St. Louis.
		Rick is the all-time series leader in pole positions with 39, is second in career laps led with 3286, ranks third in career PPG CART World Series victories with 26, is sixth with career series starts with 180.
		Mears: "I would say it's pretty close to the same, as far as how all three of us would drive it - as far as the pattern of the track, the shape of the track, your entries, where your apexes are.
	www.speedcenter.com /interviews/sc_i0520_97.html (5007 words)

	Sports: Another Mears gets shot at big time
		Mears, the nephew of four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears and son of former CART driver Roger Mears, will drive a third entry for Team Rahal in Sunday's season-ending Marlboro 500 at California Speedway in Fontana.
		Rahal offered the ride and Mears accepted, pending approval from his father and uncle, who were present at the test.
		Mears said there have been preliminary talks with teams regarding next season and he has tested with PacWest Racing and Chip Ganassi Racing.
	www.sptimes.com /News/102800/news_pf/Sports/Another_Mears_gets_sh.shtml (902 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Rick Mears
		Mears, the nephew of four-time Indy 500 winner Rick Mears, didn't realize the significance of it until after he left the track for the weekend.
		Rick Mears, vice president of Guest Services, tells how impressed he was in 2000 when such a young person took on the responsibilities of supervising so smoothly and seemingly unconsciously.
		Rick Mears is the classic example of a guy who knew when to say when, and interestingly enough, Unser said that Mears' retirement had a profound effect on him.
	sports.surfwax.com /files/Rick_Mears.html (4305 words)

	Valvoline.com - Racing - Article
		It immediately became obvious she had no earthly idea who Rick was, that she just needed a sound bite, and he was the first one who happened along wearing a Nomex uniform.
		Mears shot me an almost invisible glance, politely answered her inane questions, and when she was finished, said “thank you.”
		By lap 70 of the ’91 Indy 500, Michael Andretti was within two seconds of lapping Mears’ badly handling machine, yet Rick and crew kept on adjusting and he motored on to join A.J. Foyt and Al Unser atop the Brickyard’s pantheon of legends.
	valvoline.com /pages/racing/rn_article_viewer.asp?nid=1612&archive=1 (987 words)

	Penske Racing Museum Cars
		Rick Mears drove this car to his 2nd and Penske Racing's 4th Indianapolis 500 victory in 1984.
		Rick Mears set the Closed Course Speed Record of 223.401 MPH at Michigan International Speedway on August 1, 1986 in this car with an Ilmor Chevy engine.
		Rick Mears qualified this car on the pole and won his 3rd and Penske Racing's 7th Indianapolis 500 in 1988.
	www.penskeracingmuseum.com /PenskeRacingMuseumCars.html (459 words)

	ESPN.com: SPORTSNATION - Chat-53
		Rick Mears celebrates in the victory circle with the traditional bottle of milk after winning the '91 Indy 500.
		Mears also won three CART national championships and the Associated Press named him "Driver of the Decade" for his 20 victories in the 1980s.
		Rick Mears: Basically I do much of the same things I did when I was driving.
	proxy.espn.go.com /chat/chatESPN?event_id=53 (1086 words)

	Honor For Rick Mears
		March 28, 2003 Rick Mears To Receive Eagle One-Shav Glick Award Legendary race car driver Rick Mears, one of only three four-time winners of the Indianapolis 500, has been chosen the winner of the fourth annual Eagle One-Shav Glick Award.
		Mears came out of Bakersfield as a champion off-road racer.
		"Rick is one of the greatest oval track drivers in racing history," said Glick.
	www.theautochannel.com /news/2003/03/28/158336.html (257 words)

	The Offical Website of Casey Mears and the Mears Gang
		Mears’ uncle Rick is known as one of the greatest open-wheel drivers of all-time and is a four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500.
		Mears will compete for rookie of the year honors during the 2002 season in the Busch Series and some may consider Mears to be a rookie in stock cars altogether.
		Mears ran three IRL events at the start of the 2001 season before eventually finishing up the season by filling in for the injured Alex Zanardi in the CART Series, where he posted one top-10 finish in four starts.
	www.mearsgang.com /mearsgang.html (1190 words)

	AutoRacing1.com - IRL News Page
		I think, a little bit like Rick just said, I think in my mind Roger is the kind of guy that is prepared to do anything in his powers to achieve a goal or a name.
		And like Rick said, this is a tough place, tough schedule, and you need a lot of commitment to keep getting quicker and finding something a little more.
		Like Rick explained on his previous answer, this is all new for us, and we've definitely been learning a lot about the equipment and how to deal with the weekend as a whole.
	www.autoracing1.com /htmfiles/2001/IRL/0511MearsPress.htm (5075 words)

	Auto Racing Articles: Nascar Online, Nascar News, Auto Racing, Nascar, Racing, History Of Nascar, Nascar Odds, Nascar ...
		Mears has to be one of the most genuine people in all of motorsports.
		Mears serves as team advisor to Team Penske these days, having walked away from his driving career in 1992 after a wrist injury at Indy.
		Mears and wife, Chris, live in Jupiter, Fla., and stay at the tracks in their motor coach.
	www.racingone.com /article.asp?artnum=2906 (891 words)

	Mears ready for big jump in NASCAR - Motor Sports - MSNBC.com
		Mears, the nephew of four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears, thought he was born to be racing sleek open-cockpit cars, not boxy, claustrophobic stock cars.
		Mears showed enough to keep the boss happy, winning a trio of ARCA races and also coming up with four top-10s in 14 Busch starts.
		Last year, expectations were high, but Mears got off to a miserable start before finally starting to show some strength in the second half of the season — coming up with a career-best finish of fourth on the road course at Watkins Glen and finishing 22nd in the standings.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/7210898 (853 words)

	Rick Mears Corvette: Interview with Larry Shinoda - Corvette Action Center
		Rick Mears happened to be in the motorhome at Long Beach when I did bring the drawings and said he would like to have one of those.
		Rick said he would if it looked like the drawings.
		The first Rick Mears "special" was shown at the LA autoshow in January of 1990.
	www.corvetteactioncenter.com /specs/prototypes/mears.html (872 words)

	TheIndyChannel.com - Sports - Memories Of The Indianapolis 500: Rick Mears
		One can't be surprised when Rick Mears says his fondest memories of the Indianapolis 500 involve his four wins there.
		Mears is one of only three people (A.J. Foyt and Al Unser are the others) to have won the race four times.
		But on the next lap, Mears did the same to Andretti, and he led the rest of the way.
	www.theindychannel.com /sports/3297077/detail.html (317 words)

	Rick Mears (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Rick Mears (born December 3, 1951,) is an United StatesAmerican race car driver.
		Mears is also a 3-time ChampcarsChampcar national champion (1979, 1981 and 1982).
		1990 would be Mears' last in the Pennzoil livery as Marlboro (cigarette)Marlboro/ stepped-up their sponsorship of the team.
	www.infothis.com /find/Rick_Mears (1311 words)

	1981 Penske PC9B Indy Car ex Rick Mears Spec Sheet
		This was the car that Rick Mears was leading the 1981 Indy 500 in when fuel was spilled on him resulting in burns that prevented him from continuing in the race.
		Mears dominated that years chamionship in the extremely successful Penske design.
		Rick's wins in the PC9B for the year included Michigan, Phoenix, Atlanta, and Pocono.
	www.race-cars.com /carsold/other/1081827092/1081827092ss.htm (201 words)

	NASCAR.com : drivers & teams : drivers
		Casey Mears, the son of former Indy car and off-road driver Roger Mears and the nephew of Hall of Fame Indy car star Rick Mears, scored a top-10 finish in his first stock car start, in the ARCA RE/MAX Series at Talladega.
		Mears previously competed in the Dayton Indy Lights Series, where he won at the Grand Prix of Houston in 2000.
		Mears went full-time to stock cars in 2002.
	www.nascar.com /drivers/dps/cmears01/cup/bio.html (242 words)

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