drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1967-1972 seasons, with 61 career starts, including the 1968-1971 Indianapolis 500 races. In his Champ Car career, he finished in the top ten 23 times, with his best finish in 2nd position in 1969 at the Milwaukee Mile, driving for Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing in a substitute role for the injured Al Unser. Death In 1972 Malloy signed on to drive for the Gerhardt racing team and one of the very fast 1972 Eagles. During the month of May Malloy and the new Eagle was among the fastest cars. During the practice session on May 14, he was attempting to break the speed barrier (which other Indy drivers were trying to do at the time) when his car mysteriously cut sharply to the right and crashed head-on into the outside retaining wall confining Turn 3 at about . Malloy died in the hospital, four days after being pulled from his destroyed car. He never regained consciousness. His injuries included head injuries, second degree burns to his face, feet, and hands, and fractures to his right arm and both of his legs and hips. Malloy died only five days before what would have been his 40th birthday. Other Racing Malloy attempted to race in the 1966 Daytona 500 but only managed a 21st-place finish in his qualifying race and failed to make the field. Malloy also drove a 1958 Edsel Pacer at Colorado National Speedway in 1968. In 1979 Malloy was inducted into the Colorado Motorsports Hall of Fame. Personal life Malloy had a wife named Mary. Together they had two sons, Jim and Pat, and a daughter, Cheryl. Indianapolis 500 results See also List of Indianapolis fatalities References 1932 births 1972 deaths People from Columbus, Nebraska Racing drivers from Nebraska Indianapolis 500 drivers Racing drivers who died while racing Sports deaths in Indiana USAC Silver Crown Series drivers