Posted on 06/01/2026 12:48:04 PM PDT by DFG
Indianapolis 500 veteran Rick Treadway has died. He was 56.
According to a news release from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Treadway died Saturday, May 30 in a motorcycle crash.
Treadway started in the 2002 Indy 500.
Treadway started 17th and placed 29th in the Indy 500 in the No. 5 Sprint/Kyocera Wireless/Airlink Enterprises G Force/Chevrolet fielded by his father Fred Treadway’s team and as a teammate to two-time Indy 500 winner Arie Luyendyk.
Treadway and Tony Kanaan were eliminated from the race in a crash in Turn 3 on Lap 90.
"The Indy 500 start was the highlight of Treadway’s INDYCAR SERIES career, which consisted of 11 races in the 2001 and 2002 seasons for his father’s teams Treadway-Hubbard Racing and Treadway Racing," a spokesperson for IMS said in a news release.
Treadway made his IndyCar debut in 2001 and his final start in 2002.
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We call motor-cycle drivers “future organ donors”.
Oops. I hope he was listening to some Allman Brothers tunes.
It doesn’t take much to die on a bike, but real riders usually stay alive.
Sad story anyway.
“motor-cycle drivers”
“future organ donors”
Judging from your comments, I’m guessing you’ve never actually RIDEN a bike have you?
“Judging from your comments, I’m guessing you’ve never actually RIDEN a bike have you?”
Studies show that organ donations increase around large motorcycle rallies.
Is that the punch line?
‘“motor-cycle drivers”
“future organ donors”
Judging from your comments, I’m guessing you’ve never actually RIDEN a bike have you?”
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I’ve ridden a bike for over 50 years, and even back then we called them organ donors in the ER where I worked.
There are only two kinds of bike riders; those who’ve laid one down and those who will lay one down.
“There are only two kinds of bike riders; those who’ve laid one down and those who will lay one down.”
My one lay down. 4x8 plywood flew off PU hit my buddy’s bike which slid into mine.
All motorcycles should have airbags.
Are the organs worth donating after a crash?
You know what I mean
Fast bikes no withstanding 50 years ago things were different. I lived to say...
You couldn’t pay me to ride on a public road now days.
Were you riding “bitch”?
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