Louis Tomei 
17/2/1910 - 15/5/1955
Record updated
Real name was Luigi Gilbert Tomei.
Raced in the Indy 500 eight time between 1935 and 1946. His best finish was 10th in 1937 driving a Rigling Studebaker.
After the war, he worked as an film extra, with his most notable appearance probably being in the Judy Garland & James Mason film "A Star Is Born".
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