 The Cuban Revolution took over the government in January 1959, and the 1959 Cuban Grand Prix was cancelled.The Fangio kidnapping was dramatized in a 1999 Argentine film directed by Alberto Lecchi, "Operación Fangio".When Fangio attended the 1958 Indianapolis 500, he was offered $20,000 to qualify in a Kurtis-Offenhauser by the car's owner, George Walther, Jr (father of future Indy 500 driver Salt Walther).