Granatelli, Indy 500-winning car owner, dies at 90 [View all]

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Source: AP

Andy Granatelli, the former CEO of STP motor oil company who made a mark on motorsports as a car owner, innovator and entrepreneur, has died. He was 90.

Granatelli's son, Vince, said his father died Sunday of congestive heart failure at a Santa Barbara hospital.

Granatelli is a member of the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame.

''Everything he did was bigger than life,'' Vince Granatelli said. ''The thing that gave him the most gratification in his life was what he did at the Indianapolis 500.''

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