Truesports

Jim Trueman during practice at the 1986 Indy 500

Truesports[1] was an automobile racing team founded by Jim Trueman[2] based in Hilliard, Ohio. The team is best known for winning the 1986 Indianapolis 500 and back-to-back CART championships in 1986 and 1987. The team won 19 points-paying Indy car races.

The word "Truesports" is a portmanteau of the surname "Trueman" and the word "sports" or perhaps the word "motorsports." The primary crew chief of the team was Steve Horne, who would later start Tasman Motorsports.

In 1993, the team was absorbed into what is now Rahal Letterman Racing.[3]

  1. ^ Truesports History Truesports taurtoisemotorsports.com
  2. ^ Trueman, Jim Jim Trueman and Truesports taurtoisemotorsports.com
  3. ^ Shaffer, Rick (August 23, 1992). "Demise of Truesports team saddens IndyCar fraternity". The Indianapolis Star. p. 70. Retrieved April 15, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon