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Influential Indianapolis Motor Speedway fixture, historian and historic driver Patrick Kennedy passed away on April 12th, at the age of 63, due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n

Kennedy was the 4th-generation president of the three Kennedy family companies: Kennedy Tank & Manufacturing in Indianapolis; Southern Tank in Owensboro, Kentucky; and STAFCO in Columbia City, Indiana.<\/p>\n

But outside of managing the family\u2019s businesses, auto racing was Kennedy\u2019s greatest passion. He attended 57 consecutive Indianapolis 500 races and all other motor-sport events held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) since his childhood. Kennedy purchased and restored the the Kennedy Tank Special, that originally competed in the 1948 and 1949 Indianapolis 500s. In driving the car on \u201cCarb Day\u201d at IMS numerous years, Pat lived out his lifelong dream of being a racecar driver. Kennedy also served on the board of the 500 Mile Oldtimers Organization, sponsored numerous racecar drivers, and wrote two books on race trivia, collaborating with IMS historian and friend Donald Davidson as a technical advisor. The two books he authored, \u201cHow Much Do You Really Know About the Indianapolis 500?\u201d and \u201cThe Official Indy 500 Trivia Book\u201d were updated yearly with Short Chute Editions. His books were the result of a lifetime of immersive research and experience at the track. Kennedy was also a former director of the 500 Festival Board and current director of the 500 Festival Foundation Board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Influential Indianapolis Motor Speedway fixture, historian and historic driver Patrick Kennedy passed away on April 12th, at the age of 63, due to COVID-19. Kennedy was the 4th-generation president of the three Kennedy family companies: Kennedy Tank & Manufacturing in Indianapolis; Southern Tank in Owensboro, Kentucky; and STAFCO in Columbia City, Indiana. But outside of managing the family\u2019s businesses, auto racing was Kennedy\u2019s greatest passion. He attended 57 consecutive Indianapolis 500 races and all other motor-sport events held at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":701702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,255,18114],"tags":[18435,18105,11305,9881],"class_list":["post-498710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-news","category-people","tag-people","tag-people-news","tag-indianapolis-500","tag-ims"],"yoast_head":"\nIndianapolis Organizer and Driver Patrick Kennedy Dies Due to COVID-19<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Influential Indianapolis Motor Speedway fixture, historian and historic driver Patrick Kennedy passed away on April 12th, at the age of 63, due to COVID-19.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" 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