Ralph Sanchez: 1948-2013

US race promoter Ralph Sanchez, who also played a key role in re-igniting Emerson Fittipaldi's career, has died at the age of 64 after a long illness. Cuban-born Rafael, or Ralph, Sanchez was the architect of the Miami Grand Prix street race in the early 1980s, the Tamiami Park CART Indycar event later in the decade and then the Homestead oval to the south of the Florida city in the '90s. Sanchez should also be credited with bringing Fittipaldi back to the cockpit, more than three years after he had retired from Formula 1.

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