Rick Muther
Race car driver, Deceased Person
1935 – 1995
Who was Rick Muther?
Rick Muther, was an American racecar driver.
Muther was born in Alhambra, California. He was for the most part The Indy 500's first Hippy race driver. Muther started in SCCA sports car racing in Southern California at Riverside winning the prestigious Tim Mayer award. He drove in the USAC and CART Championship Car series, racing in the 1967-1975 USAC and 1980 CART seasons, with 46 combined career starts, including the Indianapolis 500 in 1970-1971 and 1974 and finished in the top ten 13 times. A highlight of Rick's career was racing for four-time Indy winner AJ Foyt in the 1975 California 500. Eventually, Foyt hired another team-mate, fearing he would be beaten by Muther. Muther's best Indy car finishes were in 5th position in 1968 at Riverside and in 1972 at Milwaukee. One of Indy's all time most colorful drivers, Muther always had the wildest Helmet paint jobs by Gary Finoe, a disciple of Von Dutch. Muther's attire was wild Kelly Mouse design flying eyeball clothing. Muther had many friends in the California music and art scene. A proud double Leo, he often incorporated Lions in his helmet designs. Rick died unexpectedly of heart failure in his sleep, in San Juan, Washington.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
- Born
- Aug 13, 1935
Laguna Beach - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Mar 12, 1995
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Rick Muther." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 19 Apr. 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/rick_muther>.
Discuss this Rick Muther biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In