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	National Indy 500 Collector Club
		1961 marked the 50th Anniversary of Ray Harrouns victory in the first '500' in 1911 and in commemoration of that win, the Speedway issued a "gold" colored badge instead of bronze.
		Ray Harroun in the Marmon Wasp is shown at center with checkered flags on each side with the dates "1911" and "1961" on them.
		The 1960 badge is a small badge measuring 1 1/16" x 3/4" and depicts a Champion spark plug in front of an aerial view of the Speedway.
	www.ni500cc.com /badges/badges6069.html

	Indianapolis 500
		Pit action during the 1961 Indianapolis 500 is fast and furious as A.J. Foyt has brought the Bowes Seal Fast entry in for a quick stop for tires and fuel.
		Fans are enjoying an incredible view of the 1961 Indianapolis 500 from the Penthouse seats along the main straightaway.
		The 1955 Indianapolis 500 field is forming up as it exits Turn 2 on the Pace Lap.
	www.indy500.com /imageoftheday

	Indianapolis 500
		Pit action during the 1961 Indianapolis 500 is fast and furious as A.J. Foyt has brought the Bowes Seal Fast entry in for a quick stop for tires and fuel.
		Fans are enjoying an incredible view of the 1961 Indianapolis 500 from the Penthouse seats along the main straightaway.
		The 1955 Indianapolis 500 field is forming up as it exits Turn 2 on the Pace Lap.
	www.indy500.com /imageoftheday

	MSN Encarta - Search View - Indianapolis 500
		There have been three four-time winners of the Indianapolis 500 (all American drivers): A. Foyt (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977), Al Unser (1970, 1971, 1978, 1987), and Rick Mears (1979, 1984, 1988, 1991).
		Indianapolis 500, one of the oldest and most prestigious automobile races in the world, with the largest purse in automobile racing.
		The type of car raced at the Indianapolis 500, known as an Indy car, is open-wheeled and has an open cockpit, a six-speed manual transmission, a normally aspirated 3.0-liter racing engine placed behind the driver, rear-wheel drive, and aerodynamic devices that help the car hold the track.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761579713__1/Indianapolis_500.html (946 words)

	GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Circuits > Indianapolis Motor Speedway
		The bricks were paved over with asphalt in 1961 and in 1963 Jim Clark arrived with his rear-engined Lotus and the big roadsters were given notice that their days were numbered.
		Indianapolis served as a landing strip and repair depot for the military during the conflict, but in 1919 the race was on again.
		In 1998 George agreed a deal with Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone for Indianapolis to host the United States Grand Prix in 2000 and funded a massive construction program to build a Formula 1 road course on the Indianapolis infield and replace the existing pitlane facilities with new buildings.
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/cir-027.html (1225 words)

	GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Circuits > Indianapolis Motor Speedway
		Indianapolis served as a landing strip and repair depot for the military during the conflict, but in 1919 the race was on again.
		With speeds for a single lap creeping ever closer to 150mph, the Indy 500 continued to pack in the crowds.
		The bricks were paved over with asphalt in 1961 and in 1963 Jim Clark arrived with his rear-engined Lotus and the big roadsters were given notice that their days were numbered.
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/cir-027.html (1225 words)

	Encyclopedia: Sports Illustrated
		May 26, 1958 - SI 's 1958 Indianapolis 500 preview issue featured Pat O'Connor, who was killed in a 15-car pileup during the first lap of the race.
		February 13, 1961 - Laurence Owen was billed as "America's Most Exciting Girl Skater." Two days after the cover date, Owen and the rest of the United States figure skating team perished in a plane crash.
		January 31, 1955 - The week that an issue featuring her was on the stands, skier Jill Kinmont struck a tree during a practice run and was paralyzed from the neck down.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sports-Illustrated (1225 words)

	CNNSI.com - Motor Sports - Brack back at Indianapolis 500, but he won't drive - Tuesday May 16, 2000 11:06 PM
		He has been called the "Grand Champion of the Indianapolis 500." He is the first four-time champion of the Indianapolis 500, winning in a front-engine roadster in 1961 and 1964 and in a rear-engine car in 1967 and 1977.
		INDIANAPOLIS (Ticker) -- The defending champion of the Indianapolis 500 won't be in a race car on race day.
		The Indianapolis 500 is about great names and there is no bigger name in the 91-year history of the event than A.J. Foyt.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /motorsports/news/2000/05/16/brack_indy_st (1225 words)

	Duesenberg-Racing Indy
		Three drivers have won the Indianapolis 500 four times each: A.J. Foyt (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977); Al Unser (1970, 1971, 1978, 1987) and Rick Mears (1979, 1984, 1988, 1991).
		A distance of 500 miles was settled upon, and Ray Harroun won the first Indianapolis 500 in 1911 in six hours, 42 minutes and eight seconds.
		Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Louis Meyer regularly drank buttermilk to refresh himself on a hot day and happened to drink some in Victory Lane as a matter of habit after winning the 1936 race.
	www.duesenberg-racing.com /indy.htm (1225 words)

	Johnson's Indy 500
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		Indy 500 Winners Who Won the Following Week
		Drivers Who Won Their First Championship/Indy Car Race in the "500"
	www.geocities.com /johnsonindy500/indy500/indymenu.html (1225 words)

	we feel the blues when we lose
		During the second week of practice for the 1961 "Indianapolis 500," Foyt was the 1960 Indy car USAC National champion, Hurtibise was the one and four lap record holder at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Parnelli Jones was the most heralded rookie driver to that time perhaps.
		"Indianapolis 500" winner Gil de Ferran missed the final race of the 2002 season at Texas Motor Speedway after suffering injuries in a crash during the previous IRL event at Chicagoland Speedway.
		George Amick, who finished second in his rookie appearance in the 1958 "Indianapolis 500," was decapitated in a mishap on the final lap of the Indy car race that opened competition at the brand new Daytona International Speedway in early February 1959.
	www.bjwor.com /031112.html (1225 words)

	Two-Time Indianapolis 500 Winner Rodger Ward Dies - Motor Trend News
		In October 1960, Ward got a chance to drive Brabham's rear-engine Formula One Cooper-Climax during a feasibility test at the Speedway, which paved the way for Brabham to compete in the 1961 Indianapolis 500 in a rear-engine car.
		After the 1960 Indianapolis 500, Ward suggested to legendary Formula One team owner John Cooper and to World Champion Jack Brabham, with whom he had become friends, to try a rear-engine car at the Speedway.
		Ward failed to qualify for the 1965 Indianapolis 500 but qualified for his 15th and final start in 1966.
	motortrend.com /features/news/112_news040707_ward/index2.html (1225 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Obituaries / Rodger Ward, at 83; won Indianapolis 500 in '59, '62
		Ward won the 500 in 1959 and 1962 and, during a six-year stretch starting in 1959, had the finest record of anyone in Indianapolis Motor Speedway history.
		LOS ANGELES -- Rodger Ward, the oldest living winner of the Indianapolis 500 and one of its most revered champions, died Monday at a hospice in Anaheim, Calif., at age 83, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced.
		After his victory in '59, he finished second in 1960, third in 1961, first in 1962, fourth in 1963, and second in 1964.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/07/09/rodger_ward_at_83_won_indianapolis_500_in_59_62 (1225 words)

	we feel the blues when we lose
		During the second week of practice for the 1961 "Indianapolis 500," Foyt was the 1960 Indy car USAC National champion, Hurtibise was the one and four lap record holder at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Parnelli Jones was the most heralded rookie driver to that time perhaps.
		"Indianapolis 500" winner Gil de Ferran missed the final race of the 2002 season at Texas Motor Speedway after suffering injuries in a crash during the previous IRL event at Chicagoland Speedway.
		George Amick, who finished second in his rookie appearance in the 1958 "Indianapolis 500," was decapitated in a mishap on the final lap of the Indy car race that opened competition at the brand new Daytona International Speedway in early February 1959.
	www.bjwor.com /031112.html (1225 words)

	CNNSI.com - Motor Sports - Brack back at Indianapolis 500, but he won't drive - Tuesday May 16, 2000 11:06 PM
		He has been called the "Grand Champion of the Indianapolis 500." He is the first four-time champion of the Indianapolis 500, winning in a front-engine roadster in 1961 and 1964 and in a rear-engine car in 1967 and 1977.
		INDIANAPOLIS (Ticker) -- The defending champion of the Indianapolis 500 won't be in a race car on race day.
		The Indianapolis 500 is about great names and there is no bigger name in the 91-year history of the event than A.J. Foyt.
	www.cnnsi.com /motorsports/news/2000/05/16/brack_indy_st/index.html (1225 words)

	we feel the blues when we lose
		During the second week of practice for the 1961 "Indianapolis 500," Foyt was the 1960 Indy car USAC National champion, Hurtibise was the one and four lap record holder at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Parnelli Jones was the most heralded rookie driver to that time perhaps.
		"Indianapolis 500" winner Gil de Ferran missed the final race of the 2002 season at Texas Motor Speedway after suffering injuries in a crash during the previous IRL event at Chicagoland Speedway.
		George Amick, who finished second in his rookie appearance in the 1958 "Indianapolis 500," was decapitated in a mishap on the final lap of the Indy car race that opened competition at the brand new Daytona International Speedway in early February 1959.
	www.bjwor.com /031112.html (1225 words)

	1956 Indy 500® Winner - #8
		Pat Flaherty won the Indianapolis 500® from the pole in 1956, driving A.J. Watson's first roadster for John Zink, Jr.'s defending Indy® champion team.
		Watson would go on to build another 22 Indy roadsters that would win the 500 five more times, along with a 1961 win for a Trevis-built Watson copy.
		This exquisite model is endorsed by Pat Flaherty, authorized by A.J. Watson, and licensed by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum®.
	www.apolloinc.org /4409.htm (1225 words)

	Indianapolis 500 NEWS, INFORMATION AND RESOURCES
		INDIANAPOLIS, Monday, May 9, 2005 Alvin Junior A.J. Shepherd, who drove in the 1961 Indianapolis 500, died May 8 in Miami, Okla. He was 78.
		INDIANAPOLIS, Thursday, May 19, 2005 Practice for the 89th Indianapolis 500 was canceled May 19 due to persistent rain at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
		INDIANAPOLIS, Thursday, April 21, 2005 The Last Row Party will reach a significant number in Indianapolis 500 lore 33 this year as the annual gathering to honor the 11th and final row of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing celebrates its 33rd anniversary in 2005.
	www.theindyweb.com /indianapolis-500.html (1225 words)

	CNNSI.com - Motor Sports - Brack back at Indianapolis 500, but he won't drive - Tuesday May 16, 2000 11:06 PM
		He has been called the "Grand Champion of the Indianapolis 500." He is the first four-time champion of the Indianapolis 500, winning in a front-engine roadster in 1961 and 1964 and in a rear-engine car in 1967 and 1977.
		Foyt has raced in the Indianapolis 500 as a member of the United States Auto Club (USAC), CART and now is an owner in the Indy Racing Northern Light Series.
		Kenny Brack, winner of the 1999 Indianapolis 500, is now a member of the CART FedEx Championship Series, where he is one of two drivers at Team Rahal.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /motorsports/news/2000/05/16/brack_indy_st (1225 words)

	1954 Indy 500® - Car#7
		The roadsters Watson built from 1956 through 1963 are famed as the fastest front-engine open wheel cars in racing history, winning the Indianapolis 500® in 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961 (Watson copy by Floyd Trevis), 1962, 1963, and 1964.
		Estes' mechanics would go on to win the Indianapolis 500® as chief mechanic for other car owners, Watson in 1955, 1956, 1959, and 1962 and Phillips in 1968.
		Bill Vukovich won the 1954 Indianapolis 500® at a record speed of 130.840 mph.
	www.apolloinc.org /5001.htm (1225 words)

	GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Circuits > Indianapolis Motor Speedway
		Vukovich won in 1953 and 1954 and was leading in 1955 when he was killed, flipping on the back straight.
		Indianapolis served as a landing strip and repair depot for the military during the conflict, but in 1919 the race was on again.
		The bricks were paved over with asphalt in 1961 and in 1963 Jim Clark arrived with his rear-engined Lotus and the big roadsters were given notice that their days were numbered.
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/cir-027.html (1225 words)

	Indianapolis 500 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In fact, it wouldn't be until the Indianapolis 500 was removed from the calendar that Europeans made their return, with Australian Jack Brabham driving his slightly modified F1 Cooper in the 1961 race.
		However, the Indianapolis 500 sided with USAC for the next several years and became the only high-level race the body still sanctioned once its own Championship series was discontinued the next year, and the race was temporarily removed from the championship calendar, although the same cars and drivers were in attendance.
		The U.S. 500 never generated much in the way of fan interest or TV ratings associated with a "big-time" race; it was moved from being directly opposite the Indianapolis 500 on the same day and then discontinued altogether.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Indianapolis_500 (2508 words)

	Coastal181.com / Online Catalog
		Can you believe when the 1961 Western North Carolina 500 was declared over after only 250 miles because of a deteriorating track surface, 4,000 fans held the drivers hostage One of NASCAR’s earliest tracks, in Daytona, Florida, used a beach for one straightaway and a public highway for the other.
		Richly illustrated with hundreds of colorful photographs from the ISC Publications-Archives, Daytona 500: The Official History is the definitive record of the premier event in stock car racing.
		All of the legends of NASCAR are here, from Richard Petty, whose career at Daytona included an unrivalled seven 500 victories, to Dale Earnhardt, whose relentless pursuit of a Daytona 500 trophy lasted decades before his triumph in 1998.
	www.coastal181.com /bookstore.htm (2508 words)

	Coastal181.com / Online Catalog
		Can you believe when the 1961 Western North Carolina 500 was declared over after only 250 miles because of a deteriorating track surface, 4,000 fans held the drivers hostage One of NASCAR’s earliest tracks, in Daytona, Florida, used a beach for one straightaway and a public highway for the other.
		Richly illustrated with hundreds of colorful photographs from the ISC Publications-Archives, Daytona 500: The Official History is the definitive record of the premier event in stock car racing.
		All of the legends of NASCAR are here, from Richard Petty, whose career at Daytona included an unrivalled seven 500 victories, to Dale Earnhardt, whose relentless pursuit of a Daytona 500 trophy lasted decades before his triumph in 1998.
	www.coastal181.com /bookstore.htm (2508 words)

	F1A&G - U.S. GP 2000
		The date for the inaugural USGP at Indianapolis has recently been announced as September 24, 2000, to follow the mid-June Canadian GP and the well-known Memorial Day (late-May) running of the Indianapolis 500.
		In December 1998, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corp. (IMS) and Formula One Administration Ltd. announced an agreement to bring Formula One racing to the United States in 2000 in Indianapolis.
		"Being able to bring Formula One not only back to the United States but back to Indianapolis, where Formula One took place in its growing years, I am sorry that Colin cannot be with us to witness the return," said Bernie Ecclestone, chief executive officer of FOA.
	www.f1-grandprix.com /usgp.html (2508 words)

	Formula One charade may cost sport a fistful of dollars
		When Formula One returned in 2000 to Indianapolis, where the famed Indianapolis 500 was part of the world championship from 1950-60, it seemed like a good blend of F-1's sophistication with US auto racing tradition.
		I'm sure America doesn't love Formula One right now," said McLaren boss Ron Dennis, whose team was one of seven that declined to start the race because of concerns over the durability of their Michelin tyres.
		Formula One's campaign to win the hearts, and dollars, of American fans hit the wall at Sunday's embarrassing US Grand Prix.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=48278 (2508 words)

	pitpass - the latest, hottest F1 news
		Monza is the second oldest Grand Prix location, Indianapolis host of the United States GP, and the Indianapolis 500, which counted towards the Formula One World Championship between 1950 and 1960, is 13 years its senior.
		Among those are one of three Italian women Grand Prix drivers; the other two are the only women ever to have raced in a Grand Prix, and Lella Lombardi was the only women to get into the points.
		The Pescara Grand Prix was held in 1957, the only Grand Prix to be named after a town rather than a country, continent or region.
	www.pitpass.com /src/seasons/2004/gp/italy/facts.php (2508 words)

	The 50th Anniversary F1 Quiz
		Which was the first non Indianapolis 500 Grand Prix event held outside Europe?
		Which was the first (non-Indianapolis) World Championship Grand Prix in which no Alfa Romeo finished on the podium?
		When was the last World Championship Grand Prix win achieved by a front-engined car?
	www.atlasf1.com /99/dec15/quiz.html (2508 words)

	ColtraNET's Road and Track Index
		FEAT: 1.5L Grand Prix engine formula, Chevy Corvette Mako Shark II prototype, Chevy Corvette competition roadster prototype, Cyclops 007, concours d'elegance, Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis off-season, Overseas Happy Motor Sales, 32-valve Coventry Climax V8, Paris via Ford Mustang
		FEAT: David L. Draper, future auto racing, Automotive Import Recycling Inc., Porsche dealerships, turbocharger oil, 1961 Monaco Grand Prix, Mercedes-Benz future cars, crash repair costs, Niki Lauda, Blue Train 6.5L Bentley
		FEAT: Bruce Meyers, Pontiac Fiero prototype, Rudolf Diesel, new Toyota vehicles, police radar, ticket-fighting tips, early speed traps, Birkin Bentley, 1957 German Grand Prix, Meyers SR, Chevy Citation X11, Unlimited Hydroplane racing, Ford Escort XR3, promotional models, 55 Ferrari Bardahl Experimental, video cameras
	www.coltranet.com /zines/roadtrac.html (2508 words)

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