RACING legend Gil de Ferran has died at the age of 56, said multiple colleagues. The two were on a private course at the club when de Ferran pulled over and said he wasn’t feeling well. Fellow driver Tony Kanaan said de Ferran suffered a heart attack and couldn’t be revived. “We are terribly saddened to hear about the tragic loss of Gil de Ferran,” said Roger Penske, the owner of Team Penske and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in a statement. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to Angela, Anna, Luke, and the entire de Ferran family.”. Kanaan told The Associated Press that he was “devastated” over de Ferran’s death. Marco Andretti called de Ferran “One of the real ones.”.

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