INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MAY 31: Bill Simpson, founder of Simpson Safety Equipment, demonstrates the effectiveness of his fire suit after practice for the Indianapolis 500 USAC Indy Car race at the ...

A legend has died: EJ “Bill” Simpson, auto racing safety pioneer, passed away on Monday, after suffering a stroke last Friday. He was 79 years old. Through the years, Simpson’s name has come to be ...

INDIANAPOLIS – As every auto racing circuit continues to develop its own innovative safety technology, drivers around the globe will always have one name to thank: Bill Simpson. Simpson never took his ...

Veteran racer Bill Simpson, who made one Indianapolis 500 start and was renowned in global motorsports for his development of groundbreaking safety equipment, died Monday, Dec. 16, in Indianapolis due ...

Bill Simpson, a pioneer in motorsports safety credited with creating equipment that saved too many drivers to count from death or serious injury, died Monday from complications of a stroke suffered ...