Jim Rathmann, winner of the 1960 Indianapolis 500 and 1958's international 500-mile "Race of Two Worlds" at Italy's famous Monza circuit, died on Wednesday, Nov. 23. Rathmann died in a hospice-care ...

(Editor’s note: NBC Sports has selected the Top 10 Indy 500s of All-Time through an esteemed panel of former drivers, broadcasters, journalists and historians.) Over 60 years later, Jim Rathmann vs.

MELBOURNE, Fla.MELBOURNE, Fla. — Jim Rathmann won seven times on auto racing’s biggest stages. An elusive win at Indianapolis in the historic 1960 race finally turned him into a star. Son Jimmy ...

Jim Rathmann was a notorious prankster. The champion race-car driver once stashed an alligator in a rival’s bathtub on the night before a race. But Rathmann himself was pranked by an astronaut he ...

MELBOURNE, Fla. - Jim Rathmann won seven times on auto racing’s biggest stages. An elusive win at Indianapolis in the 1960 race finally turned him into a star. His son Jimmy said his father died ...

Over 60 years later, Jim Rathmann vs. Rodger Ward resonates as the greatest one-on-one showdown for the win in Indianapolis 500 history. But this showdown didn’t mask an otherwise pedestrian race. Far ...

Jim Rathmann won seven times on auto racing’s biggest stages. An elusive win at Indianapolis in the historic 1960 race finally turned him into a star. His son Jimmy Rathmann said in an e-mail message ...

Jim Rathmann, a race-car driver who won the 1960 Indianapolis 500 in a back-and-forth duel with Rodger Ward that is often called the most exciting race in Indy’s history, has died. He was 83. Rathmann ...