Herbert Ernest Meyer

11/3/1892 - 27/4/1962

Record updated 25-Apr-06

Zeke Meyers of Germantown, PA. Meyers was involved in a near fatal crash in this car at the Cressona Fairgrounds in Schuylkill Haven, PA on June 5, 1932.

He holds the record for the greatest improvement from starting position at the Indy 500 when he went from 38th to 6th, a jump of 32 places in 1932.