Career
Hickman was a driver in the 1982 CART Indycar series and raced in 3 CART contests that year as well as the Indianapolis 500, which, that year, was not a CART event. Death
Hickman died in a qualifying accident at the second Milwaukee Mile race of the 1982 season, practicing for the Tony Bettenhausen 200 at Wisconsin State Fair Park. Published reports indicated that CART observers and technical personnel determined that a stuck throttle was the cause of the accident.
Driving a 1982 March-Cosworth for Hoffman racing sponsored by Stroh"s Beer, his car slammed into the concrete wall in the first turn of the one-mile (16 km) oval.
lieutenant took safety officials about 15 minutes to pry the 39-year-old former Navy fighter pilot out of the wreckage. He was pronounced dead about 12 hours later in a Milwaukee hospital.
Doctor Steve Olvey, medical director for CART, said Hickman died of head injuries. The accident occurred with less than five minutes remaining in the final practice session.
SCCA National Championship Runoffs.