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Damned Few Died In Bed is the late Andy Dunlop’s personal account of his life in auto racing which began in 1928 when he moved to Cleveland Ohio from Detroit with his parents and his sisters at age 17 and ended in 1995 when he retired at age 84, still living in Cleveland. Besides running Pete Salemi’s Central Excavating Indianapolis 500 racing team that had its share of ups and downs, Andy witnessed most of the triumphs and tragedies that characterized American oval track racing in the rough and tumble days of the fifties and sixties.
Here’s the list of drivers who raced for Andy and the Central Excavating racing team at one time or another, all of whom are portrayed in the book: Gene Aldridge, George Amick, Tony Bettenhausen, Art Bisch, Tony Bonadies, Frank Burany, Buddy Cagle, Jimmy Canino, Wally Campbell, Duane Carter, Neal Carter, Bill Chittum, Johnny Crone, Allen Crowe, Jimmy Daywalt, Billy DeVore, Shorty Drexler, Ronnie Duman, Len Duncan, Ed Elisian, Larry Evans, Cotton Farmer, Johnny Fedricks, Don Freeland, Cliff Griffith, Bob Harkey, Gene Hartley, Sonny Helms, Red Hodges, Jackie Holmes, Bob Hurt, Jim Hurtubise, Bruce Jacobi, Gordon Johncock, Eddie Johnson, Dee Jones, Al Keller, Arnie Knepper, Jud Larson, Jim McElreath, Bobby Marvin, Earl Motter, Rabbit Musick, Peewee Northern, Wayne Padgett, Tex Peterson, Roy Prosser, Dick Rathmann, Red Riegel, Chuck Rodee, Jack Rounds, Lloyd Ruby, Mickey Rupp, Eddie Russo, Paul Russo, Eddie Sachs, Henry Schlosser, Sam Sessions, Jigger Sirois, Deb Snyder, Bill Spear, Wally Stokes, Len Sutton, Shorty Templeman, Bud Tinglestad, Johnnie Tolan, Bobby Unser, Bill Vukovich, Rodger Ward, Greg Weld, Chuck Weyant, Dempsey Wilson and Eddie Zalucki.