# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-alsup
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:04:57.630Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-alsup"
name: "Bill Alsup"
slug: "bill-alsup"
description: "Bill Alsup was an American race car driver. He was the first Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) Rookie of the Year in 1979 and competed in the 1981 Indianapolis 500, finishing 11th. He made 57 CART & USAC Champ Car starts in his career. His best race finish of third came three times and he was the 1981 CART Championship runner-up, putting in a winless but consistent season for Penske Racing, his only effort with a top-level team. He returned to his own team the next year and struggled until leaving Champ Car following the 1984 Sanair Super Speedway race."
tagline: "American open-wheel racing driver (1938-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill_alsup_at_indy500_in_2012.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1938-07-15"
deathDate: "2016-08-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.72
  momentum:             12
  historical:           5.677178666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Alsup"
    title: "Bill Alsup"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A8"
    title: "بيل السوب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Alsup"
    title: "Bill Alsup"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Alsup"
    title: "Bill Alsup"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Alsup"
    title: "Bill Alsup"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Alsup"
    title: "Bill Alsup"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2683261"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump