Bill Alsup Dies in Crane Accident

Staff Report
Bill Alsup, a former race car driver, died Tuesday afternoon, according to the Silverton Standard in Colorado. Alsup was 78.
Alsup lived for more than 25 years in Woodstock where he operated a Poma ski lift distributorship. Alsup moved to Colorado around 1989 and owned Silverton Logistics Crew with his two sons.
Alsup died in a crane accident, San Juan County Sherriff Bruce Conrad told the Silverton Standard. He was driving a crane and accelerated up a hill too quickly. The crane rolled over and pinned Alsup beneath it.
Alsup was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on July 15, 1938. He finished in 11th place in the 1981 Indianapolis 500.