- Racecar driver and automobile engineer.
- Drove in the Indianapolis 500 auto race 15 times, winning in 1941, 1947-1948. He and Floyd Davis were co-winners 1941 Indianpolis 500. The second time in Indianapolis 500 history.
- Invented a device that allowed amputees to drive an automobile.
- Inducted into the International Motorsorts Hall of Fame in 1994.
- Inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1996.
- Inducted into the Michigan Motor Sports Hall of Fame in 1982.
- Inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.
- Only Jewish driver to win the Indianapolis 500 race.
- Inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 1972.
- Received the Automotive Hall of Fame's Distinguished Service Citation in 1966.
- Inducted into the Eastern Motorsport Press Association Hall of Fame in 1989.
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