Bob Ruddick's Fatal Indy 500 Crash
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44 years in Turn 3: Death of Indy 500 photographer leaves void at IMS
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Bob Ruddick was a freelance photographer at IMS for the Indianapolis Star for 44 years .
He captured the 1982 Indianapolis 500 qualifying crash that killed Gordon Smiley .
Ruddick never talked about the heart-wrenching images he had captured of that sad, historic moment in racing.
His son Matt Ruddick had no idea his father had taken those Smiley photos.
Bob Ruddick was an excellent photographer and loved the Indianapolis Motor Speedway .
He would pack a cooler full of ham salad sandwiches to share with fellow photographers.
He was also known to hand off a spare camera to his son, instilling a legacy that would live on after he died.
"He was not somebody who liked to sit around. He needed something to do," said his son.
Ruddick died Jan. 11 with his family by his side.
Ruddick was in and out of the hospital for tests and treatment, but he still made it to IMS last May for his 44th year shooting at the track.
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