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Balloon Wings Challenge Indy 500 Sparks Debate
New York debate on the 1972 Indianapolis 500 highlights winged cars supplanting balloon racing roots. With 34 driver deaths since 1909 and crashes like Jim Malloy's, critics question danger versus spectacle while praising racing’s public service and technological advances.
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New York
NEA
Indy
Jim Malloy
Art Pollard
Malloy
Wilbur Shaw
Indianapolis Speedway
Indianapolis
Shaw
Bill Vukovich
Tony Bettenhausen