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style="margin-left: inherit; font-size: medium">56th Indianapolis 500</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="background: #ffffff"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:1972MarkDonohueIndy500.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/1972MarkDonohueIndy500.JPG/220px-1972MarkDonohueIndy500.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/1972MarkDonohueIndy500.JPG/330px-1972MarkDonohueIndy500.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/1972MarkDonohueIndy500.JPG/440px-1972MarkDonohueIndy500.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3025" data-file-height="2733" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#efefef"><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Motor_Speedway" title="Indianapolis Motor Speedway">Indianapolis Motor Speedway</a></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#efefef"><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_500" title="Indianapolis 500">Indianapolis 500</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/American_Championship_car_racing" class="mw-redirect" title="American Championship car racing">Sanctioning body</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Auto_Club" title="United States Auto Club">USAC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Season</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1972_USAC_Championship_Car_season" title="1972 USAC Championship Car season">1972 USAC Trail</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">May 27, 1972</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indianapolis_500_winners" title="List of Indianapolis 500 winners">Winner</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Donohue" title="Mark Donohue">Mark Donohue</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_IndyCar_Series_teams" title="List of IndyCar Series teams">Winning team</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Penske_Racing" class="mw-redirect" title="Penske Racing">Penske Racing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Average speed</th><td class="infobox-data">162.962 mph (262.262 km/h)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indianapolis_500_pole-sitters" title="List of Indianapolis 500 pole-sitters">Pole position</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Unser" title="Bobby Unser">Bobby Unser</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pole speed</th><td class="infobox-data">195.940 mph (315.335 km/h)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fastest qualifier</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Unser" title="Bobby Unser">Bobby Unser</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_500_Rookie_of_the_Year" title="Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year">Rookie of the Year</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Hiss" title="Mike Hiss">Mike Hiss</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indianapolis_500_lap_leaders" title="List of Indianapolis 500 lap leaders">Most laps led</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gary_Bettenhausen" title="Gary Bettenhausen">Gary Bettenhausen</a> (138)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#efefef"><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_500_traditions" title="Indianapolis 500 traditions">Pre-race ceremonies</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner" title="The Star-Spangled Banner">National anthem</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Purdue_All-American_Marching_Band" title="Purdue All-American Marching Band">Purdue Band</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">"<a href="/wiki/Back_Home_Again_in_Indiana" title="Back Home Again in Indiana">Back Home Again in Indiana</a>"</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Nabors" title="Jim Nabors">Jim Nabors</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_500_traditions#Starting_command" title="Indianapolis 500 traditions">Starting command</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Hulman" title="Tony Hulman">Tony Hulman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_500_pace_cars" title="Indianapolis 500 pace cars">Pace car</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Oldsmobile_Hurst/Olds" title="Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds">Hurst/Olds Cutlass</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pace car driver</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Rathmann_(race_car_driver)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jim Rathmann (race car driver)">Jim Rathmann</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Starter</th><td class="infobox-data">Pat Vidan<sup id="cite_ref-Illustrated_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Illustrated-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Estimated attendance</th><td class="infobox-data">275,000<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#efefef">TV in the United States</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Television_network" class="mw-redirect" title="Television network">Network</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ESPN_on_ABC" title="ESPN on ABC">ABC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indianapolis_500_broadcasters" title="List of Indianapolis 500 broadcasters">Announcers</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jim_McKay" title="Jim McKay">Jim McKay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Stewart" title="Jackie Stewart">Jackie Stewart</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#efefef">Chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table style="width:100%; line-height:1.2em"><tbody><tr> <th style="width:50%; text-align:center;">Previous</th> <th style="width:50%; text-align:center;">Next</th> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1971_Indianapolis_500" title="1971 Indianapolis 500">1971</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1973_Indianapolis_500" title="1973 Indianapolis 500">1973</a></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>56th 500 Mile International Sweepstakes</b> was held at the <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Motor_Speedway" title="Indianapolis Motor Speedway">Indianapolis Motor Speedway</a> in <a href="/wiki/Speedway,_Indiana" title="Speedway, Indiana">Speedway, Indiana</a>, on Saturday, May 27, 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-bdstm_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bdstm-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The race is notable in that for the first time, the cars were permitted <a href="/wiki/Wing_(automotive)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing (automotive)">bolt-on wings</a>, and speeds climbed dramatically.<sup id="cite_ref-gdshcb_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gdshcb-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Unser" title="Bobby Unser">Bobby Unser</a> won the pole position at a then-remarkable speed of 195.940 mph (315.3 km/h) for four laps,<sup id="cite_ref-nsplaind_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nsplaind-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> breaking <a href="/wiki/Peter_Revson" title="Peter Revson">Peter Revson</a>'s track record of 178.696 mph (287.6 km/h) from <a href="/wiki/1971_Indianapolis_500" title="1971 Indianapolis 500">1971</a> by 17.244 mph (27.8 km/h) – the largest one-year track record increase in Indy history. The race average speed of 162.962 mph (262.3 km/h) was also a new record, which stood until <a href="/wiki/1984_Indianapolis_500" title="1984 Indianapolis 500">1984</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Gary_Bettenhausen" title="Gary Bettenhausen">Gary Bettenhausen</a> led 138 laps until his car suffered ignition trouble on lap 176, and he coasted to the pits. <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Grant" title="Jerry Grant">Jerry Grant</a> took over the lead, but pitted for a new tire and fuel on lap 188 in teammate Bobby Unser's pit - for which he was later disqualified. Bettenhausen's <a href="/wiki/Team_Penske" title="Team Penske">Penske</a> teammate <a href="/wiki/Mark_Donohue" title="Mark Donohue">Mark Donohue</a> won the race, after leading only the final 13 laps.<sup id="cite_ref-bdstm_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bdstm-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gdshcb_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gdshcb-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ppupiou_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ppupiou-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was owner <a href="/wiki/Roger_Penske" title="Roger Penske">Roger Penske</a>'s first of nineteen Indy 500 victories (as of <a href="/wiki/2023_Indianapolis_500" title="2023 Indianapolis 500">2023</a>) and the first victory for a <a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a> chassis at Indy. <a href="/wiki/Al_Unser" title="Al Unser">Al Unser Sr.</a>, who won the race in <a href="/wiki/1970_Indianapolis_500" title="1970 Indianapolis 500">1970</a> and <a href="/wiki/1971_Indianapolis_500" title="1971 Indianapolis 500">1971</a>, was looking to become the first driver in history to "<a href="/wiki/Three-peat" title="Three-peat">three-peat</a>" at the Indianapolis 500. He fell short, but his runner-up finish ties for the best three-year span (1st-1st-2nd) in Indy history. </p><p>For the first time, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Nabors" title="Jim Nabors">Jim Nabors</a> was invited to sing "<a href="/wiki/Back_Home_Again_in_Indiana" title="Back Home Again in Indiana">Back Home Again in Indiana</a>" during the <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_500_traditions" title="Indianapolis 500 traditions">pre-race ceremonies</a>. Nabors accepted and performed with little rehearsal and was warmly received. It was the beginning of a 36-year tradition, where Nabors performed nearly every year from 1972 through <a href="/wiki/2014_Indianapolis_500" title="2014 Indianapolis 500">2014</a>. </p><p>The 1972 race was the first to utilize the Electro-PACER Light system to facilitate the yellow light periods. Speedway officials still did not utilize the <a href="/wiki/Safety_car" title="Safety car">pace car</a> during cautions, and this enforcement tool would be used at Indy for seven years, albeit not without controversy in subsequent races. This system was similar in concept to systems such as the <a href="/wiki/Safety_car#Virtual_safety_car_(VSC)" title="Safety car">Virtual Safety Car</a> and the "<a href="/wiki/2014_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans#Circuit_and_regulation_changes" title="2014 24 Hours of Le Mans">Slow zone</a>" that became popular in the 2010s. Although the technology for the Electro-PACER system was primitive compared to the later systems used over forty years later. </p><p>After the decade of the 1960s saw numerous drivers from Europe and other nationalities, the 1972 race was the first since <a href="/wiki/1962_Indianapolis_500" title="1962 Indianapolis 500">1962</a> and the last to have an <a href="/wiki/Americans" title="Americans">all-American</a> lineup. <a href="/wiki/Mario_Andretti" title="Mario Andretti">Mario Andretti</a> who was born in <a href="/wiki/Istria" title="Istria">Istria</a> (part of <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> at the time) was a <a href="/wiki/Citizenship_in_the_United_States#Naturalized_citizenship" class="mw-redirect" title="Citizenship in the United States">naturalized</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a> citizen at the time of this race. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Race_schedule">Race schedule</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Race schedule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the pattern set in 1970 and 1971, the race was scheduled for the Saturday of <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Day" title="Memorial Day">Memorial Day</a> weekend. This would be the final Indy 500 scheduled for a Saturday (the <a href="/wiki/1986_Indianapolis_500" title="1986 Indianapolis 500">1986 race</a> was held on a Saturday due to a week-long rain delay). Falling on May 27, it was also the earliest calendar date that race had been held up to that point. In 1973, the race would be scheduled for Monday, and starting in 1974, the race would permanently move to the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. </p><p>On Sunday May 28, the annual 500 Victory Banquet was held at the newly completed <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Convention_Center" title="Indiana Convention Center">Indiana Convention Center</a> for the first time. </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <td> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <th colspan="7">Race schedule — April/May, 1972 </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" width="70">Sun </th> <th scope="col" width="70">Mon </th> <th scope="col" width="70">Tue </th> <th scope="col" width="70">Wed </th> <th scope="col" width="70">Thu </th> <th scope="col" width="70">Fri </th> <th scope="col" width="70">Sat </th></tr> <tr> <td>23<br />  </td> <td>24<br />  </td> <td>25<br />  </td> <td>26<br />  </td> <td>27<br />  </td> <td>28<br />  </td> <td style="background:#FFCFCF;">29<br /><small>Practice</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#DFFFDF;">30<br /><small>Practice</small> </td> <td style="background:#DFFFDF;">1<br /><small>Practice</small> </td> <td style="background:#DFFFDF;">2<br /><small>Practice</small> </td> <td style="background:#DFFFDF;">3<br /><small>Practice</small> </td> <td style="background:#DFFFDF;">4<br /><small>Practice</small> </td> <td style="background:#DFFFDF;">5<br /><small>Practice</small> </td> <td style="background:#DFFFDF;">6<br /><small>Practice</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#DFFFDF;">7<br /><small>Practice</small> </td> <td style="background:#FFCFCF;">8<br /><small>Practice</small> </td> <td style="background:#DFFFDF;">9<br /><small>Practice</small> </td> <td style="background:#DFFFDF;">10<br /><small>Practice</small> </td> <td style="background:#DFFFDF;">11<br /><small>Practice</small> </td> <td style="background:#DFFFDF;">12<br /><small>Practice</small> </td> <td style="background:#FFCFCF;">13<br /><small>Pole Day</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#CFCFFF;">14<br /><small>Time Trials</small> </td> <td style="background:#DFFFDF;">15<br /><small>Practice</small> </td> <td style="background:#DFFFDF;">16<br /><small>Practice</small> </td> <td style="background:#DFFFDF;">17<br /><small>Practice</small> </td> <td style="background:#DFFFDF;">18<br /><small>Practice</small> </td> <td style="background:#DFFFDF;">19<br /><small>Practice</small> </td> <td style="background:#CFCFFF;">20<br /><small>Time Trials</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#CFCFFF;">21<br /><small>Bump Day</small> </td> <td>22<br />  </td> <td>23<br />  </td> <td style="background:#DFFFDF;">24<br /><small>Carb Day</small> </td> <td>25<br />  </td> <td>26<br /><small><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_500_traditions#500_Festival_Parade" title="Indianapolis 500 traditions">Parade</a></small> </td> <td style="background:#DFDFDF;">27<br /><small>Indy 500</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td>28<br />  </td> <td>29<br /><small>Memorial Day</small> </td> <td>30<br />  </td> <td>31<br />  </td> <td><br />  </td> <td><br />  </td> <td><br />  </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td valign="top"> <table> <tbody><tr> <td> <table style="margin-right:0; font-size:85%; text-align:center;" class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Color </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr style="background:#DFFFDF;"> <td>Green </td> <td>Practice </td></tr> <tr style="background:#CFCFFF;"> <td>Dark Blue </td> <td>Time trials </td></tr> <tr style="background:#DFDFDF;"> <td>Silver </td> <td>Race day </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFCFCF;"> <td>Red </td> <td>Rained out* </td></tr> <tr> <td>Blank </td> <td>No track activity </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>* <small>Includes days where track<br />activity was significantly<br />limited due to rain</small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Practice_and_time_trials">Practice and time trials</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Practice and time trials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1972, for the first time, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Auto_Club" title="United States Auto Club">USAC</a> allowed <a href="/wiki/Wing_(automotive)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing (automotive)">bolt-on wings</a> to be affixed the cars. Previously, "wings" were required to be integral parts of the car's bodywork. <a href="/wiki/Downforce" title="Downforce">Downforce</a> levels increased by significant margins, and speeds climbed substantially during practice. During a tire test in March, <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Unser" title="Bobby Unser">Bobby Unser</a> reportedly drove a lap of 190.8 mph, the first driver ever to lap the Speedway unofficially at over 190 mph. </p><p>The existing official track record going into the month had been set by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Revson" title="Peter Revson">Peter Revson</a> in 1971 at 179.354 mph. During the first week of practice, the stage was set for record speeds early on. During the first day the track was available, Sunday April 30, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Malloy" title="Jim Malloy">Jim Malloy</a> became the first driver to break the 180 mph barrier in practice, at 181.415 mph. Later in the week, Malloy ran a practice lap of 188.048 mph, by far an unofficial track record. By the end of the first week of practice, 11 drivers had practiced over 180 mph. </p><p>During the second week of practice, <a href="/wiki/Gary_Bettenhausen" title="Gary Bettenhausen">Gary Bettenhausen</a> turned a lap of 190.315 mph on Sunday May 7. He became the first driver ever of the month to break 190 mph. Two days later, Bettenhausen was over 191 mph. Not to be upstaged, on Wednesday May 10, <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Unser" title="Bobby Unser">Bobby Unser</a> blistered the track at 194.721 mph. </p><p>By the eve of pole day, three drivers had cracked the 190 mph barrier in practice, and more than a dozen had practiced faster than the existing qualifying record. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_day_time_trials_–_Saturday_May_13"><span id="First_day_time_trials_.E2.80.93_Saturday_May_13"></span>First day time trials – Saturday May 13</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: First day time trials – Saturday May 13"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pole day time trials were scheduled for Saturday May 13, however, rain kept the track closed most of the day. The track opened briefly for practice, and at 5:50 p.m. time trials began. Three cars made it on the track, but none of them completed runs. <a href="/wiki/A._J._Foyt" title="A. J. Foyt">A. J. Foyt</a> was the last car out, but he blew his engine in turn two right after taking the green flag. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_day_time_trials_–_Sunday_May_14"><span id="Second_day_time_trials_.E2.80.93_Sunday_May_14"></span>Second day time trials – Sunday May 14</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Second day time trials – Sunday May 14"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pole qualifying was moved into Sunday, and the qualifying line picked up where it had left off the day before. The track opened for practice promptly at 9 a.m. At 10:21 a.m., <a href="/wiki/Jim_Malloy" title="Jim Malloy">Jim Malloy</a> slid high exiting turn 3, and hit the outside wall in the north short chute. He suffered fractured arms and legs, burns, and was in critical condition. Four days later, Malloy would die from his injuries. </p><p>After the Malloy crash, rain closed the track until 2:30 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Bill_Vukovich_II" title="Bill Vukovich II">Bill Vukovich II</a> was the first driver to make a qualifying attempt. His first lap of 185.797 mph was a new one-lap track record, and the first official lap at Indy over 180 mph. However, he did a 360° spin in turn one, and came to rest against the outside wall on the second lap, and the run was for naught. <a href="/wiki/Mike_Mosley" title="Mike Mosley">Mike Mosley</a> went out next, but the car quit on the final lap. More rain fell, and the track closed for another hour to wait out the shower. </p><p>At 4:15 p.m., <a href="/wiki/Joe_Leonard" title="Joe Leonard">Joe Leonard</a> (185.223 mph) became the first driver to complete a qualifying run. He set one and four-lap records, but they would not last long. <a href="/wiki/Mario_Andretti" title="Mario Andretti">Mario Andretti</a> (187.617 mph) was the next car out, and he took over the top spot temporarily, also breaking the track record in the process. </p><p>Shortly before 5 p.m., <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Unser" title="Bobby Unser">Bobby Unser</a> took to the track. He set new all-time one and four-lap qualifying records, becoming the first driver to officially break the 190 mph barrier at Indianapolis. </p> <ul><li>Lap 1 – 46.17 seconds, 194.932 mph (new 1-lap track record)</li> <li>Lap 2 – 45.91 seconds, 196.036 mph (new 1-lap track record)</li> <li>Lap 3 – 45.76 seconds, <b>196.678 mph</b> (new 1-lap track record)</li> <li>Lap 4 – 45.89 seconds, 196.121 mph</li> <li>Total – 3:03.73, <b>195.940 mph</b> (new 4-lap track record)<sup id="cite_ref-nsplaind_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nsplaind-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Unser established himself as the man to beat for the pole position. He shattered the previous year's track record by over 17 mph. Twelve cars completed runs and the 6 o'clock gun closed the track with six cars still left in line. The pole position round would be stretched into the following weekend. Among those not yet on the track were <a href="/wiki/Mark_Donohue" title="Mark Donohue">Mark Donohue</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peter_Revson" title="Peter Revson">Peter Revson</a>. After blowing his engine Saturday, <a href="/wiki/A._J._Foyt" title="A. J. Foyt">A. J. Foyt</a> was ineligible for the pole, and was not yet in the field either. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Third_Day_–_Saturday_May_20"><span id="Third_Day_.E2.80.93_Saturday_May_20"></span>Third Day – Saturday May 20</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Third Day – Saturday May 20"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Six cars entered the day still eligible for the pole round, and five of those made attempts. <a href="/wiki/Mark_Donohue" title="Mark Donohue">Mark Donohue</a> put himself on the front row with a run of 191.408 mph. Moments later, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Revson" title="Peter Revson">Peter Revson</a> put himself second with a run of 192.885 mph. <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Unser" title="Bobby Unser">Bobby Unser</a> held on to the pole position, and the front of the field was set. For the first time since 1940–1941, the same three drivers qualified on the front row in consecutive years. Unser, Revson, and Donohue started on the front row (albeit in different order) in 1971 as well. </p><p>At 11:30 a.m., "third day" qualifying commenced. <a href="/wiki/A._J._Foyt" title="A. J. Foyt">A. J. Foyt</a> put his car solidly in the field with 188.996 mph. Two-time defending race winner <a href="/wiki/Al_Unser" title="Al Unser">Al Unser</a>, Sr. also qualified. The fastest of the "third day" qualifiers would be <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Grant" title="Jerry Grant">Jerry Grant</a>, with a run of 189.294 mph. </p><p>At the end of the day, the field was filled to 27 cars. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bump_Day_–_Sunday_May_21_(Jim_Hurtubise_"Beer_engine")"><span id="Bump_Day_.E2.80.93_Sunday_May_21_.28Jim_Hurtubise_.22Beer_engine.22.29"></span>Bump Day – Sunday May 21 (Jim Hurtubise "Beer engine")</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Bump Day – Sunday May 21 (Jim Hurtubise "Beer engine")"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_Hurtubise.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Jim_Hurtubise.jpg/125px-Jim_Hurtubise.jpg" decoding="async" width="125" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Jim_Hurtubise.jpg/188px-Jim_Hurtubise.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Jim_Hurtubise.jpg/250px-Jim_Hurtubise.jpg 2x" data-file-width="330" data-file-height="422" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jim_Hurtubise" title="Jim Hurtubise">Jim Hurtubise</a></figcaption></figure> <p>After blowing five engines during the month, <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Johncock" title="Gordon Johncock">Gordon Johncock</a> finally put a car in the field. His speed of 188.511 mph would be the fastest of the day (8th-fastest overall), and he qualified in 26th. </p><p>At 5 p.m., <a href="/wiki/Salt_Walther" title="Salt Walther">Salt Walther</a> filled the field to 33 cars. <a href="/wiki/Wally_Dallenbach_Sr." title="Wally Dallenbach Sr.">Wally Dallenbach</a> (178.423 mph) was now on the bubble. Dallenbach survived three attempts, but was eventually bumped by <a href="/wiki/Cale_Yarborough" title="Cale Yarborough">Cale Yarborough</a> with a half-hour remaining. Yarborough (178.864 mph) beat Dallenbach's time by a mere 0.50 seconds, however, Yarborough himself was now on the bubble. An agonizing final 25 minutes saw six drivers try to bump him out. One by one, they each fell short. Seconds before the 6 o'clock gun, <a href="/wiki/Wally_Dallenbach_Sr." title="Wally Dallenbach Sr.">Wally Dallenbach</a> got in a back-up car for one last chance. His first two laps were just shy of bumping in, and on his third lap, the car began smoking. He was forced to pull into the pits and wave off the run. The field was set with Yarborough holding on to make the field. All 33 cars in the field qualified faster than the pole car from the previous year. </p><p>As the attention on the track was focusing on Cale Yarborough, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Hurtubise" title="Jim Hurtubise">Jim Hurtubise</a> wheeled his Gohr Distributing-sponsored Mallard roadster in the qualifying line shortly before the closing deadline of 6 p.m. Gohr Distributing was a Buffalo-area <a href="/wiki/Beer_distribution_in_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Beer distribution in America">beer distributor</a> for various brands of beer, and they promoted the <a href="/wiki/Miller_Brewing_Company" title="Miller Brewing Company">Miller High Life</a> brand on the car.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since Hurtubise had already qualified himself, when asked why he was putting the car in line, he claimed he 'might put someone else in it,'<sup id="cite_ref-toga2007_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toga2007-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a practice that was commonplace at the time. Hurtubise had become known for last-minute (unsuccessful) qualifying efforts in his obsolete front-engined roadster, usually to the delight of fans, but sometimes drawing the ire of others.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Time expired before the Mallard got anywhere near the front of the line. In fact, Hurtubise purposely queued the car late on purpose so it would not make it to the front. The engine cover was then removed to reveal that car had no engine.<sup id="cite_ref-Star05-22-1972_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Star05-22-1972-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-News05-26-1972pg33_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-News05-26-1972pg33-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead it had a plastic-lined trough filled with ice and a number of chilled bottles of his sponsor's product, which he shared with the other pit crews and race officials.<sup id="cite_ref-SI_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SI-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most in attendance found the gesture to be humorous, however, some officials were not amused. Some were even becoming skeptical before he opened the cover, as already melting ice was leaving a trail of water visible on the pit lane beneath the car. It would be the first of several run-ins Hurtubise would have with USAC officials. This type of stall tactic infuriated officials, which made further rule changes to prevent this ruse. (In modern times, alcohol is prohibited in the pit area owing to WADA Code that prohibits alcohol among participants in motorsport events.) As a result, cars are now subject to cursory inspection, even before arriving at the official technical inspection area, and must obtain a sticker from officials to notify officials the car has been approved before entering the qualifying line. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Carburetion_Day">Carburetion Day</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Carburetion Day"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During practice on May 16, <a href="/wiki/Art_Pollard" title="Art Pollard">Art Pollard</a> wrecked his qualified car. The team was forced to replace it with a back-up car. Pollard, however, suffered a fractured leg, and was out for the remainder of the month. The team hired <a href="/wiki/Wally_Dallenbach_Sr." title="Wally Dallenbach Sr.">Wally Dallenbach</a> (who had been bumped) to drive as a substitute. For race day, the car was moved to the 33rd starting position due to the car/driver change.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The final practice session was scheduled for Wednesday May 24 from 1-4 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Johncock" title="Gordon Johncock">Gordon Johncock</a> (186.4 mph) was the fastest car of the day. No accidents were reported, and two drivers (<a href="/wiki/John_Mahler" title="John Mahler">John Mahler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carl_Williams_(racing_driver)" title="Carl Williams (racing driver)">Carl Williams</a>) skipped the session altogether. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Electro-PACER_Light_System_/_Rule_changes"><span id="Electro-PACER_Light_System_.2F_Rule_changes"></span>Electro-PACER Light System / Rule changes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Electro-PACER Light System / Rule changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Carburetion Day practice session was expanded to allow the drivers more opportunity to practice under the new Electro-PACER Light system. The new devices were installed around the track to facilitate enforcement of the caution periods.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Heat_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Heat-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time, the <a href="/wiki/Safety_car" title="Safety car">pace car</a> was not utilized during caution periods, nor did the field pack up under yellow. </p><p>The PACER system featured a series of eight message panels situated around the track at equal intervals. They were programmed to enforce an 80 mph speed limit during caution periods. Drivers were instructed to hold their position under yellow, and each message board around the track would display a number from 1 to 9, illustrating the gap between themselves and the car in front of him. The goal and the requirement was to keep the numbers consistent at all of the boards around the entire circuit. For instance, if a driver saw a "7" on the first board he encountered, he was to drive at such a speed that would display a "7" at all of the boards around the circuit for the remainder of the caution period. If he saw a "6" on the next board, it indicated that he was going too fast, and he would have to slow down a bit. If it displayed an "8" on the next board, that meant he was driving too slow, and needed to speed up slightly.<sup id="cite_ref-Heat_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Heat-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to the digits, three small indicator lights were added on the top of each board - each representing a <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> fraction of a digit - to allow for "fine tuning" of the gaps. Officials were stationed around the track to observe and issue penalties for violating the PACER system, which could mean a one-lap penalty for repeated abuse. </p><p>The Electro-PACER Light system would be used at Indianapolis from 1972 through 1978. Despite its seemingly simple format and instructions, it would be the source of ire and controversy during the years that it was used. Some drivers discovered and exploited loopholes in the system, and officials would find it more difficult to police than they expected. The PACER system would be a primitive precursor to later systems such as the <a href="/wiki/Safety_car#Virtual_safety_car_(VSC)" title="Safety car">Virtual Safety Car</a> and <a href="/wiki/2014_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans#Circuit_and_regulation_changes" title="2014 24 Hours of Le Mans">"Slow Zones"</a> introduced in the 2010s in <a href="/wiki/Formula_One" title="Formula One">Formula One</a> and at <a href="/wiki/24_Hours_of_Le_Mans" title="24 Hours of Le Mans">Le Mans</a>, respectively. In the end, the drivers themselves lobbied for the pack-up rule during caution periods, and it was finally adopted in 1979. </p><p>One additional rule change for 1972 involved the mandatory pit stops. A minimum of four pit stops (fuel hookup required) was required for 1972. The change was up from two pit stops in 1965–1967, and up from three in 1968–1971. Individual tire changes were still optional, but the rapidly increasing speeds from 1972 on would generate greater tire wear. As a result, tire changes became increasingly necessary and more common. Several drivers won the race in the 1960s without changing any tires, but no longer would that be practical nor feasible. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Starting_grid">Starting grid</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Starting grid"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Row </th> <th colspan="2" width="195">Inside </th> <th colspan="2" width="195">Middle </th> <th colspan="2" width="195">Outside </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td align="center" width="20">6 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Unser" title="Bobby Unser">Bobby Unser</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:gold; 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color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> W </span> </td> <td align="center" width="20">14 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Roger_McCluskey" title="Roger McCluskey">Roger McCluskey</a> </td> <td align="center" width="20">84 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/George_Snider" title="George Snider">George Snider</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td align="center" width="20">95 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Carl_Williams_(racing_driver)" title="Carl Williams (racing driver)">Carl Williams</a> </td> <td align="center" width="20">44 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Simon" title="Dick Simon">Dick Simon</a> </td> <td align="center" width="20">52 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Sessions" title="Sammy Sessions">Sammy Sessions</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td align="center" width="20">60 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Hiss" title="Mike Hiss">Mike Hiss</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> R </span> </td> <td align="center" width="20">24 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Johncock" title="Gordon Johncock">Gordon Johncock</a> </td> <td align="center" width="20">33 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Salt_Walther" title="Salt Walther">Salt Walther</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; 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color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> R </span> </td> <td align="center" width="20">37 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lee_Kunzman" title="Lee Kunzman">Lee Kunzman</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> R </span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td align="center" width="20">11 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Caruthers" title="Jimmy Caruthers">Jimmy Caruthers</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> R </span> </td> <td align="center" width="20">21 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cale_Yarborough" title="Cale Yarborough">Cale Yarborough</a> </td> <td align="center" width="20">40 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wally_Dallenbach_Sr." title="Wally Dallenbach Sr.">Wally Dallenbach Sr.</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px darkgray;background-color:orange; color:black;"><span class="legend-text" style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">R</span></span> Indianapolis 500 rookie</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px darkgray;background-color:gold; color:black;"><span class="legend-text" style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">W</span></span> Indianapolis 500 winner</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternates">Alternates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Alternates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>First alternate: <a href="/wiki/Wally_Dallenbach_Sr." title="Wally Dallenbach Sr.">Wally Dallenbach</a> (#10, #73)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Failed_to_qualify">Failed to qualify</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Failed to qualify"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 28em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Merle_Bettenhausen" title="Merle Bettenhausen">Merle Bettenhausen</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> R </span><b> (#35)</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Bigelow" title="Tom Bigelow">Tom Bigelow</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> R </span><b> (#70)</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Brayton" title="Lee Brayton">Lee Brayton</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> R </span><b> (#61)</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Dickson" title="Larry Dickson">Larry Dickson</a> (#19)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Eaton_(racing_driver)" title="George Eaton (racing driver)">George Eaton</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> R </span><b> (#25) – Failed rookie test</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Harkey" title="Bob Harkey">Bob Harkey</a> (#20, #99)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Hobbs_(racing_driver)" title="David Hobbs (racing driver)">David Hobbs</a> (#83) – Did not arrive</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parnelli_Jones" title="Parnelli Jones">Parnelli Jones</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:gold; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> W </span> (#49) – Did not arrive</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Karl" title="Jerry Karl">Jerry Karl</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> R </span><b> (#4, #16, #58, #99)</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnie_Knepper" title="Arnie Knepper">Arnie Knepper</a> (#90)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Loquasto" title="Al Loquasto">Al Loquasto</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> R </span><b> (#43)</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Malloy" title="Jim Malloy">Jim Malloy</a> (#16) – Fatal accident</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_McElreath" title="Jim McElreath">Jim McElreath</a> (#73)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Muther" title="Rick Muther">Rick Muther</a> (#38)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Pollard" title="Art Pollard">Art Pollard</a> (#40) – Withdrew, injured</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Puterbaugh" title="Bill Puterbaugh">Bill Puterbaugh</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> R </span><b> (#91)</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Simpson_(racing_driver)" title="Bill Simpson (racing driver)">Bill Simpson</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> R </span><b> (#28)</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jigger_Sirois" class="mw-redirect" title="Jigger Sirois">Jigger Sirois</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> R </span><b> (#20, #50, #91, #97)</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bud_Tingelstad" title="Bud Tingelstad">Bud Tingelstad</a> (#33)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Walkup" title="Bruce Walkup">Bruce Walkup</a> (#97)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bentley_Warren" title="Bentley Warren">Bentley Warren</a> (#36)<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Race_summary">Race summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Race summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_Nabors_USMC-010809-M-9466S-159.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Jim_Nabors_USMC-010809-M-9466S-159.jpg/220px-Jim_Nabors_USMC-010809-M-9466S-159.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Jim_Nabors_USMC-010809-M-9466S-159.jpg/330px-Jim_Nabors_USMC-010809-M-9466S-159.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Jim_Nabors_USMC-010809-M-9466S-159.jpg/440px-Jim_Nabors_USMC-010809-M-9466S-159.jpg 2x" data-file-width="618" data-file-height="524" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jim_Nabors" title="Jim Nabors">Jim Nabors</a> performed during the pre-race ceremonies for the first time in 1972.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-race_ceremonies_—_Jim_Nabors"><span id="Pre-race_ceremonies_.E2.80.94_Jim_Nabors"></span>Pre-race ceremonies — Jim Nabors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Pre-race ceremonies — Jim Nabors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On race morning, track president <a href="/wiki/Tony_Hulman" title="Tony Hulman">Tony Hulman</a> was reportedly chatting with <a href="/wiki/William_F._Harrah" title="William F. Harrah">William F. Harrah</a>, owner of <a href="/wiki/Harrah%27s_Las_Vegas" title="Harrah's Las Vegas">Harrah's casino</a>. <a href="/wiki/Jim_Nabors" title="Jim Nabors">Jim Nabors</a> was accompanying Harrah as a guest at the race. Hulman recognized Nabors, and asked him if he wanted to 'sing the song' during the pre-race ceremonies. Believing that Hulman was talking about "<a href="/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner" title="The Star-Spangled Banner">The Star-Spangled Banner</a>", Nabors agreed, and walked over to arrange with the <a href="/wiki/Purdue_All-American_Marching_Band" title="Purdue All-American Marching Band">Purdue Band</a>. Nabors asked the band leader what <a href="/wiki/Key_(music)" title="Key (music)">key</a> they were going to play, and it was not until that moment that he was informed he was going to be singing "<a href="/wiki/Back_Home_Again_in_Indiana" title="Back Home Again in Indiana">Back Home Again in Indiana</a>". A surprised Nabors quickly jotted the lyrics down on a sheet of paper, climbed up on a ladder, and performed the song unrehearsed. Although some contemporary accounts vary,<sup id="cite_ref-Star05-20-1972pg1_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Star05-20-1972pg1-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was nevertheless the beginning of a 36-year <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_500_traditions" title="Indianapolis 500 traditions">tradition</a> that would see Nabors perform the song at Indianapolis nearly every year through <a href="/wiki/2014_Indianapolis_500" title="2014 Indianapolis 500">2014</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Start">Start</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Start"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Tony_Hulman" title="Tony Hulman">Tony Hulman</a> gave the command to start engines, and the field began to pull away for two pace laps. After the pace car crash a year earlier, the veteran driver <a href="/wiki/Jim_Rathmann_(race_car_driver)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jim Rathmann (race car driver)">Jim Rathmann</a> was assigned the <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_500_pace_cars" title="Indianapolis 500 pace cars">pace car</a> driving duties. The passengers in the <a href="/wiki/Oldsmobile_Hurst/Olds" title="Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds">Hurst/Olds</a> pace car included <a href="/wiki/Tony_Hulman" title="Tony Hulman">Tony Hulman</a>, astronaut <a href="/wiki/Pete_Conrad" title="Pete Conrad">Pete Conrad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Schenkel" title="Chris Schenkel">Chris Schenkel</a> of ABC Sports, Bob Draper (<a href="/wiki/Hurst_Performance" title="Hurst Performance">Hurst</a>), and Dolly Cole (wife of <a href="/wiki/General_Motors" title="General Motors">GM</a> executive <a href="/wiki/Ed_Cole" title="Ed Cole">Ed Cole</a>), believed to be the first woman ever to ride in the pace car. </p><p>As the field pushed off from the starting grid, <a href="/wiki/A._J._Foyt" title="A. J. Foyt">A. J. Foyt</a>'s car stalled and failed to pull away. His crew hurriedly wheeled the car to the south end of the pit, and tried to figure out what was wrong with the machine. With the rest of the field gone, Foyt was possibly out of the race before the green flag. As the field was coming out of turn four, the starter held up one finger, indicating that the pace car should take the field on a second pace lap. However, at that moment the crew got Foyt's car running, and quickly pushed him away. The starter waved the pace car off the track and abruptly dropped the green flag, catching many drivers in the wrong gear to go racing and making for a ragged start.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With Foyt slowly coming up to speed on the apron, the field blasted by him into turn one. Just as the race went green, rookie <a href="/wiki/Salt_Walther" title="Salt Walther">Salt Walther</a> dropped out from a parts failure. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_half">First half</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: First half"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Unser" title="Bobby Unser">Bobby Unser</a> grabbed the lead in the first turn, and led the first 30 laps. Unser set a blistering pace with <a href="/wiki/Mark_Donohue" title="Mark Donohue">Mark Donohue</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Grant" title="Jerry Grant">Jerry Grant</a> running close behind. On lap 31, Bobby Unser slowed and headed to the pits with a broken <a href="/wiki/Distributor" title="Distributor">ignition rotor</a>. Unser was out of the race, and <a href="/wiki/Gary_Bettenhausen" title="Gary Bettenhausen">Gary Bettenhausen</a> took the lead. </p><p><a href="/wiki/A._J._Foyt" title="A. J. Foyt">A. J. Foyt</a> was forced to play catch-up from the onset, but was running fast laps in the 180 mph range. His day was short, however, as he blew the turbocharger. After several lengthy pit stops, Foyt dropped out of the race. Among the early outs were <a href="/wiki/Peter_Revson" title="Peter Revson">Peter Revson</a> (started 2nd) and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Rutherford" title="Johnny Rutherford">Johnny Rutherford</a> (started 8th). During a pit stop around lap 42, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Grant" title="Jerry Grant">Jerry Grant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Donohue" title="Mark Donohue">Mark Donohue</a> battled side-by-side as they exited their stalls, and Donohue nearly crashed into the scoring pylon. Meanwhile, a fire broke out in the pit area of <a href="/wiki/Wally_Dallenbach_Sr." title="Wally Dallenbach Sr.">Wally Dallenbach</a>, but he was able to continue. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Mike_Mosley" title="Mike Mosley">Mike Mosley</a> took the lead on lap 54. Two laps later, he lost a wheel and crashed into the outside wall in turn four. The impact ruptured the fuel tank, and the car caught fire as it slid down the mainstretch. Mosley unbuckled before the car came to a rest and jumped from the car trying to put out the flames. Mosley suffered burns but was not seriously injured. It was the second year in a row Mosley wrecked out in the fourth turn. </p><p>On lap 81, for the second time, <a href="/wiki/Wally_Dallenbach_Sr." title="Wally Dallenbach Sr.">Wally Dallenbach</a> had a fire in the pits. </p><p>At the halfway point, 13 cars were out of the race. <a href="/wiki/Gary_Bettenhausen" title="Gary Bettenhausen">Gary Bettenhausen</a> continued to dominate the race, and led at the halfway point. After completing 94 laps, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Hurtubise" title="Jim Hurtubise">Jim Hurtubise</a> ran out of fuel in turn two. When the safety truck went to tow him back to the pits, they proceeded to tow him through the infield and the garage area gate rather than directly around the track back to his pit stall.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He refueled and rejoined the race, but was subsequently disqualified for leaving the race track.<sup id="cite_ref-toga2007_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toga2007-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some feel it was a "payback" gesture by USAC for Hurtubise's antics on bump day regarding his 'beer engine.'<sup id="cite_ref-toga2007_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toga2007-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_half">Second half</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Second half"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Gary_Bettenhausen" title="Gary Bettenhausen">Gary Bettenhausen</a> continued to lead, pushing record speeds. Attrition began to take its toll on the field. By the 400-mile mark, eighteen cars were out of the race. </p><p>Lee Kunzman lost a wheel in turn two, bringing out a yellow light on the leader's lap 147. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Wally_Dallenbach_Sr." title="Wally Dallenbach Sr.">Wally Dallenbach</a> had his third fire in the pits on lap 151. The final round of scheduled pit stops occurred for the leaders around laps 160-165. Bettenhausen pitted first on lap 162, briefly giving the lead over to Jerry Grant. When Grant pitted four laps later, his long pit stop relinquished the lead back to Bettenhausen. Grant himself later theorized that, because he was running a high line to improve his Eagle-Offy's handling, he might have picked up debris that caused a puncture of his right-front tire. </p><p>The yellow light came on with about 27 laps to go for debris on the backstretch. When the green light came back on, <a href="/wiki/Gary_Bettenhausen" title="Gary Bettenhausen">Gary Bettenhausen</a>'s car seemed to hesitate. With 25 laps to go, Bettenhausen suddenly started slowing in the north end of the track. After leading 138 laps, his car quit with ignition trouble. Bettenhausen later reported that the car had also suffered a pinhole puncture in the radiator earlier in the race. Slowly losing water, the engine temperature stayed in a mostly safe range while at racing speed, but during the yellow caution period, it overheated. He limped around very slowly for a handful of laps, then parked the car in the pits for a 14th place finish. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Grant" title="Jerry Grant">Jerry Grant</a> blasted by to take the lead, and Bettenhausen's Penske teammate <a href="/wiki/Mark_Donohue" title="Mark Donohue">Mark Donohue</a> was now promoted to second place. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Finish">Finish</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Finish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With 13 laps to go, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Grant" title="Jerry Grant">Jerry Grant</a> led <a href="/wiki/Mark_Donohue" title="Mark Donohue">Mark Donohue</a> and <a href="/wiki/Al_Unser" title="Al Unser">Al Unser Sr.</a> Grant was forced to make a pit stop on lap 188 to change a bad tire. Grant entered the pit area, but he overshot his own pit stall and instead pulled into the pit box of his teammate <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Unser" title="Bobby Unser">Bobby Unser</a> (Unser was already out of the race). Grant's crew carried their equipment to Unser's pit box and serviced Grant's right front tire. In the confusion, Unser's crew refueled Grant's car with fuel from Unser's pitside tank. By the time Grant went back out on the race track, he had lost the lead. </p><p>With Grant's unscheduled pit stop, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Donohue" title="Mark Donohue">Mark Donohue</a> took the lead on lap 188. Grant dropped to second place on the track. Donohue had about a one-lap lead over Grant, and third place Al Unser was two laps down. <a href="/wiki/Mike_Hiss" title="Mike Hiss">Mike Hiss</a> spun in the south shortchute between turns 1 and 2 on lap 194, but did not hit the wall. Hiss continued, and the yellow light was on for less than one minute. The green flag came back out with five laps to go. </p><p>Donohue led the final 13 laps, and scored his first Indy 500 victory, and the first Indy victory for car owner <a href="/wiki/Roger_Penske" title="Roger Penske">Roger Penske</a>. Per the rules of the time, the remainder of the field was permitted to continue racing for about five minutes after Donohue took the checkered flag. During that time, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Posey" title="Sam Posey">Sam Posey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mario_Andretti" title="Mario Andretti">Mario Andretti</a> made pit stops, with Posey taking on fuel and returning to the track to finish 5th. Andretti was out of fuel, and dropped from 5th to 8th in the final standings. </p><p>In the immediate aftermath of the finish, USAC official <a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Delroy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frank Delroy (page does not exist)">Frank Delroy</a> announced there would be no penalty for Grant pitting in the wrong stall. The initial ruling was that no fuel actually flowed into the tank. However, the decision would be further investigated during the evening, and a final ruling would be made when official results posted at 8:00 a.m. the next morning. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post_race">Post race</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Post race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jerry_Grant_penalty">Jerry Grant penalty</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Jerry Grant penalty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The morning after the race, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Auto_Club" title="United States Auto Club">USAC</a> officials penalized <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Grant" title="Jerry Grant">Jerry Grant</a> for taking fuel from <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Unser" title="Bobby Unser">Bobby Unser</a>'s pit tank. They disqualified him from that point on, and erased the final 12 laps from his tally. He was officially scored as out of the race with 188 laps completed. The penalty elevated <a href="/wiki/Al_Unser" title="Al Unser">Al Unser Sr.</a> to second place, and dropped Grant to 12th finishing position.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the rules, each car was allotted a strict limit of only 250 gallons of <a href="/wiki/Methanol" title="Methanol">methanol</a> in their pit-side tank (not including the fuel in the car at the start of the race) to complete the full 500 miles. </p><p>The details of the pit snafu were never fully explained, and remains a topic of discussion among historians and fans. The team maintained that fueling the car was an unintentional mistake, however, others felt otherwise. It has been reported by some witnesses that Grant was directed into Unser's pit stall by the crew, while others believe Grant simply overshot his own stall.<sup id="cite_ref-name_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-name-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several possible theories emerged, with one prevailing opinion suggesting that Grant's car was out of fuel, and his pit-side tank was also empty, due to him running high turbocharger boost during the race. Grant supposedly needed a splash of fuel to make it to the finish, and since Bobby Unser dropped out early, his pit-side tank was still mostly full. It was thought that Grant deliberately stopped in Unser's pit, aware of the predicament, and knowing Unser's tank would fill his car sufficiently and <a href="/wiki/Hydraulic_head" title="Hydraulic head">quicker</a>. Another claim was made to Grant's defense that while the fuel hose was admittedly hooked up, no fuel actually flowed into the car. This claim was quickly dismissed. Grant maintained later in life the infraction was unintentional, maintained his innocence, and felt the penalty was unjust. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-race_notes">Post-race notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Post-race notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mark Donohue won the race leading only the final 13 laps, the third-lowest total in Indy history to that point (<a href="/wiki/Joe_Dawson_(racing_driver)" title="Joe Dawson (racing driver)">Joe Dawson</a> led two laps in <a href="/wiki/1912_Indianapolis_500" title="1912 Indianapolis 500">1912</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Graham_Hill" title="Graham Hill">Graham Hill</a> led ten laps in <a href="/wiki/1966_Indianapolis_500" title="1966 Indianapolis 500">1966</a>). The race was slowed five times for cautions for only 20 minutes. Donohue's average speed of 162.962 mph set a new race record that would last until <a href="/wiki/1984_Indianapolis_500" title="1984 Indianapolis 500">1984</a>. </p><p>Vanguard Racing (of which <a href="/wiki/Leonard_W._Miller" title="Leonard W. Miller">Leonard W. Miller</a> was involved), became the first <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African American</a>-owned team to enter a car in the Indy 500. <a href="/wiki/John_Mahler" title="John Mahler">John Mahler</a> (who was white) served as the driver. He dropped out after 99 laps with a broken piston. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Box_score">Box score</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Box score"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Finish </th> <th>Start </th> <th>No </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Chassis </th> <th>Engine </th> <th>Tire </th> <th>Qual </th> <th>Laps </th> <th>Time/Retired </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td>3 </td> <td>66 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Donohue" title="Mark Donohue">Mark Donohue</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren_M16" title="McLaren M16">McLaren M16</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Offenhauser" title="Offenhauser">Offenhauser</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>191.408 </td> <td>200 </td> <td>3:04:05.54<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td>19 </td> <td>4 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Al_Unser" title="Al Unser">Al Unser</a> <b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:gold; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> W </span></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vel%27s_Parnelli_Jones_Racing" title="Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing">Parnelli</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Offenhauser" title="Offenhauser">Offenhauser</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Firestone_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Firestone Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 4px; color:#FF0000; background-color:#FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #DEDFDE;">F</span></a></b> </td> <td>183.617 </td> <td>200 </td> <td>+3:10.95 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td>6 </td> <td>1 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Leonard" title="Joe Leonard">Joe Leonard</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vel%27s_Parnelli_Jones_Racing" title="Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing">Parnelli</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Offenhauser" title="Offenhauser">Offenhauser</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Firestone_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Firestone Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 4px; color:#FF0000; background-color:#FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #DEDFDE;">F</span></a></b> </td> <td>185.223 </td> <td>200 </td> <td>+4:12.07 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td>24 </td> <td>52 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Sessions" title="Sammy Sessions">Sammy Sessions</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lola_Cars" title="Lola Cars">Lola</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ford_Indy_V8_engine" title="Ford Indy V8 engine">Ford</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Firestone_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Firestone Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 4px; color:#FF0000; background-color:#FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #DEDFDE;">F</span></a></b> </td> <td>180.415 </td> <td>200 </td> <td>+5:17.34 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td>7 </td> <td>34 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sam_Posey" title="Sam Posey">Sam Posey</a> <b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> R </span></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_American_Racers" title="All American Racers">Eagle</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Offenhauser" title="Offenhauser">Offenhauser</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>184.379 </td> <td>198 </td> <td>Flagged (-2 laps) </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td>11 </td> <td>5 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Ruby" title="Lloyd Ruby">Lloyd Ruby</a> </td> <td>Atlanta </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ford_Indy_V8_engine" title="Ford Indy V8 engine">Foyt V-8</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Firestone_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Firestone Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 4px; color:#FF0000; background-color:#FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #DEDFDE;">F</span></a></b> </td> <td>181.415 </td> <td>196 </td> <td>Flagged (-4 laps) </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td>25 </td> <td>60 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Hiss" title="Mike Hiss">Mike Hiss</a> <b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> R </span></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_American_Racers" title="All American Racers">Eagle</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Offenhauser" title="Offenhauser">Offenhauser</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>179.015 </td> <td>196 </td> <td>Flagged (-4 laps) </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td>5 </td> <td>9 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mario_Andretti" title="Mario Andretti">Mario Andretti</a> <b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:gold; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> W </span></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vel%27s_Parnelli_Jones_Racing" title="Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing">Parnelli</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Offenhauser" title="Offenhauser">Offenhauser</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Firestone_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Firestone Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 4px; color:#FF0000; background-color:#FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #DEDFDE;">F</span></a></b> </td> <td>187.617 </td> <td>194 </td> <td>Out of Fuel </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td>31 </td> <td>11 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Caruthers" title="Jimmy Caruthers">Jimmy Caruthers</a> <b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> R </span></b> </td> <td>Scorpion </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ford_Indy_V8_engine" title="Ford Indy V8 engine">Foyt V-8</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Firestone_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Firestone Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 4px; color:#FF0000; background-color:#FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #DEDFDE;">F</span></a></b> </td> <td>178.909 </td> <td>194 </td> <td>Flagged (-6 laps) </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td>32 </td> <td>21 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cale_Yarborough" title="Cale Yarborough">Cale Yarborough</a> </td> <td>Atlanta </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ford_Indy_V8_engine" title="Ford Indy V8 engine">Foyt V-8</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Firestone_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Firestone Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 4px; color:#FF0000; background-color:#FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #DEDFDE;">F</span></a></b> </td> <td>178.864 </td> <td>193 </td> <td>Flagged (-7 laps) </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td>21 </td> <td>84 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/George_Snider" title="George Snider">George Snider</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coyote_(chassis)" title="Coyote (chassis)">Coyote</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ford_Indy_V8_engine" title="Ford Indy V8 engine">Foyt V-8</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>181.855 </td> <td>190 </td> <td>Flagged (-10 laps) </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td>15 </td> <td>48 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Grant" title="Jerry Grant">Jerry Grant</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_American_Racers" title="All American Racers">Eagle</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Offenhauser" title="Offenhauser">Offenhauser</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>189.294 </td> <td>188 </td> <td>Penalized </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td>23 </td> <td>44 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Simon" title="Dick Simon">Dick Simon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lola_Cars" title="Lola Cars">Lola</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ford_Indy_V8_engine" title="Ford Indy V8 engine">Foyt V-8</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>180.424 </td> <td>186 </td> <td>Out of Fuel </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td>4 </td> <td>7 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Gary_Bettenhausen" title="Gary Bettenhausen">Gary Bettenhausen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren_M16" title="McLaren M16">McLaren M16</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Offenhauser" title="Offenhauser">Offenhauser</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>188.877 </td> <td>182 </td> <td>Ignition </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td>33 </td> <td>40 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wally_Dallenbach_Sr." title="Wally Dallenbach Sr.">Wally Dallenbach Sr.</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lola_Cars" title="Lola Cars">Lola</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ford_Indy_V8_engine" title="Ford Indy V8 engine">Foyt V-8</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Firestone_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Firestone Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 4px; color:#FF0000; background-color:#FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #DEDFDE;">F</span></a></b> </td> <td>181.626 </td> <td>182 </td> <td>Flagged (-18 laps) </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td>14 </td> <td>89 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/John_Martin_(American_racing_driver)" title="John Martin (American racing driver)">John Martin</a> <b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> R </span></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brabham" title="Brabham">Brabham</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Offenhauser" title="Offenhauser">Offenhauser</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Firestone_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Firestone Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 4px; color:#FF0000; background-color:#FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #DEDFDE;">F</span></a></b> </td> <td>179.614 </td> <td>161 </td> <td>Fuel Leak </td></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td>30 </td> <td>37 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lee_Kunzman" title="Lee Kunzman">Lee Kunzman</a> <b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> R </span></b> </td> <td>Gerhardt </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Offenhauser" title="Offenhauser">Offenhauser</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>179.265 </td> <td>131 </td> <td>Lost Tire </td></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td>12 </td> <td>23 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mel_Kenyon" title="Mel Kenyon">Mel Kenyon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coyote_(chassis)" title="Coyote (chassis)">Coyote</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ford_Indy_V8_engine" title="Ford Indy V8 engine">Foyt V-8</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>181.388 </td> <td>126 </td> <td>Fuel Injection </td></tr> <tr> <th>19 </th> <td>28 </td> <td>17 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Denny_Zimmerman" title="Denny Zimmerman">Denny Zimmerman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren_M16" title="McLaren M16">McLaren M16</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Offenhauser" title="Offenhauser">Offenhauser</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Firestone_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Firestone Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 4px; color:#FF0000; background-color:#FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #DEDFDE;">F</span></a></b> </td> <td>180.027 </td> <td>116 </td> <td>Ignition Rotor </td></tr> <tr> <th>20 </th> <td>26 </td> <td>24 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Johncock" title="Gordon Johncock">Gordon Johncock</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren_M16" title="McLaren M16">McLaren M16</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Offenhauser" title="Offenhauser">Offenhauser</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>188.511 </td> <td>113 </td> <td>Exhaust Valve </td></tr> <tr> <th>21 </th> <td>10 </td> <td>15 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Krisiloff" title="Steve Krisiloff">Steve Krisiloff</a> </td> <td>Kingfish </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Offenhauser" title="Offenhauser">Offenhauser</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Firestone_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Firestone Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 4px; color:#FF0000; background-color:#FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #DEDFDE;">F</span></a></b> </td> <td>181.433 </td> <td>102 </td> <td>Ignition Rotor </td></tr> <tr> <th>22 </th> <td>29 </td> <td>31 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/John_Mahler" title="John Mahler">John Mahler</a> <b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> R </span></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren_M16" title="McLaren M16">McLaren M16</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Offenhauser" title="Offenhauser">Offenhauser</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>179.497 </td> <td>99 </td> <td>Piston </td></tr> <tr> <th>23 </th> <td>13 </td> <td>56 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Hurtubise" title="Jim Hurtubise">Jim Hurtubise</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coyote_(chassis)" title="Coyote (chassis)">Coyote</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ford_Indy_V8_engine" title="Ford Indy V8 engine">Foyt V-8</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Firestone_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Firestone Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 4px; color:#FF0000; background-color:#FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #DEDFDE;">F</span></a></b> </td> <td>181.050 </td> <td>94 </td> <td>Penalized </td></tr> <tr> <th>24 </th> <td>20 </td> <td>14 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Roger_McCluskey" title="Roger McCluskey">Roger McCluskey</a> </td> <td>Antares </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Offenhauser" title="Offenhauser">Offenhauser</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>182.686 </td> <td>92 </td> <td>Valve </td></tr> <tr> <th>25 </th> <td>17 </td> <td>2 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A._J._Foyt" title="A. J. Foyt">A. J. Foyt</a> <b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:gold; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> W </span></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coyote_(chassis)" title="Coyote (chassis)">Coyote</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ford_Indy_V8_engine" title="Ford Indy V8 engine">Foyt V-8</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>188.996 </td> <td>60 </td> <td>Turbocharger </td></tr> <tr> <th>26 </th> <td>16 </td> <td>98 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Mosley" title="Mike Mosley">Mike Mosley</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_American_Racers" title="All American Racers">Eagle</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Offenhauser" title="Offenhauser">Offenhauser</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Firestone_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Firestone Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 4px; color:#FF0000; background-color:#FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #DEDFDE;">F</span></a></b> </td> <td>189.145 </td> <td>56 </td> <td>Crash T4 </td></tr> <tr> <th>27 </th> <td>8 </td> <td>18 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Rutherford" title="Johnny Rutherford">Johnny Rutherford</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brabham" title="Brabham">Brabham</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Offenhauser" title="Offenhauser">Offenhauser</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>183.234 </td> <td>55 </td> <td>Rod </td></tr> <tr> <th>28 </th> <td>18 </td> <td>3 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Vukovich_II" title="Bill Vukovich II">Bill Vukovich II</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_American_Racers" title="All American Racers">Eagle</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Offenhauser" title="Offenhauser">Offenhauser</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>184.814 </td> <td>54 </td> <td>Rear End </td></tr> <tr> <th>29 </th> <td>22 </td> <td>95 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Carl_Williams_(driver)" class="mw-redirect" title="Carl Williams (driver)">Carl Williams</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_American_Racers" title="All American Racers">Eagle</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Offenhauser" title="Offenhauser">Offenhauser</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Firestone_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Firestone Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 4px; color:#FF0000; background-color:#FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #DEDFDE;">F</span></a></b> </td> <td>180.469 </td> <td>52 </td> <td>Oil Cooler </td></tr> <tr> <th>30 </th> <td>1 </td> <td>6 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Unser" title="Bobby Unser">Bobby Unser</a> <b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:gold; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> W </span></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_American_Racers" title="All American Racers">Eagle</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Offenhauser" title="Offenhauser">Offenhauser</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>195.940 </td> <td>31 </td> <td>Ignition Rotor </td></tr> <tr> <th>31 </th> <td>2 </td> <td>12 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Peter_Revson" title="Peter Revson">Peter Revson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren_M16" title="McLaren M16">McLaren M16</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Offenhauser" title="Offenhauser">Offenhauser</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>192.885 </td> <td>23 </td> <td>Gearbox </td></tr> <tr> <th>32 </th> <td>9 </td> <td>42 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Swede_Savage" title="Swede Savage">Swede Savage</a> <b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> R </span></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_American_Racers" title="All American Racers">Eagle</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Offenhauser" title="Offenhauser">Offenhauser</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 3px; color:#FEDB00; background-color:#004EA8;">G</span></a></b> </td> <td>181.726 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>Rod </td></tr> <tr> <th>33 </th> <td>27 </td> <td>33 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Salt_Walther" title="Salt Walther">Salt Walther</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> R </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vel%27s_Parnelli_Jones_Racing" title="Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing">Colt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ford_Indy_V8_engine" title="Ford Indy V8 engine">Foyt V-8</a> </td> <td align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/Firestone_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Firestone Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="padding:1px 4px; color:#FF0000; background-color:#FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #DEDFDE;">F</span></a></b> </td> <td>180.542 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>Magneto </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:gold; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> W </span></b> Former Indianapolis 500 winner </p><p><b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> R </span></b> Indianapolis 500 Rookie </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Grant" title="Jerry Grant">Jerry Grant</a> completed 200 laps and unofficially placed 2nd. After the race, he was penalized for pitting in Bobby Unser's pit on lap 188, and all subsequent laps were disallowed.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Hurtubise" title="Jim Hurtubise">Jim Hurtubise</a> completed 171 and unofficially placed 16th. After the race, he was penalized for being towed through the infield on lap 94, and all subsequent laps were disallowed. Car owner Dick Sommers filed a protest, but it was denied.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Race_statistics">Race statistics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Race statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Lap Leaders </th></tr> <tr> <th>Laps </th> <th>Leader </th></tr> <tr> <td>1–30</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Unser" title="Bobby Unser">Bobby Unser</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>31–53</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Bettenhausen" title="Gary Bettenhausen">Gary Bettenhausen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>54–56</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Mosley" title="Mike Mosley">Mike Mosley</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>57–161</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Bettenhausen" title="Gary Bettenhausen">Gary Bettenhausen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>162–165</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Grant" title="Jerry Grant">Jerry Grant</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>166–175</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Bettenhausen" title="Gary Bettenhausen">Gary Bettenhausen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>176–187</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Grant" title="Jerry Grant">Jerry Grant</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>188–200</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Donohue" title="Mark Donohue">Mark Donohue</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break"> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Total laps led </th></tr> <tr> <th>Driver </th> <th>Laps </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Bettenhausen" title="Gary Bettenhausen">Gary Bettenhausen</a></td> <td>138 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Unser" title="Bobby Unser">Bobby Unser</a></td> <td>30 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Grant" title="Jerry Grant">Jerry Grant</a></td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Donohue" title="Mark Donohue">Mark Donohue</a></td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Mosley" title="Mike Mosley">Mike Mosley</a></td> <td>3 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break"> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">PACER Yellow Light Periods<sup id="cite_ref-News05-29-1972pg23_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-News05-29-1972pg23-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">5 for 14 laps (20 minutes, 36 seconds) </th></tr> <tr> <th>Laps* </th> <th>Reason </th></tr> <tr> <td>30–31</td> <td>Debris in turn 1 (<1 minute) </td></tr> <tr> <td>56–61</td> <td>Mike Mosley crash in turn 4 (10 minutes) </td></tr> <tr> <td>145–150</td> <td>Lee Kunzman lost wheel in turn 2 (6 minutes) </td></tr> <tr> <td>172–175</td> <td>Debris on backstretch (3 minutes) </td></tr> <tr> <td>193–195</td> <td>Mike Hiss spun in southchute (1 minute) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center">* – <i><small>Approximate lap counts</small></i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tire" title="Tire">Tire</a> participation chart<sup id="cite_ref-Star05-27-1972pg1_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Star05-27-1972pg1-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-News05-26-1972pg23_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-News05-26-1972pg23-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Supplier </th> <th>No. of starters </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background:blue;"><b><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="color:yellow;">Goodyear</span></a></b></td> <td align="center"><b>18</b>* </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background:red;"><b><a href="/wiki/Firestone_Tire_and_Rubber_Company" title="Firestone Tire and Rubber Company"><span style="color:white;">Firestone</span></a></b></td> <td align="center"><b>15</b>  </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center">* - <i><small>Denotes race winner</small></i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Qualifying_chronology">Qualifying chronology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Qualifying chronology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Att<br /># </th> <th>Time </th> <th>Qual<br />Day </th> <th>Car<br /># </th> <th>Driver<br />Name </th> <th>Laps </th> <th>Qual<br />Time </th> <th>Qual<br />Speed </th> <th>Rank </th> <th>Start </th> <th>Comment </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <th colspan="11">Saturday, May 13, 1972 </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td>17:50 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>17 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Denny_Zimmerman" title="Denny Zimmerman">Denny Zimmerman</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td>17:53 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roger_McCluskey" title="Roger McCluskey">Roger McCluskey</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td>17:57 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._J._Foyt" title="A. J. Foyt">A. J. Foyt</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>blown engine </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th colspan="11">Sunday May 14, 1972 </th></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td>14:38 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Al_Unser" title="Al Unser">Al Unser</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>blown engine </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td>14:46 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_Vukovich_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Billy Vukovich II">Billy Vukovich II</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>accident </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td>15:08 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>98 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Mosley" title="Mike Mosley">Mike Mosley</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>pulled off </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td>16:14 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Leonard" title="Joe Leonard">Joe Leonard</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:14.36 </td> <td>185.223 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td>16:19 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mario_Andretti" title="Mario Andretti">Mario Andretti</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:11.88 </td> <td>187.617 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td>16:25 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Rutherford" title="Johnny Rutherford">Johnny Rutherford</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:16.47 </td> <td>183.234 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td>16:31 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>44 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Simon" title="Dick Simon">Dick Simon</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td>16:36 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>52 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sam_Sessions" class="mw-redirect" title="Sam Sessions">Sam Sessions</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td>16:43 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Bettenhausen" title="Gary Bettenhausen">Gary Bettenhausen</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:10.60 </td> <td>188.877 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td>16:49 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Unser" title="Bobby Unser">Bobby Unser</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:03.73 </td> <td>195.940 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td>16:56 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>34 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sam_Posey" title="Sam Posey">Sam Posey</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:15.25 </td> <td>184.379 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td>17:01 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>72 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Hiss" title="Mike Hiss">Mike Hiss</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td>17:05 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>40 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Art_Pollard" title="Art Pollard">Art Pollard</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:18.21 </td> <td>181.626 </td> <td>18 </td> <td>33 </td> <td>driver injured; replaced by Wally Dallenbach </td></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td>17:19 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Ruby" title="Lloyd Ruby">Lloyd Ruby</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:18.44 </td> <td>181.415 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td>17:24 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>95 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carl_Williams_(racing_driver)" title="Carl Williams (racing driver)">Carl Williams</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>19 </th> <td>17:27 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cale_Yarborough" title="Cale Yarborough">Cale Yarborough</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>20 </th> <td>17:31 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wally_Dallenbach_Sr." title="Wally Dallenbach Sr.">Wally Dallenbach</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>flagged off </td></tr> <tr> <th>21 </th> <td>17:40 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>Wally Dallenbach </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:21.77 </td> <td>178.421 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>bumped by #21 </td></tr> <tr> <th>22 </th> <td>17:46 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>42 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swede_Savage" title="Swede Savage">Swede Savage</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:18.10 </td> <td>181.726 </td> <td>17 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>23 </th> <td>17:55 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>89 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Martin_(American_racing_driver)" title="John Martin (American racing driver)">John Martin</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:20.43 </td> <td>179.614 </td> <td>28 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>24 </th> <td>17:59 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>56 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Hurtubise" title="Jim Hurtubise">Jim Hurtubise</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:18.84 </td> <td>181.050 </td> <td>22 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th colspan="11">Saturday May 20, 1972 </th></tr> <tr> <th>25 </th> <td>11:02 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Krisiloff" title="Steve Krisiloff">Steve Krisiloff</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:18.42 </td> <td>181.433 </td> <td>19 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>26 </th> <td>11:07 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>23 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mel_Kenyon" title="Mel Kenyon">Mel Kenyon</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:18.47 </td> <td>181.388 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>27 </th> <td>11:13 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>66 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Donohue" title="Mark Donohue">Mark Donohue</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:08.08 </td> <td>191.408 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>28 </th> <td>11:22 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>58 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Karl" title="Jerry Karl">Jerry Karl</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>29 </th> <td>11:23 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Revson" title="Peter Revson">Peter Revson</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:06.64 </td> <td>192.885 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>30 </th> <td>11:30 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._J._Foyt" title="A. J. Foyt">A. J. Foyt</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:10.48 </td> <td>188.996 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>16 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>31 </th> <td>11:36 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roger_McCluskey" title="Roger McCluskey">Roger McCluskey</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:17.06 </td> <td>182.685 </td> <td>15 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>32 </th> <td>11:43 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>Al Unser </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:16.06 </td> <td>183.617 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>19 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>33 </th> <td>11:49 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>84 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Snider" title="George Snider">George Snider</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:17.96 </td> <td>181.855 </td> <td>16 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>34 </th> <td>11:55 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>52 </td> <td>Sam Sessions </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:19.54 </td> <td>180.415 </td> <td>26 </td> <td>24 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>35 </th> <td>12:02 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>95 </td> <td>Carl Williams </td> <td>1 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>waved off </td></tr> <tr> <th>36 </th> <td>12:08 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>31 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Mahler" title="John Mahler">John Mahler</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>blown engine </td></tr> <tr> <th>37 </th> <td>12:13 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>98 </td> <td>Mike Mosley </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:10.63 </td> <td>188.848 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>17 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>38 </th> <td>12:20 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>Billy Vukovich II </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:14.79 </td> <td>184.814 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>18 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>39 </th> <td>12:28 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>48 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Grant" title="Jerry Grant">Jerry Grant</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:10.18 </td> <td>189.294 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>15 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>40 </th> <td>12:41 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Johncock" title="Gordon Johncock">Gordon Johncock</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>pulled off </td></tr> <tr> <th>41 </th> <td>12:57 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>60 </td> <td>Mike Hiss </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:21.10 </td> <td>179.015 </td> <td>31 </td> <td>25 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>42 </th> <td>17:20 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>95 </td> <td>Carl Williams </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:19.48 </td> <td>180.469 </td> <td>24 </td> <td>22 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>43 </th> <td>17:52 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>44 </td> <td>Dick Simon </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:19.53 </td> <td>180.424 </td> <td>25 </td> <td>23 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <th colspan="11">Sunday May 21, 1972 </th></tr> <tr> <th>44 </th> <td>12:02 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>24 </td> <td>Gordon Johncock </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:10.97 </td> <td>188.511 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>26 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>45 </th> <td>12:11 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>37 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lee_Kunzman" title="Lee Kunzman">Lee Kunzman</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:20.82 </td> <td>179.265 </td> <td>30 </td> <td>30 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>46 </th> <td>12:17 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Caruthers" title="Jimmy Caruthers">Jimmy Caruthers</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:21.23 </td> <td>178.900 </td> <td>32 </td> <td>31 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>47 </th> <td>12:27 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>31 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Mahler" title="John Mahler">John Mahler</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:20.56 </td> <td>179.497 </td> <td>29 </td> <td>29 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>48 </th> <td>14:43 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>17 </td> <td>Denny Zimmerman </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:19.77 </td> <td>180.207 </td> <td>27 </td> <td>28 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>49 </th> <td>16:47 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>58 </td> <td>Jerry Karl </td> <td>0 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>50 </th> <td>16:53 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>Cale Yarborough </td> <td>3 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>waved off </td></tr> <tr> <th>51 </th> <td>16:56 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>33 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Salt_Walther" title="Salt Walther">Salt Walther</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:19.40 </td> <td>180.542 </td> <td>23 </td> <td>27 </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>52 </th> <td>17:06 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>90 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arnie_Knepper" title="Arnie Knepper">Arnie Knepper</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>blown engine </td></tr> <tr> <th>53 </th> <td>17:20 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Larry_Dickson" title="Larry Dickson">Larry Dickson</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>54 </th> <td>17:24 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>99 </td> <td>Jerry Karl </td> <td>0 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>55 </th> <td>17:29 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>Cale Yarborough </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3:21.27 </td> <td>178.864 </td> <td>33 </td> <td>32 </td> <td>bumps #10 </td></tr> <tr> <th>56 </th> <td>17:34 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>16 </td> <td>Jerry Karl </td> <td>0 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>57 </th> <td>17:39 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>36 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bentley_Warren" title="Bentley Warren">Bentley Warren</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>pulled off </td></tr> <tr> <th>58 </th> <td>17:45 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>Wally Dallenbach </td> <td>1 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>pulled off </td></tr> <tr> <th>59 </th> <td>17:50 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>61 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lee_Brayton" title="Lee Brayton">Lee Brayton</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>waved off </td></tr> <tr> <th>60 </th> <td>17:53 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>97 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jigger_Sirois" class="mw-redirect" title="Jigger Sirois">Jigger Sirois</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>61 </th> <td>18:00 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>Wally Dallenbach </td> <td>2 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>pulled off </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pace_car">Pace car</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Pace car"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Pace Car was a 1972 Hurst/Olds convertible with a Hurst Performance modified 455 cubic inch W-30 engine built to pre-smog high compression 1970 specs. It was equipped with a TH-400 transmission and a "His and Hers" Hurst Dual Gate shifter, plus a 3.42 rear axle ratio. An all aluminum W-27 differential cover was used for weight and cooling purposes. Mark Donohue was given the car for winning the race that day. About 629 of these cars were built for public consumption of which 130 were convertibles, 220 with sunroofs and the remaining 279 being hardtops. Almost all of these Pace Car replicas had the less powerful L-75 455 engine and 3.23 axle. A W-30 (L-77) could be ordered but only with 1972 specs netting 300HP with only 8.5 compression. All were painted Cameo white and carried unique 3M Firefrost Gold reflective fade out(pin dotted) laser stripes. In addition to this package, special Indy Pace Car decals with festival stickers could be ordered with large H/O stickers adorning the quarter panels.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcasting">Broadcasting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Broadcasting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio">Radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The race was carried live on the <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Motor_Speedway_Radio_Network" title="Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network">IMS Radio Network</a>. It was carried on over 1,200 affiliates, including <a href="/wiki/Shortwave" class="mw-redirect" title="Shortwave">shortwave</a> transmission to <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Arctic" title="Arctic">Arctic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Antarctic" title="Antarctic">Antarctic</a>. The broadcast reached an estimated 100 million listeners worldwide. <a href="/wiki/Sid_Collins_(broadcaster)" title="Sid Collins (broadcaster)">Sid Collins</a> served as chief announcer and <a href="/wiki/Len_Sutton" title="Len Sutton">Len Sutton</a> served as "driver expert" for the seventh and final time. At the conclusion of the race, <a href="/wiki/Lou_Palmer_(motorsport_broadcaster)" title="Lou Palmer (motorsport broadcaster)">Lou Palmer</a> reported from victory lane. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sid_Collins_(broadcaster)" title="Sid Collins (broadcaster)">Sid Collins</a> celebrated his milestone <a href="/wiki/Silver_Jubilee" class="mw-redirect" title="Silver Jubilee">25th year</a> as chief announcer. During the pre-race coverage, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Indiana" title="Governor of Indiana">Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Whitcomb" title="Edgar Whitcomb">Edgar Whitcomb</a> presented Collins with the Distinguished Hoosier Award, a recognition from <a href="/wiki/American_Forces_Network" title="American Forces Network">American Forces Network</a>, and a personalized letter of recognition from <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a>. <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Indianapolis" title="List of mayors of Indianapolis">Indianapolis mayor</a> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Lugar" title="Richard Lugar">Dick Lugar</a> likewise presented Collins with a silver microphone and declared May 27, 1972, as "Sid Collins Day".<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The entire on-air crew remained mostly consistent from 1966 to 1971. Bob Forbes was assigned as "wireless" microphone, covering the garages and roving reports. For 1972, the pre-race coverage expanded from 30 minutes to 45 minutes and came on-air at 10:15 a.m. local time. Howdy Bell's vantage point in turn two (an observation spot against the outside of the retaining wall), would be the final time reporting from that location. Starting in 1973, the vantage point would move to the new VIP Suites. </p><p>Jim Shelton (born May 27, 1919<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), who was reporting his 23rd race on the crew, was also celebrating his 53rd birthday.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Motor_Speedway_Radio_Network" title="Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network">Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Booth Announcers</th> <th>Turn Reporters</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Sideline_reporter" class="mw-redirect" title="Sideline reporter">Pit/garage reporters</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Play-by-play" class="mw-redirect" title="Play-by-play">Chief Announcer</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Sid_Collins_(broadcaster)" title="Sid Collins (broadcaster)">Sid Collins</a><br /> <b>Driver expert:</b> <a href="/wiki/Len_Sutton" title="Len Sutton">Len Sutton</a><br /> <b><a href="/wiki/Statistician" title="Statistician">Statistician</a>:</b> John DeCamp<br /> <b><a href="/wiki/Historian" title="Historian">Historian</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Donald_Davidson_(historian)" title="Donald Davidson (historian)">Donald Davidson</a><br /> </p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><b>Turn 1:</b> Mike Ahern<br /> <b>Turn 2:</b> Howdy Bell<br /> <b>Backstretch:</b> Doug Zink<br /> <b>Turn 3:</b> Ron Carrell<br /> <b>Turn 4:</b> Jim Shelton<br /> </p> </td> <td align="center" valign="top">Chuck Marlowe (north)<br />Luke Walton (center)<br /><a href="/wiki/Lou_Palmer_(motorsport_broadcaster)" title="Lou Palmer (motorsport broadcaster)">Lou Palmer</a> (south)<br />Bob Forbes (wireless/garages) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The race was carried in the United States on <a href="/wiki/ESPN_on_ABC" title="ESPN on ABC">ABC Sports</a> on a <a href="/wiki/Tape_delay_(broadcasting)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tape delay (broadcasting)">same-day tape delay</a> basis. The race was held in the afternoon, and the broadcast aired in <a href="/wiki/Prime_time" title="Prime time">prime time</a> later in the day. The two and a half hour broadcast was hosted by <a href="/wiki/Chris_Schenkel" title="Chris Schenkel">Chris Schenkel</a>. <a href="/wiki/Jim_McKay" title="Jim McKay">Jim McKay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Stewart" title="Jackie Stewart">Jackie Stewart</a> served as booth announcers. <a href="/wiki/Chris_Economaki" title="Chris Economaki">Chris Economaki</a> was one of the pit reporters. <a href="/wiki/Keith_Jackson" title="Keith Jackson">Keith Jackson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stu_Nahan" title="Stu Nahan">Stu Nahan</a> hosted a separate 30-minute trackside report before the ABC telecast that was available to some viewers on the west coast.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/ESPN_on_ABC" title="ESPN on ABC">ABC</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Indianapolis_500_broadcasters" title="List of Indianapolis 500 broadcasters">Television</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Booth Announcers</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Sideline_reporter" class="mw-redirect" title="Sideline reporter">Pit/garage reporters</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p><b>Host:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Schenkel" title="Chris Schenkel">Chris Schenkel</a><br /> <b><a href="/wiki/Play-by-play" class="mw-redirect" title="Play-by-play">Announcer</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jim_McKay" title="Jim McKay">Jim McKay</a><br /> <b><a href="/wiki/Color_commentator" title="Color commentator">Color</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Stewart" title="Jackie Stewart">Jackie Stewart</a><br /> </p> </td> <td align="center" valign="top"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Economaki" title="Chris Economaki">Chris Economaki</a><br /> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1972_Hurst_Olds_Pace_Car.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1972 Hurst/Olds Pace Car."><img alt="1972 Hurst/Olds Pace Car." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/1972_Hurst_Olds_Pace_Car.jpg/120px-1972_Hurst_Olds_Pace_Car.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/1972_Hurst_Olds_Pace_Car.jpg/180px-1972_Hurst_Olds_Pace_Car.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/1972_Hurst_Olds_Pace_Car.jpg/240px-1972_Hurst_Olds_Pace_Car.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1361" data-file-height="924" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1972 Hurst/Olds Pace Car.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1973RevsonIndyMcLaren.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The McLaren M16C was driven by Peter Revson"><img alt="The McLaren M16C was driven by Peter Revson" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/1973RevsonIndyMcLaren.jpg/120px-1973RevsonIndyMcLaren.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/1973RevsonIndyMcLaren.jpg/180px-1973RevsonIndyMcLaren.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/1973RevsonIndyMcLaren.jpg/240px-1973RevsonIndyMcLaren.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1361" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The McLaren M16C was driven by Peter Revson</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1972_Olsonite_Eagle_-_June_2022_-_Sarah_Stierch.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bobby Unser's Olsonite Eagle"><img alt="Bobby Unser's Olsonite Eagle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/1972_Olsonite_Eagle_-_June_2022_-_Sarah_Stierch.jpg/120px-1972_Olsonite_Eagle_-_June_2022_-_Sarah_Stierch.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/1972_Olsonite_Eagle_-_June_2022_-_Sarah_Stierch.jpg/180px-1972_Olsonite_Eagle_-_June_2022_-_Sarah_Stierch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/1972_Olsonite_Eagle_-_June_2022_-_Sarah_Stierch.jpg/240px-1972_Olsonite_Eagle_-_June_2022_-_Sarah_Stierch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Bobby Unser's Olsonite Eagle</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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Undercoffer (1919-1993)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16087526/1972_indy_500_tv/">"Sports Today"</a>. <i>Independent Press-Telegram</i>. May 21, 1972. p. 131<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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& All-Time Stats</a> - Official Site</li> <li>1972 Indianapolis 500 Radio Broadcast, <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Motor_Speedway_Radio_Network" title="Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network">Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="See_also">See also</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Indianapolis_500&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1972_USAC_Championship_Car_season" title="1972 USAC Championship Car season">1972 USAC Championship Car season</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td width="33%"><a href="/wiki/1971_Indianapolis_500" title="1971 Indianapolis 500">1971 Indianapolis 500</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Al_Unser" title="Al Unser">Al Unser</a> </td> <td width="34%"><b>1972 Indianapolis 500</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Mark_Donohue" title="Mark Donohue">Mark Donohue</a> </td> <td width="33%"><a href="/wiki/1973_Indianapolis_500" title="1973 Indianapolis 500">1973 Indianapolis 500</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Johncock" title="Gordon Johncock">Gordon Johncock</a> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">157.735 <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">mph<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/1971_Indianapolis_500" title="1971 Indianapolis 500">1971 Indianapolis 500</a>)</span></span></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Record for the fastest average speed </b><br /><b>162.962</b> mph </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div 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500">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Indianapolis_500" title="1915 Indianapolis 500">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Indianapolis_500" title="1916 Indianapolis 500">1916</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">1917</span></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">1918</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_Indianapolis_500" title="1919 Indianapolis 500">1919</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1920s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1920_Indianapolis_500" title="1920 Indianapolis 500">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Indianapolis_500" title="1921 Indianapolis 500">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Indianapolis_500" title="1922 Indianapolis 500">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_Indianapolis_500" title="1923 Indianapolis 500">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Indianapolis_500" title="1924 Indianapolis 500">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_Indianapolis_500" title="1925 Indianapolis 500">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Indianapolis_500" title="1926 Indianapolis 500">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_Indianapolis_500" title="1927 Indianapolis 500">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Indianapolis_500" title="1928 Indianapolis 500">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Indianapolis_500" title="1929 Indianapolis 500">1929</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1930s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1930_Indianapolis_500" title="1930 Indianapolis 500">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Indianapolis_500" title="1931 Indianapolis 500">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Indianapolis_500" title="1932 Indianapolis 500">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Indianapolis_500" title="1933 Indianapolis 500">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Indianapolis_500" title="1934 Indianapolis 500">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Indianapolis_500" title="1935 Indianapolis 500">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Indianapolis_500" title="1936 Indianapolis 500">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Indianapolis_500" title="1937 Indianapolis 500">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Indianapolis_500" title="1938 Indianapolis 500">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Indianapolis_500" title="1939 Indianapolis 500">1939</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1940_Indianapolis_500" title="1940 Indianapolis 500">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Indianapolis_500" title="1941 Indianapolis 500">1941</a></li> <li><s><a href="/wiki/1942_Indianapolis_500" title="1942 Indianapolis 500">1942</a></s></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">1943</span></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">1944</span></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">1945</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Indianapolis_500" title="1946 Indianapolis 500">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Indianapolis_500" title="1947 Indianapolis 500">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Indianapolis_500" title="1948 Indianapolis 500">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Indianapolis_500" title="1949 Indianapolis 500">1949</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1950_Indianapolis_500" title="1950 Indianapolis 500">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Indianapolis_500" title="1951 Indianapolis 500">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Indianapolis_500" title="1952 Indianapolis 500">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Indianapolis_500" title="1953 Indianapolis 500">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Indianapolis_500" title="1954 Indianapolis 500">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Indianapolis_500" title="1955 Indianapolis 500">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Indianapolis_500" title="1956 Indianapolis 500">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Indianapolis_500" title="1957 Indianapolis 500">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Indianapolis_500" title="1958 Indianapolis 500">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Indianapolis_500" title="1959 Indianapolis 500">1959</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960_Indianapolis_500" title="1960 Indianapolis 500">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Indianapolis_500" title="1961 Indianapolis 500">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Indianapolis_500" title="1962 Indianapolis 500">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Indianapolis_500" title="1963 Indianapolis 500">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Indianapolis_500" title="1964 Indianapolis 500">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Indianapolis_500" title="1965 Indianapolis 500">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Indianapolis_500" title="1966 Indianapolis 500">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Indianapolis_500" title="1967 Indianapolis 500">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Indianapolis_500" title="1968 Indianapolis 500">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Indianapolis_500" title="1969 Indianapolis 500">1969</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_Indianapolis_500" title="1970 Indianapolis 500">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Indianapolis_500" title="1971 Indianapolis 500">1971</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Indianapolis_500" title="1973 Indianapolis 500">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Indianapolis_500" title="1974 Indianapolis 500">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Indianapolis_500" title="1975 Indianapolis 500">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Indianapolis_500" title="1976 Indianapolis 500">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Indianapolis_500" title="1977 Indianapolis 500">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Indianapolis_500" title="1978 Indianapolis 500">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Indianapolis_500" title="1979 Indianapolis 500">1979</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_Indianapolis_500" title="1980 Indianapolis 500">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Indianapolis_500" title="1981 Indianapolis 500">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Indianapolis_500" title="1982 Indianapolis 500">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Indianapolis_500" title="1983 Indianapolis 500">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Indianapolis_500" title="1984 Indianapolis 500">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Indianapolis_500" title="1985 Indianapolis 500">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Indianapolis_500" title="1986 Indianapolis 500">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Indianapolis_500" title="1987 Indianapolis 500">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Indianapolis_500" title="1988 Indianapolis 500">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Indianapolis_500" title="1989 Indianapolis 500">1989</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1990_Indianapolis_500" title="1990 Indianapolis 500">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Indianapolis_500" title="1991 Indianapolis 500">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Indianapolis_500" title="1992 Indianapolis 500">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Indianapolis_500" title="1993 Indianapolis 500">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Indianapolis_500" title="1994 Indianapolis 500">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Indianapolis_500" title="1995 Indianapolis 500">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Indianapolis_500" title="1996 Indianapolis 500">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Indianapolis_500" title="1997 Indianapolis 500">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Indianapolis_500" title="1998 Indianapolis 500">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Indianapolis_500" title="1999 Indianapolis 500">1999</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000_Indianapolis_500" title="2000 Indianapolis 500">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Indianapolis_500" title="2001 Indianapolis 500">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Indianapolis_500" title="2002 Indianapolis 500">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Indianapolis_500" title="2003 Indianapolis 500">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Indianapolis_500" title="2004 Indianapolis 500">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Indianapolis_500" title="2005 Indianapolis 500">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Indianapolis_500" title="2006 Indianapolis 500">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Indianapolis_500" title="2007 Indianapolis 500">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Indianapolis_500" title="2008 Indianapolis 500">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Indianapolis_500" title="2009 Indianapolis 500">2009</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010_Indianapolis_500" title="2010 Indianapolis 500">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Indianapolis_500" title="2011 Indianapolis 500">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Indianapolis_500" title="2012 Indianapolis 500">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Indianapolis_500" title="2013 Indianapolis 500">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Indianapolis_500" title="2014 Indianapolis 500">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Indianapolis_500" title="2015 Indianapolis 500">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Indianapolis_500" title="2016 Indianapolis 500">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Indianapolis_500" title="2017 Indianapolis 500">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Indianapolis_500" title="2018 Indianapolis 500">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Indianapolis_500" title="2019 Indianapolis 500">2019</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_Indianapolis_500" title="2020 Indianapolis 500">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Indianapolis_500" title="2021 Indianapolis 500">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Indianapolis_500" title="2022 Indianapolis 500">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Indianapolis_500" title="2023 Indianapolis 500">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indianapolis_500" title="2024 Indianapolis 500">2024</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2025_Indianapolis_500" title="2025 Indianapolis 500">2025</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Track</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Motor_Speedway" title="Indianapolis Motor Speedway">Indianapolis Motor Speedway</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Motor_Speedway_race_results" title="Indianapolis Motor Speedway race results">Race results</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Motor_Speedway_Museum" title="Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum">IMS Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_500_traditions#Gasoline_Alley)" title="Indianapolis 500 traditions">Gasoline Alley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_500_traditions#The_Snake_Pit" title="Indianapolis 500 traditions">Snake Pit</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Statistics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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drivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_female_Indianapolis_500_drivers" title="List of female Indianapolis 500 drivers">Female participants</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/American_Championship_car_racing" class="mw-redirect" title="American Championship car racing">Sanctioning bodies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AAA_Contest_Board" title="AAA Contest Board">AAA Contest Board</a> (1909–1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Internationale_de_l%27Automobile" title="Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile">AIACR</a> (1925–1930)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Internationale_de_l%27Automobile" title="Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile">FIA</a> (1950–1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Auto_Club" title="United States Auto Club">USAC</a> (1956–1997)</li> 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Fisher">Carl Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Allison" title="James A. Allison">James Allison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Newby" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur Newby">Arthur Newby</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_A._Wheeler&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frank A. Wheeler (page does not exist)">Frank A. Wheeler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Rickenbacker" title="Eddie Rickenbacker">Eddie Rickenbacker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Hulman" title="Tony Hulman">Tony Hulman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilbur_Shaw" title="Wilbur Shaw">Wilbur Shaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Fendrich_Hulman" title="Mary Fendrich Hulman">Mary F. Hulman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mari_Hulman_George" title="Mari Hulman George">Mari Hulman George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_George" title="Tony George">Tony George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joie_Chitwood_III" title="Joie Chitwood III">Joie Chitwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Belskus" title="Jeff Belskus">Jeff Belskus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulman_%26_Company" title="Hulman & Company">Hulman & Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Penske" title="Roger Penske">Roger Penske</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Officials</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Merz" title="Charlie Merz">Charlie Merz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Milton" title="Tommy Milton">Tommy Milton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_McQuinn" title="Harry McQuinn">Harry McQuinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlan_Fengler" title="Harlan Fengler">Harlan Fengler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Binford" title="Tom Binford">Tom Binford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Barnhart" title="Brian Barnhart">Brian Barnhart</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Broadcasting</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Motor_Speedway_Radio_Network" title="Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network">Radio</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Slater_(broadcaster)" title="Bill Slater (broadcaster)">Bill Slater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sid_Collins_(broadcaster)" title="Sid Collins (broadcaster)">Sid Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Page" title="Paul Page">Paul Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Palmer_(motorsport_broadcaster)" title="Lou Palmer (motorsport broadcaster)">Lou Palmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Jenkins" title="Bob Jenkins">Bob Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_King_(radio_announcer)" title="Mike King (radio announcer)">Mike King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Davidson_(historian)" title="Donald Davidson (historian)">Donald Davidson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indianapolis_500_broadcasters" title="List of Indianapolis 500 broadcasters">Television</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jim_McKay" title="Jim McKay">Jim McKay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Stewart" title="Jackie Stewart">Jackie Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Schenkel" title="Chris Schenkel">Chris Schenkel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Economaki" title="Chris Economaki">Chris Economaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Posey" title="Sam Posey">Sam Posey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Arute" title="Jack Arute">Jack Arute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Lampley" title="Jim Lampley">Jim Lampley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Page" title="Paul Page">Paul Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Jenkins" title="Bob Jenkins">Bob Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Todd_Harris" title="Todd Harris">Todd Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Reid" title="Marty Reid">Marty Reid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_Bestwick" title="Allen Bestwick">Allen Bestwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leigh_Diffey" title="Leigh Diffey">Leigh Diffey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Carnegie" title="Tom Carnegie">Tom Carnegie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Miller_(journalist)" title="Robin Miller (journalist)">Robin Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_McQueeney" title="Ron McQueeney">Ron McQueeney</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Month of May</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/500_Festival_Mini-Marathon" title="500 Festival Mini-Marathon">Mini-Marathon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Prix_of_Indianapolis_(Indy_Lights)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Prix of Indianapolis 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Grand_Prix#Indianapolis" title="United States Grand Prix">U.S. Grand Prix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_motorcycle_Grand_Prix" title="Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix">Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_Crown_of_Motorsport" title="Triple Crown of Motorsport">Triple Crown of Motorsport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_100" title="Freedom 100">Freedom 100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IMSA_Battle_on_the_Bricks" title="IMSA Battle on the Bricks">Brickyard Grand Prix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IMSA_Battle_on_the_Bricks" title="IMSA Battle on the Bricks">Brickyard Sports Car Challenge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IROC_at_Indy" title="IROC at Indy">IROC at Indy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indy_Legends_Charity_Pro%E2%80%93Am_race" title="Indy Legends Charity Pro–Am race">Indy Legends Charity Pro–Am race</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Red_Bull_Air_Race_of_Indianapolis" title="2016 Red Bull Air Race of Indianapolis">Red Bull Air Race of Indianapolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harvest_Auto_Racing_Classic" title="Harvest Auto Racing Classic">Harvest Auto Racing Classic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennzoil_150" title="Pennzoil 150">Pennzoil 150</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verizon_200_at_the_Brickyard" title="Verizon 200 at the Brickyard">Verizon 200 at the Brickyard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Prix_of_Indianapolis" title="Grand Prix of Indianapolis">Gallagher Grand Prix</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Golf at IMS</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comfort_Classic" title="Comfort Classic">Champions Tour</a></li> <li><a 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title="Jim Nabors">Jim Nabors</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Turbo_(2013_film)" title="Turbo (2013 film)">Turbo</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>No races held in 1917–1918 or 1942–1945 due to <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> and <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, respectively.</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="IndyCar_Series_on_ABC" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_events_broadcast_on_Wide_World_of_Sports_(American_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of events broadcast on Wide World of Sports (American TV series)"><i>Wide World of Sports</i> coverage</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1965_Indianapolis_500" title="1965 Indianapolis 500">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Indianapolis_500" title="1966 Indianapolis 500">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Indianapolis_500" title="1967 Indianapolis 500">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Indianapolis_500" title="1968 Indianapolis 500">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Indianapolis_500" 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<li><a href="/wiki/1987_Indianapolis_500" title="1987 Indianapolis 500">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Indianapolis_500" title="1988 Indianapolis 500">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Indianapolis_500" title="1989 Indianapolis 500">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Indianapolis_500" title="1990 Indianapolis 500">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Indianapolis_500" title="1991 Indianapolis 500">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Indianapolis_500" title="1992 Indianapolis 500">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Indianapolis_500" title="1993 Indianapolis 500">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Indianapolis_500" title="1994 Indianapolis 500">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Indianapolis_500" title="1995 Indianapolis 500">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Indianapolis_500" title="1996 Indianapolis 500">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Indianapolis_500" title="1997 Indianapolis 500">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Indianapolis_500" title="1998 Indianapolis 500">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Indianapolis_500" title="1999 Indianapolis 500">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Indianapolis_500" title="2000 Indianapolis 500">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Indianapolis_500" title="2001 Indianapolis 500">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Indianapolis_500" title="2002 Indianapolis 500">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Indianapolis_500" title="2003 Indianapolis 500">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Indianapolis_500" title="2004 Indianapolis 500">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Indianapolis_500" title="2005 Indianapolis 500">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Indianapolis_500" title="2006 Indianapolis 500">2006</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live coverage (<a href="/wiki/ESPN_on_ABC" title="ESPN on ABC">ESPN on ABC</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 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title="2018 Indianapolis 500">2018</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hosts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nicole_Briscoe" title="Nicole Briscoe">Nicole Briscoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Brockman" title="Charlie Brockman">Charlie Brockman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Czarniak" title="Lindsay Czarniak">Lindsay Czarniak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Diles" title="Dave Diles">Dave Diles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Gannon" title="Terry Gannon">Terry Gannon</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Allen_Bestwick" title="Allen Bestwick">Allen Bestwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Brockman" title="Charlie Brockman">Charlie Brockman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Todd_Harris" title="Todd Harris">Todd Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Jackson" title="Keith Jackson">Keith Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Jenkins" title="Bob Jenkins">Bob Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Lampley" title="Jim Lampley">Jim Lampley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_McKay" title="Jim McKay">Jim McKay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Page" title="Paul Page">Paul Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Reid" title="Marty Reid">Marty Reid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Schenkel" title="Chris Schenkel">Chris Schenkel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Stewart" title="Jackie Stewart">Jackie Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Trautwig" title="Al Trautwig">Al Trautwig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Varsha" title="Bob Varsha">Bob Varsha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Color_commentator" title="Color commentator">Color commentators</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Arute" title="Jack Arute">Jack Arute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Beekhuis" title="Jon Beekhuis">Jon Beekhuis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Cheever" title="Eddie Cheever">Eddie Cheever</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gil_de_Ferran" title="Gil de Ferran">Gil de Ferran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Economaki" title="Chris Economaki">Chris Economaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Goodyear" title="Scott Goodyear">Scott Goodyear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parker_Johnstone" title="Parker Johnstone">Parker Johnstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arie_Luyendyk" title="Arie Luyendyk">Arie Luyendyk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Posey" title="Sam Posey">Sam Posey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Priestley" title="Jason Priestley">Jason Priestley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Rice" title="Larry Rice">Larry Rice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Sneva" title="Tom Sneva">Tom Sneva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyn_St._James" title="Lyn St. James">Lyn St. James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Stewart" title="Jackie Stewart">Jackie Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Sullivan" title="Danny Sullivan">Danny Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Unser" title="Bobby Unser">Bobby Unser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rusty_Wallace" title="Rusty Wallace">Rusty Wallace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rodger_Ward" title="Rodger Ward">Rodger Ward</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sideline_reporter" class="mw-redirect" title="Sideline reporter">Pit reporters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Arute" title="Jack Arute">Jack Arute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Beekhuis" title="Jon Beekhuis">Jon Beekhuis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Beisner-Buck" title="Michelle Beisner-Buck">Michelle Beisner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Brockman" title="Charlie Brockman">Charlie Brockman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_DeBruhl" title="Rick DeBruhl">Rick DeBruhl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donna_de_Varona" title="Donna de Varona">Donna de Varona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Diles" title="Dave Diles">Dave Diles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Economaki" title="Chris Economaki">Chris Economaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Flemming" title="Bill Flemming">Bill Flemming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Gandolf" title="Ray Gandolf">Ray Gandolf</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jerry_Gappens&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jerry Gappens (page does not exist)">Jerry Gappens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Gerould" title="Gary Gerould">Gary Gerould</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Brienne_Pedigo" title="Brienne Pedigo">Brienne Pedigo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Punch" title="Jerry Punch">Jerry Punch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Posey" title="Sam Posey">Sam Posey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Pruett" title="Scott Pruett">Scott Pruett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Reid" title="Marty Reid">Marty Reid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyn_St._James" title="Lyn St. James">Lyn St. James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Schenkel" title="Chris Schenkel">Chris Schenkel</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anne_Simon_(broadcaster)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anne Simon (broadcaster) (page does not exist)">Anne Simon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cameron_Steele&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cameron Steele (page does not exist)">Cameron Steele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Stephens" title="Bill Stephens">Bill Stephens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Trautwig" title="Al Trautwig">Al Trautwig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Whitaker" title="Jack Whitaker">Jack Whitaker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Music</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Delta_Force" title="The Delta Force">The Delta Force</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Alan_Silvestri" title="Alan Silvestri">Alan Silvestri</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seasons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/IndyCar_Series" title="IndyCar Series">IndyCar Series</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1996_Indy_Racing_League" title="1996 Indy Racing League">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Indy_Racing_League" title="1996–97 Indy Racing League">1996–97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Indy_Racing_League" title="1998 Indy Racing League">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Indy_Racing_League" title="1999 Indy Racing League">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Indy_Racing_League" title="2000 Indy Racing League">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Indy_Racing_League" title="2001 Indy Racing League">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Indy_Racing_League" title="2002 Indy Racing League">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_IndyCar_Series" title="2003 IndyCar Series">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_IndyCar_Series" title="2004 IndyCar Series">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_IndyCar_Series" title="2005 IndyCar Series">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_IndyCar_Series" title="2006 IndyCar Series">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_IndyCar_Series" title="2007 IndyCar Series">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_IndyCar_Series" title="2008 IndyCar Series">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_IndyCar_Series" title="2009 IndyCar Series">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_IndyCar_Series" title="2010 IndyCar Series">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_IndyCar_Series" title="2011 IndyCar Series">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_IndyCar_Series" title="2012 IndyCar Series">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_IndyCar_Series" title="2013 IndyCar Series">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_IndyCar_Series" title="2014 IndyCar Series">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_IndyCar_Series" title="2015 IndyCar Series">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_IndyCar_Series" title="2016 IndyCar Series">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_IndyCar_Series" title="2017 IndyCar Series">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_IndyCar_Series" title="2018 IndyCar Series">2018</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Championship_Auto_Racing_Teams" title="Championship Auto Racing Teams">CART</a> / <a href="/wiki/Champ_Car" class="mw-redirect" title="Champ Car">Champ Car</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_SCCA/CART_Indy_Car_Series" title="1979 SCCA/CART Indy Car Series">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_CART_PPG_Indy_Car_World_Series" title="1980 CART PPG Indy Car World Series">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_CART_PPG_Indy_Car_World_Series" title="1981 CART PPG Indy Car World Series">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_CART_PPG_Indy_Car_World_Series" title="1982 CART PPG Indy Car World Series">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_CART_PPG_Indy_Car_World_Series" title="1983 CART PPG Indy Car World Series">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_CART_PPG_Indy_Car_World_Series" title="1984 CART PPG Indy Car World Series">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_CART_PPG_Indy_Car_World_Series" title="1985 CART PPG Indy Car World Series">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_CART_PPG_Indy_Car_World_Series" title="1986 CART PPG Indy Car World Series">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_CART_PPG_Indy_Car_World_Series" title="1987 CART PPG Indy Car World Series">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_CART_PPG_Indy_Car_World_Series" title="1988 CART PPG Indy Car World Series">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_CART_PPG_Indy_Car_World_Series" title="1989 CART PPG Indy Car World Series">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_CART_PPG_Indy_Car_World_Series" title="1990 CART PPG Indy Car World Series">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_CART_PPG_Indy_Car_World_Series" title="1991 CART PPG Indy Car World Series">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_PPG_Indy_Car_World_Series" title="1992 PPG Indy Car World Series">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_PPG_Indy_Car_World_Series" title="1993 PPG Indy Car World Series">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_PPG_Indy_Car_World_Series" title="1994 PPG Indy Car World Series">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_PPG_Indy_Car_World_Series" title="1995 PPG Indy Car World Series">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_PPG_Indy_Car_World_Series" title="1996 PPG Indy Car World Series">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_CART_PPG_World_Series" title="1997 CART PPG World Series">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_CART_FedEx_Championship_Series" title="1998 CART FedEx Championship Series">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_CART_season" title="1999 CART season">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_CART_season" title="2000 CART season">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_CART_season" title="2001 CART season">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Champ_Car_season" title="2007 Champ Car season">2007</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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