The little-known ’comeback’ of a Penske Indy 500 legend

Rick Mears announced his retirement in speech at the Team Penske dinner in December 1992, one week after he turned 40. It came at the end of an unusually torrid year for the man who had only the previous season cemented his status at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with a memorable triumph over Michael Andretti to join A.J. Foyt and Al Unser Sr as a four-time Indy 500 winner. 
But his 1992 …Keep reading