Tommy Milton

Thomas Willard Milton (November 14, 1893 – July 10, 1962) was an American racing driver best known as the first two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500.

In 1921, Milton won the United States National Driving Championship, often referred to as the Champ Car series.

In 1921, the twenty-seven-year-old Milton won the celebrated race driving a straight-eight Frontenac built by Louis Chevrolet.

[3] In 1922 fuel tank problems forced Milton out of the race after only forty-four laps, but he came back in 1923 driving for the H.C.S.

[4] During the 1936 race, Milton returned to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to drive the Packard 120 Pace Car.

Milton in his race car at the Daytona Beach Road Course in 1920
Milton's winning car from the 1923 Indianapolis 500