Gary Bettenhausen (November 18, 1941 – March 16, 2014) was an American auto racing driver & actor. He was born in Blue Island, Illinois, raised in Tinley Park, Illinois, graduated in the class of 1962 from Bremen High School (Midlothian, Illinois) in Midlothian, Illinois. He married his wife Wavelyn on January 4, 1964, and the family had three children, Gary Jr., and twin sons Cary and Todd. They had two grandchildren. At the time of his death, he resided in Monrovia, Indiana.