i never knew that Cale was running 4th at one point and Smokeys Chevy was all of the way up to 5th. This video enables viewer to SEE and HEAR entries i hadnt seen in the other videos that covered the race. That Chevy…wow that sounded NICE. THANK YOU for the historical post!
The '67 field had to be one of the most star-studded in 500 history. It had: -Two former F1 world champions (Clark and Hill) -Four future world champions (Hulme, Stewart, Rindt and Andretti) -Four former Indy 500 winners (Foyt, Jones, Clark and Hill) -Five future Indy 500 winners (both Unser brothers, Andretti, Johncock, and Rutherford) -One future NASCAR champion (Yarborough)
As well as three future Daytona 500 winners in Cale Yarborough (4 times), LeeRoy Yarbrough (1969), and A.J. Foyt (1972), in addition to Mario Andretti, who won the Daytona 500 earlier that year.
That was pretty awesome , too bad Jones had bearing failure in gearbox ,even though I'm a Foyt fan from the start attrition was his companion for the checker flag victory.,👍😎✌️
The only live telecast of the 1967 race was in theatres on closed-circuit TV. However, "ABC's Wide World Of Sports" aired an edited videotape of the race about a week or so later, so maybe that's how you saw the 1967 race in color.
I met a guy named Jim Rathman, you probably don't know him but he introduced me to A.J. Foyt and I was in his motel there at the track with his wife too. There was a pool at this little motel but the pool was closed for maintenance. Each former winner would get a room at this little motel that was right there on the Indy 500 grounds (can't remember the name of the motel) but i saw Andretti and other drivers who had rooms too. Was introduced to several. I have a signed hat from Rathman and Foyt from that year (can't remember the year). As I recall , Rathman was residing in Melbourne Florida at the time and would come up for the Indy 500 every year with his wife and a few friends and stay at that coveted motel even though the motel was not the best but it had lots of nostalgia as it was very old and very 50's ish. I wish i could remember the name of it. Rathman's room faced the pool.
The 73 Indianapolis 500 was the longest. May 30, 1973. The race was held over three days due to rain and suffered two major accidents. Three competitors - two drivers and one pit crew member - were killed during the month as a result of accidents, and another driver was critically injured. After 133 laps (332+1⁄2 mi (535.1 km)), rain halted the race, and Gordon Johncock was declared the winner, the first of his two Indy triumphs
JIM CLARK - By far the greatest driver ever - no doubt. He is and was the Best of the Best. No other driver in history until today was so superior as Clark. This man is the Olymp of driving - the Michelangelo of racing - a dynamic art at the highest level. So smooth, so precise, so fast....simply out of this world. One, who won in Spa by 5 minutes (!) in monsoon rain...One, who takes back a complete lap (!) in Monza and back into the lead... One, who took pole on the original 22,8 km Nürburgring track by 9 (!) seconds and more....One who won Indy by 2 whole (!) laps...For eternity and by lightyears unmatched in the sport. That`s just four examples of his mesmeric unique genius... 3
"Unfair" in a pig's eye. Turbines had always been legal at the track and some had been brought to the track in earlier years (John Zink in 1961, for one), but they had been too slow to qualify. But once USAC saw the Granatelli car's capabilities, they freaked and slapped restrictions on turbines (both that year and the next) that violated their own existing rules. The piston boys didn't want competition. Foyt called it an "airplane," which was beyond stupid. By that logic, airplanes with internal combustion engines are cars.
According to Granatelli (in his 1969 autobiography), that’s exactly what they did. Perfectly legal, but nitro killed mileage, so it couldn’t be used for the race. When Jones qualified 6th under the exact same conditions he would use for the race, everyone else knew they were in trouble.
@@johneddy908 The pace cars were actually a SS/RS, but any badges for the SS badges will replace any RS badges if both options are equiped. The pace you can tell is SS/RS because of the hide-away headlights. Lots of them also didn't have Camaro steering wheels, but instead Impala or Chevelle steering wheels because they looked better with the bright blue deluxe interior. Also, even tho most of the pace cars had blue boots for the white convertible top, just a few were made with a blue convertible top instead of white. Only a few are known to exist. I know all this and more because my dad owns a 1967 Camaro Pace Car or at least one of the many promotional cars made for the race. Still has all the same options tho :D
Maybe. But there's an old saying in racing about something _too_ innovative and successful "stinking up the show". Those things tend to not be around too long before rules get tightened down. We saw it with the turbine cars, and we saw in later with Penske's "stock block" Mercedes engines.
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i never knew that Cale was running 4th at one point and Smokeys Chevy was all of the way up to 5th. This video enables viewer to SEE and HEAR entries i hadnt seen in the other videos that covered the race. That Chevy…wow that sounded NICE. THANK YOU for the historical post!
My grandpa shot this! It’s his first work we’ve managed to find on the internet
A great era when there was so much innovation with the cars.
The '67 field had to be one of the most star-studded in 500 history. It had:
-Two former F1 world champions (Clark and Hill)
-Four future world champions (Hulme, Stewart, Rindt and Andretti)
-Four former Indy 500 winners (Foyt, Jones, Clark and Hill)
-Five future Indy 500 winners (both Unser brothers, Andretti, Johncock, and Rutherford)
-One future NASCAR champion (Yarborough)
As well as three future Daytona 500 winners in Cale Yarborough (4 times), LeeRoy Yarbrough (1969), and A.J. Foyt (1972), in addition to Mario Andretti, who won the Daytona 500 earlier that year.
That was pretty awesome , too bad Jones had bearing failure in gearbox ,even though I'm a Foyt fan from the start attrition was his companion for the checker flag victory.,👍😎✌️
I remember watching the '67 Indy 500 at my Aunt & Uncles on color TV, we only had a B/W until 1968.
The only live telecast of the 1967 race was in theatres on closed-circuit TV.
However, "ABC's Wide World Of Sports" aired an edited videotape of the race about a week or so later, so maybe that's how you saw the 1967 race in color.
I was about 7 or 8 the year 72 ,or 73 first color tv.
It is interesting to see the older front engine cars racing the new technology (for the time) rear engine cars
Awesome video,thanks for sharing!
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My 1st race
I love this!
I met a guy named Jim Rathman, you probably don't know him but he introduced me to A.J. Foyt and I was in his motel there at the track with his wife too. There was a pool at this little motel but the pool was closed for maintenance. Each former winner would get a room at this little motel that was right there on the Indy 500 grounds (can't remember the name of the motel) but i saw Andretti and other drivers who had rooms too. Was introduced to several. I have a signed hat from Rathman and Foyt from that year (can't remember the year). As I recall , Rathman was residing in Melbourne Florida at the time and would come up for the Indy 500 every year with his wife and a few friends and stay at that coveted motel even though the motel was not the best but it had lots of nostalgia as it was very old and very 50's ish. I wish i could remember the name of it. Rathman's room faced the pool.
@HAMMERHAND Thank you! That's the one but it might have said "Motel".
The 73 Indianapolis 500 was the longest. May 30, 1973. The race was held over three days due to rain and suffered two major accidents. Three competitors - two drivers and one pit crew member - were killed during the month as a result of accidents, and another driver was critically injured. After 133 laps (332+1⁄2 mi (535.1 km)), rain halted the race, and Gordon Johncock was declared the winner, the first of his two Indy triumphs
The engine sound effect added to the video for Jones' car is very funny. Actually, it was called the "wooshmobile" for a reason.
JIM CLARK - By far the greatest driver ever - no doubt. He is and was the Best of the Best. No other driver in history until today was so superior as Clark.
This man is the Olymp of driving - the Michelangelo of racing - a dynamic art at the highest level. So smooth, so precise, so fast....simply out of this world. One, who won in Spa by 5 minutes (!) in monsoon rain...One, who takes back a complete lap (!) in Monza and back into the lead... One, who took pole on the original 22,8 km Nürburgring track by 9 (!) seconds and more....One who won Indy by 2 whole (!) laps...For eternity and by lightyears unmatched in the sport. That`s just four examples of his mesmeric unique genius...
3
"Unfair" in a pig's eye. Turbines had always been legal at the track and some had been brought to the track in earlier years (John Zink in 1961, for one), but they had been too slow to qualify. But once USAC saw the Granatelli car's capabilities, they freaked and slapped restrictions on turbines (both that year and the next) that violated their own existing rules. The piston boys didn't want competition.
Foyt called it an "airplane," which was beyond stupid. By that logic, airplanes with internal combustion engines are cars.
Could it be that AJ, Mario, and others used a little nitrous to qualify faster? Notice how PJ took them all on the first lap.
According to Granatelli (in his 1969 autobiography), that’s exactly what they did. Perfectly legal, but nitro killed mileage, so it couldn’t be used for the race. When Jones qualified 6th under the exact same conditions he would use for the race, everyone else knew they were in trouble.
What was WYNNE's was that oil or some type of piston material?
OK hard to believe there another 80 mph average lap speed in this track - Luyendyk at 237 plus
I thought that an official Indianapolis "500" was 252.5 miles (101 out of 200 laps), not 250 miles (or 100 laps).
It might have been different back then, but now you're correct-it's half distance plus one lap.
They were allowed to repair the cars due to a rain delay?
That pace car tho :D
The pace car was a 1967 Chevrolet Camaro SS convertible, to the best of my knowledge. 1967 was the first year on the market for the Camaro.
@@johneddy908 The pace cars were actually a SS/RS, but any badges for the SS badges will replace any RS badges if both options are equiped. The pace you can tell is SS/RS because of the hide-away headlights. Lots of them also didn't have Camaro steering wheels, but instead Impala or Chevelle steering wheels because they looked better with the bright blue deluxe interior. Also, even tho most of the pace cars had blue boots for the white convertible top, just a few were made with a blue convertible top instead of white. Only a few are known to exist.
I know all this and more because my dad owns a 1967 Camaro Pace Car or at least one of the many promotional cars made for the race. Still has all the same options tho :D
when all great drivers tried Indy until f 1 and nascar changed their schedule that kept drivers from first week of qualifying and the race
No Aero, you had to have some big balls
oh dear with engine braking Jones would have been out - just after first rain restart when buddy turned down on him
Had Parnelli Jones' STP Turbine Car Special won the race, how would that have affected the future of what is now known as Indycar?
Maybe. But there's an old saying in racing about something _too_ innovative and successful "stinking up the show". Those things tend to not be around too long before rules get tightened down. We saw it with the turbine cars, and we saw in later with Penske's "stock block" Mercedes engines.
After all these years I still regret that Jones didn't win.
Yeah, me too !
Too bad it wasn't a slightly bigger starting field sometimes cars race better then they qualify.
Really you need to have a counter on the screen for this it's almost childish
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