Won the 1986 Indianapolis 500 for Jim Trueman's TrueSports team. Trueman died 11 days later.
Bobby's son Graham Rahal is a championship Champ Car driver, and other
relative Gerald Rahal is also an amateur race driver.
Inducted into the City of Columbus [Ohio] Hall of Fame.
CART/PPG Indycar World Series Champion (1986, 1987 and 1992) and Indianapolis 500 winner (1986).
There was a change of direction in 1992 Formula Indy, when he joined former Can-Am, car owner Carl Hogan, to create Rahal-Hogan Racing.