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mcgehee in 2014 st. louis , missouri conti racing panther racing pdm racing racing treadway racing cahill racing beck motorsports cheever 150px indianapolis 500 rookie of the year american 38 2000 0 0 file : indy500 robbymcgehee.jpg robby mcgehee
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robby mcgehee

robby mcgehee -lrb- born july 20 , 1973 -rrb- is an indy racing league driver from st. louis , missouri .
he won the indianapolis 500 rookie of the year award in 1999 after finishing fifth and raced for veteran owner fred treadway the next few seasons .
by 2002 treadway 's team had closed and mcgehee bounced around several teams and last raced in the ' 500 for pdm racing in 2004 .
in third grade , mcgehee wrote a paper saying that when he grew up , he wanted to be a professional race car driver .
mcgehee got started in racing in 1994 when he went to skip barber racing school with his mother .
mcgehee finished second in the formula 2000 series road to indy oval crown series , including wins at homestead-miami speedway and atlanta motor speedway in 1998 .
the 1999 visionaire 500k at charlotte was the first indycar race he qualified for , starting 13th .
the race however , was cancelled after 79 laps due to spectator fatalities and struck from the record .
mcgehee was running 9th when the race was stopped .
later that month , the 1999 indianapolis 500 would be his first official start in the irl .
he finished fifth in that race .
later that week , robby presented his rookie of the year trophy to team mechanic steve fried , who was severely injured in a pit lane accident during the race , while he was in the hospital .
in 2004 , he was to have a fully sponsored effort , but the deal fell through weeks before the race .
he was able to get backing from a st. louis business -lrb- his hometown -rrb- and eventually burger king .
in order to qualify , he had to sweat out a possible qualification effort by tony stewart that never came to pass .
robby currently lives in st. louis , with his wife , norma -lrb- married in 2005 -rrb- , and works for his father 's company , huntleigh-mcgehee .
he is the father of triplets born on april 27 , 2009 .
