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MARI HULMAN GEORGE has been best known for her role as a board member and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hulman & Company.
MARY FENDRICH HULMAN, matriarch of the Hulman-George family, was the wife of Anton “Tony” Hulman, Jr., who purchased the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from Eddie Rickenbacker in November 1945.
Jan 9, 2020 · Seemingly every person who walks onto the grounds has a picture of the iconic building and its image gives fans an unmistakable memory of IMS. While the old steel-and-glass Master Control Tower certainly was an advancement of its time, looking at images of the facility now without the Pagoda makes the panoramic seem, shall we say…, primitive.
- 'Every Driver's mother'
- She Grew Up at The Track
- Heart of A Philanthropist
- A Racing Pioneer
Scott Brayton had just died in a crash at IMS in May of 1996. A blown tire during a Friday Indianapolis 500 practice sent his car whirling into a concrete wall at 220 miles an hour. Bob Walters was inside the office of Dr. Hank Bock — the medical director of IMS at the time — when he received a call from Hulman George. "Mari implored me not to anno...
Her love for the drivers really was no surprise considering that Hulman George spent much of her childhood —- and indeed, her entire life — surrounded by drivers and their families. Mary Antonia Hulman was born Dec. 26, 1934, in Evansville, Ind., the only child of prominent business magnate Anton "Tony" Hulman Jr. and Mary Fendrich Hulman. Later kn...
It was often talked about in racing circles. Just which did Hulman George love best: Racing, animals or people? Quietly and without fanfare, Hulman George gave bountifully to all three. "Obviously, everybody knows she was generous with her wealth, but she was also generous with her time," Rahal said." Sometimes, that's harder to do than writing a c...
Before she turned 21, Hulman George was a motor sports trailblazer in her own right, co-owner of a team that raced at the highest levels of Midwestern auto racing, a rarity for a woman at the time. Hulman George and longtime family friend Roger Wolcott formed the HOW racing team in 1955, which fielded American Automobile Association and United Stat...
Nov 3, 2018 · Mari served as IMS chairman from 1988-2016, but motorsports and the world-renowned racetrack were among the cornerstones of her life since her father, Anton “Tony” Hulman Jr., purchased the facility in November 1945 and saved it from almost certain demolition after World War II.
Nov 3, 2018 · Mari served as IMS chairman from 1988-2016, but motorsports and the world-renowned racetrack were among the cornerstones of her life since her father, Anton “Tony” Hulman Jr., purchased the facility in November 1945 and saved it from almost certain demolition after World War II.
Hulman & Company and Indianapolis Motor Speedway Chairman of the Board Emeritus Mari Hulman George, died in the early hours of Saturday morning with her family by her side.
