Bobby Grim

Robert Grim<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> (September 4, 1924 – June 14, 1995) was an American racecar driver.

Born in Coal City, Indiana, Grim died of cancer in Indianapolis. He drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1958–1969 seasons with 66 starts, including the Indianapolis 500 races each year from 1959 to 1968 except 1965. He finished in the top ten 30 times, with his one victory coming in 1960 at Syracuse. He won the 1959 Indy Rookie of the Year, despite finishing in 26th position. He was also the IMCA sprint car champion from 1955 to 1958 driving the famed "Black Deuce" Offy of Hector Honore. Grim was the 1959 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Complete USAC Championship Car results

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	Pos	Points
1958	TRE	INDY	MIL	LAN	ATL	SPR	MIL	DUQ	SYR	ISF	TRE	SAC 10	PHX 12																36th	40
1959	DAY	TRE 7	INDY 26	MIL 11	LAN 16	SPR 16	MIL 26	DUQ 5	SYR 5	ISF 6	TRE 9	SAC 6	PHX DNQ																12th	480
1960	TRE 10	INDY 16	MIL 19	LAN 8	SPR 18	MIL DNQ	DUQ 7	SYR 1	ISF 16	TRE DNQ	SAC 9	PHX 5																	14th	480
1961	TRE	INDY 32	MIL	LAN	MIL	SPR DNQ	DUQ DNQ	SYR DNQ	ISF DNQ	TRE	SAC	PHX																	-	0
1962	TRE	INDY 19	MIL	LAN	TRE	SPR 8	MIL	LAN	SYR	ISF 11	TRE 11	SAC	PHX																23rd	97
1963	TRE	INDY 25	MIL 11	LAN	TRE 2	SPR	MIL 9	DUQ	ISF 11	TRE	SAC 8	PHX 10																	14th	440
1964	PHX 13	TRE Template:Small	INDY 10	MIL DNQ	LAN Template:Small	TRE Template:Small	SPR Template:Small	MIL Template:Small	DUQ	ISF	TRE Template:Small	SAC	PHX Template:Small																23rd	220
1965	PHX Template:Small	TRE Template:Small	INDY DNQ	MIL Template:Small	LAN Template:Small	PPR Template:Small	TRE Template:Small	IRP Template:Small	ATL Template:Small	LAN Template:Small	MIL Template:Small	ISF Template:Small	MIL Template:Small	DSF Template:Small	INF Template:Small	TRE Template:Small	SAC Template:Small	PHX Template:Small											17th	500
1966	PHX	TRE 7	INDY 31	MIL Template:Small	LAN Template:Small	ATL Template:Small	PIP Template:Small	IRP Template:Small	LAN Template:Small	SPR Template:Small	MIL Template:Small	DUQ Template:Small	ISF Template:Small	TRE Template:Small	SAC Template:Small	PHX Template:Small													24th	275
1967	PHX	TRE	INDY 13	MIL 23	LAN	PIP	MOS	MOS	IRP DNQ	LAN DNQ	MTR	MTR	SPR	MIL 15	DUQ	ISF	TRE 20	SAC	HAN 14	PHX	RIV								-	0
1968	HAN Template:Small	LVG Template:Small	PHX Template:Small	TRE Template:Small	INDY 10	MIL Template:Small	MOS Template:Small	MOS Template:Small	LAN Template:Small	PIP Template:Small	CDR Template:Small	NAZ Template:Small	IRP Template:Small	IRP Template:Small	LAN Template:Small	LAN Template:Small	MTR Template:Small	MTR Template:Small	SPR Template:Small	MIL Template:Small	DUQ Template:Small	ISF Template:Small	TRE Template:Small	SAC Template:Small	MCH Template:Small	HAN Template:Small	PHX Template:Small	RIV Template:Small	34th	150
1969	PHX	HAN	INDY	MIL DNQ	LAN 11	PIP	CDR	NAZ	TRE	IRP	IRP	MIL	SPR	DOV	DUQ	ISF	BRN	BRN	TRE	SAC	KEN	KEN	PHX	RIV					52nd	30

Indianapolis 500 results

Year Car Start Qual Rank Finish Laps Led Retired 1959 48 5 144.225 6 26 85 0 Piston 1960 14 21 143.158 25 16 194 0 Flagged 1961 16 24 144.029 33 32 26 0 Piston 1962 18 15 146.604 22 19 96 0 Oil Leak 1963 26 20 148.717 19 25 79 0 Oil Leak 1964 16 20 151.038 27 10 196 0 Flagged 1966 39 31 158.367 33 31 0 0 Crash FS 1967 39 12 164.084 14 13 187 0 Crash FS 1968 6 25 162.866 25 10 196 0 Flagged Totals 1059 0

Starts 9 Poles 0 Front Row 0 Wins 0 Top 5 0 Top 10 2 Retired 6

World Championship career summary

The Indianapolis 500 was part of the FIA World Championship from 1950 through 1960. Drivers competing at Indy during those years were credited with World Championship points and participation. Bobby Grim participated in 2 World Championship races. He started on the pole 0 times, won 0 races, set 0 fastest laps, and finished on the podium 0 times. He accumulated a total of 0 championship points.

Award

He was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1992.