Up for auction  "Indianapolis 500" Danny Sullivan Hand Signed 3X5 Card. 

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Daniel

John Sullivan III (born

March 9, 1950), better known as Danny Sullivan, is an American

former racing driver. He earned 17 wins in

the CART Indy Car World Series, including the 1985 Indianapolis 500.

Sullivan won the 1988 CART Championship,

and placed third in points in 1986. Sullivan also

scored a victory in IROC. Sullivan was born in Louisville, Kentucky to

a building contractor father. He attended the Kentucky Military Institute and

then the Jim Russell Racing School.

He had several odd jobs before his racing career, including lumberjack, and

most famously, New York City cab driver. Sullivan

was given a 21st birthday present of a course at the Jim Russell Racing

Drivers School at the Snetterton circuit

in England. He competed in Formula Ford, Formula Three and Formula Two before returning to race in the United

States. In 1980–81, he drove for Garvin Brown Racing in the SCCA Can-Am Series, scoring one victory in 1981 at the

season-ending Caesar's Palace Grand Prix. In 1982, he made his début in the

PPG Indycar series, and was recruited by the Tyrrell Formula One team for the 1983 season

at the request of primary sponsor Benetton, who wanted an American driver. Sullivan competed in

the fifteen races of the 1983 season, scoring two points with a fifth place at

the Monaco Grand Prix and

finishing seventeenth in the World Drivers' Championship. He also performed

strongly in the non-championship Race of Champions held

at the Brands Hatch circuit in April, seeing

off an early race challenge from 1980 World Champion Alan Jones, before

finishing second behind reigning World

Champion Keke Rosberg, finishing only half-a-second

behind the Williams after 40 laps of racing. Nevertheless,

he was somewhat overshadowed by his more experienced teammate, Michele Alboreto (who won the 1983 Detroit Grand Prix for

the team, its last F1 victory), and was not retained at the end of the season.