He built a career in commercial and industrial banking, owning homes in Miami and Atlanta, where he had close ties to Coca-Cola.

A regular from 1951 through 1982, fielding as many as four cars in some years, he won 11 American Automobile Association or United States Auto Club National Championship races.

[5] Lindsey Hopkins’ first Indianapolis 500 car was a dirt track machine obtained from Lou Moore in June 1950.

Hopkins's team of drivers included Jim Rathmann (second at Indianapolis in 1957 and 1959), Bill Vukovich, A. J. Foyt, Lloyd Ruby, Bobby Marshman, Don Branson, Tony Bettenhausen, Gary Bettenhausen, Wally Dallenbach, Pat O’Connor, and George Amick, among numerous others.

[6] Lindsey Hopkins continued to live up to his role as a gentleman sportsman as he entered cars in the Indianapolis 500 up until his death in February 1986.

In 1967 he and fellow car owner John Mecom Jr bought the new franchise of the New Orleans Saints football team.

[3][8][9] Lindsey Hopkins Jr. was elected to the board of the Coca-Cola Co. in March 1954 and filled the vacancy resulting from the death of Mrs. Lettle P.