Page 1 of 2 Jovy Marcelo's soft features and permanent smile belied the fact that he was a championship-winning racecar driver on the rise in open-wheel racing. The Filipino driver, killed 25 years ago today in a crash during practice for the 1992 Indy 500, was largely anonymous – a new face in the CART IndyCar Series – at the time of his death. A quarter century later, he still remains a bit of a forgotten footnote in 500 history. "He was real soft-spoken, but in the car, he was not afraid to race you hard, wheel-to-wheel," 1996 CART champion Jimmy Vasser said of his former rival. "I think of a young Paul Tracy – Jovy was the same way." Born and raised in the...
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