Lee Kunzman Autographs
Lee Kunzman (November 29, 1944 – February 27, 2025) was an American driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. He raced in the 1969, 1972–1973 and 1975-1980 seasons, with 48 combined career starts, including the 1971-1973, 1977, and 1979 Indianapolis 500. He finished in the top-ten 21 times, with his best finish in second position in 1979 at Atlanta.
Early in his career, Kunzman was the 1967 IMCA sprint car Rookie of the Year. Severe injuries from two accidents limited his driving in the early 1970s. In June 1970, Kunzman suffered an accident driving a sprint car at I-70 Speedway that left him with 3rd degree burns over 40% of his body, including severe burns to his nose, eyelids and lips, as well as a broken neck and right arm. Kunzman took 11 months to recover, returning to racing in April 1971, but suffered permanent scaring from the burns. Kunzman suffered a second major crash in December 1973 driving an IndyCar at Ontario Motor Speedway for a tire test. The accident left Kunzman with major head injuries and paralysis on the left side of his body. Kunzman did not return to racing until 1975.
Kunzman recorded his highest finish during the first race of the 1979 Gould Twin Dixie 125. Taking the lead after caution with 14 laps to go, he held it until passed by Johnny Rutherford on the penultimate lap. After completing his driving career, he became the general manager for Hemelgarn Racing and was part of Buddy Lazier's Indianapolis 500 winning team in 1996 and championship winning team in 2000.
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Traded items with a signature of Lee Kunzman
The most expensive item with a signature of Lee Kunzman (Autographed Jigger Sirois, Lee Kunzman USAC Champ Car Dirt Racing Photograph) was sold in February 2015 for $32.50 while the cheapest item (Lee Kunzman Signed Color Photograph) found a new owner for $0.99 in November 2010. The month with the most items sold (2) was January 2016 with an average selling price of $14.12 for an autographed item of Lee Kunzman. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2015 with $32.50 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.32 was January 2011. In average, an autographed item from Lee Kunzman is worth $12.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Lee Kunzman were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1970s Lee Kunzman Signed 5.5" x 7" Photo, Indianapolis 500 | $12.00 |  |
| 1992 PPG LEE KUNZMAN Auto Signed card #68 INDY GREAT | $7.99 | |
| Authentic Autographed Lee Kunzman Indy 500 IndyCar 8x10 Photo | $5.99 | |
| Authentic Autographed Lee Kunzman IndyCar 8x10 Photo | $3.99 | |
| Authentic Autographed Lee Kunzman IndyCar 8x10 Photo | $3.99 | |
| Authentic Autographed Lee Kunzman IndyCar Index Card | $1.99 | |
| Indianapolis 500 Driver 3x5 Card Autograph, Lee Kunzman | $14.00 | |
| Joe Leonard (autographed) & Lee Kunzman (autographed), both deceased | $14.12 | |
| Lee Kunzman & Jigger Sirois Autographed DuQuoin Race Car 8x10 Photo | $16.00 | |
| Lee Kunzman autographed 1967 Des Moines, IA Sprint Car 8x10 photo - Indy 500 | $23.06 | |
| Lee Kunzman autographed 1972 Indy 500 8x10 photo | $24.74 | |
| Lee Kunzman autographed 1973 Indy 500 8x10 photo | $24.74 | |
| Lee Kunzman autographed 1973 Indy 500 8x10 photo | $24.74 | |
| LEGENDS of INDY 500 Card Autographed JERRY SNEVA LEE KUNZMAN CHRIS KENIFEL | $3.75 | |
| ~LEE KUNZMAN (dec.) autographed/signed 1979 INDY 500 qualification 8x10 photo ~ | $21.94 | |
