Dee ihe ndị ọzọ maka paragraf a - A mụrụ Herman na Topton, Pennsylvania, ọ nwụrụ na West Haven, Connecticut n'ihi mmerụ ahụ o nwetara n'ihe mberede ụgbọala nke obere ụgbọala mere na West Haven Speedway. Herman so n'ihe mberede ọtụtụ ụgbọala mere n'agba nke mbụ nke asọmpi ahụ ma ụgbọala ya tụgharịrị. Ọ gbara ọsọ na American Automobile Association (AAA) na United States Automobile Club (USAC) Championship Car series, na-agba ọsọ na 1955-1957 na 1959-1960 oge na 11 amalite, gụnyere Indianapolis 500 agbụrụ na nke ọ bụla n'ime afọ ndị ahụ. O mechara n'ime mmadụ iri mbụ ugboro atọ, ebe kachasị mma ya bụ n'ọnọdụ nke asaa, na 1955 Indianapolis 500
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