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Former Indy car racer Herm Johnson dies aged 63
Herm Johnson, who made 36 Indy car starts between 1979 and 1985, passed away yesterday after reportedly suffering liver and renal failure. Eau Claire, Wisconsin-native Johnson, who won the Formula SuperVee title at the SCCA Runoffs in Road Atlanta in 1976, moved into the USAC Mini-Indy Series in ’77. He finished as joint champion with Tom Bagley, the pair of them beating future Indy car drivers Howdy Holmes and Bill Alsup (who also died this year.) Two more seasons in this series led to Johnson making his Indy car debut at Atlanta Motor Speedway in the penultimate round of the ’79 CART Indy car season, driving an Eagle-Offenhauser. After finishing seventh, he went on to finish 13th in...
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