page_title: Dick Simon
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caption_attribution_description: English: Dick Simon at the 2016 Brickyard SVRA Pro-Am race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
context_page_description: Richard Raymond Simon is one of the oldest men to ever have raced in the Indianapolis 500. He was 55 years old during his final Indy 500 start in 1988. A multiple starter and top-ten finisher in the race, he also became a car owner, founding Dick Simon Racing helping to begin the IndyCar careers of Stéphan Grégoire, Arie Luyendyk, Raul Boesel, and others. Simon also fielded cars for Lyn St. James. He sold his race team to Andy Evans who formed Team Scandia in 1997. He was back in the game in the late 1990s and entered cars in 2000 and 2001.
context_section_description: Richard Raymond Simon (Dick Simon)(born September 21, 1933) is one of the oldest men to ever have raced in the Indianapolis 500. He was 55 years old during his final Indy 500 start in 1988. A multiple starter and top-ten finisher in the race, he also became a car owner, founding Dick Simon Racing helping to begin the IndyCar careers of Stéphan Grégoire, Arie Luyendyk, Raul Boesel, and others.  Simon also fielded cars for Lyn St. James.  He sold his race team to Andy Evans who formed Team Scandia in 1997.  He was back in the game in the late 1990s and entered cars in 2000 and 2001.
caption: Dick Simon at the 2016 Brickyard SVRA Pro-Am race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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