Ronnie Duman

Who was Ronnie Duman?

Ronnie Duman, was an American racecar driver.

Born in Dearborn, Michigan, Duman died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during a fatal crash in the Rex Mays 150 at the Milwaukee Mile. He drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1961-1968 seasons, with 63 career starts, including the 1964-1968 Indianapolis 500 races. He finished in the top ten 27 times, with his best finish in 3rd in 1965 at Phoenix.

In the 1964 500 he was involved in the fiery crash that took the lives of David MacDonald and Eddie Sachs. Duman ducked to the inside to miss both Sachs & MacDonald. However the Novi of Bobby Unser knocked Ronnie around and he hit the inside wall erupting the tail tank in a near clear alcohol fire. Duman was hospitalized and missed about 2 1/2 months of racing while he recovered.

He was inducted into the Michigan Motor Sports Hall of Fame in 1985. He is buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.