Bill Simpson never won the Indianapolis 500 or the Daytona 500, but his impact on the sport may be more important than that of a former champion. He was ornery and cantankerous and loved to start ...

For the first time in 20 years, stock car racing was held at the Davenport Speedway on Memorial Day. Despite threatening weather all around the racetrack, fans were treated to fast cars, rainbows, and ...

The ad that brought fame to Bill Simpson was a perfect visual depiction of the man. Set ablaze in 1986 wearing a flameproof driver’s suit, shoes, socks, gloves, and helmet bearing the name of his ...

INDIANAPOLIS – As every auto racing circuit continues to develop its own innovative safety technology, drivers around the globe will always have one name to thank: Bill Simpson. Simpson never took his ...

Veteran racer Bill Simpson, who made one Indianapolis 500 start and was renowned in global motorsports for his development of groundbreaking safety equipment, died Monday, Dec. 16, in Indianapolis due ...

Bill Simpson, a pioneer in motorsports safety credited with creating equipment that saved too many drivers to count from death or serious injury, died Monday from complications of a stroke suffered ...