Rick Treadway, Indianapolis 500 competitor, killed in motorcycle crash

Rick Treadway, Indianapolis 500 competitor, killed in motorcycle crash

Rick Treadway, who raced in the 2002 Indianapolis 500 and competed across eleven IndyCar Series events, died in a motorcycle crash on Saturday. He was 56.

Treadway made his IndyCar debut at Kentucky Speedway midway through the 2001 season, driving for his father Fred Treadway’s team, Treadway-Hubbard Racing. He made eight starts in 2002 under the Treadway Racing banner, with the Indianapolis 500 representing the centrepiece of his career at the series level. At that race he started 17th and finished 29th. Indianapolis Motor Speedway described the Indy 500 start as the highlight of his IndyCar career in a formal statement following news of his death.

Beyond IndyCar, Treadway competed in the Formula 2000 junior formula series and participated in the Indy Legends Charity Pro-Am Race from 2014 to 2018. Fellow IndyCar figures including Conor Daly and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Arie Luyendyk – who had raced for Fred Treadway’s team in 2001 – offered public tributes on social media. Luyendyk described Rick Treadway as a “fun, crazy, humble, wild and brave personality” and extended condolences to the Treadway family.

No further details about the circumstances of the crash were included in available statements. Fred Treadway’s team fielded cars at Indianapolis Motor Speedway across the 2001 and 2002 seasons; the family’s continued connection to the IndyCar community was reflected in the breadth of tributes following the announcement of Rick Treadway’s death.