INDIANA (USA)
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INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY 1961 > 2010
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1961 AJ Foyt. Photo: unknown.
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1963 - Parnelli Jones wins the Indianapolis 500. Photo: When Racing Was Racing facebook.
1963 - Eddie Sachs. Photo: unknown.
1963 - Johnny Rutherford in his Rookie Year at the Indianapolis 500. Photo: Indiana Racing Memorial Association.
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Racing Back in the Day facebook Photo feature
30th May 1964 - The firey crash that took the life of Eddie Sachs. Photographer: unknown.
30th May 1964 - Jim Hurtubise drove this number 56 car in the 1964 event. Photographer: unknown.
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1965 - INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY INDIANAPOLIS 500The 49th running of the Indianapolis 500 was held on the 31st of May 1965.
Pat Flaherty would win the event in the AJ Watson roadstar.
GREG WELD
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Greg Weld was a sprintcar champion that tried qualifing 7 times for the Indianapolis 500, The Kansas born driver was to make it to the grid on one occasion only in 1970.Greg was the owner and driving force behind his company Weld Wheels, a company that mass produces alluminium race rims.This champion passed after suffering a heart atack at 64. |
1965 Winner Pat Flaherty with the roadstar's builder and mechanic AJ Watson. Photo: IRMA.
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1967 - INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY INDIANAPOLIS 500 30th May 1967The 51st running of the Indianapolis 500 was held on the 30th May 1967.
AJ Foyt would win the event for the third time.
1967 AJ Foyt chats with his farther while sitting in his Coyote Ford prior to entering the track for his third Indy 500 win. Photo: IRMA. |
1967 AJ Foyt's 3rd Indianapolis 500 win. Photo: unknown.
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1969 Photo: unknown.
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1970 - Al Unser with the Johnny Lightning Special that he won his first Indianapolis 500 in. He took the pole and led 190 of the 200 lap race, A true champion Photographer: unknown.
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Pole sitter AJ Foyt set a record for most consecitive starts at Indy with 17, he would go on to re-write the record to 35 before retiring.
1974 - Johnny Rutherford wins the first of his 3 Indy car victories, This one in a McLaren. Photo: IRMA.
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1977 - INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY INDIANAPOLIS 500 29th May 1977The 61st running of the Indianapolis 500 was run on the 29th of May 1977.
The winner of the Indy 500 was AJ Foyt for his fourth victory, second was Tom Sneva from Al Unser in third spot.
Two other milestone's were set at the meeting Tom Sneva was the first driver to set 200mph and Janet Guthrie became the first women to qualify for the race.
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1977 - Gary Bettenhausen is helped into his car by Willie Davis. Photo: IRMA.
1977 - AJ Foyt wins the 61st running of the Indianapolis 500. This would be the last time an American built chassis and engine combination would win this great race. Photo: unknown.
1977 - Gary Bettenhausen ran the 98 car sponsored by Evil Kanevel. Photo: unknown.
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1978 - INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY INDIANAPOLIS 500 1978 |