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	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)

	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 (946 words)

	Indianapolis 500 -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		(born 1951), U.S. race car driver, born in Wichita, Kan.; sprint buggy champion in early 1970s; selected USAC Rookie of the Year 1977; became fastest rookie to qualify for Indianapolis 500 1978; won...
		He began racing in 1957 and won his first Indianapolis 500 race in 1970.
		Victories at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway 500-Mile Race in 1990 and 1997 made Arie Luyendyk the 15th driver in the race's history to hoist the winner's trophy...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9042305 (946 words)

	Historical Document Society Autograph Pages
		Won Indianapolis 500, 1970, 1971, 1978 & 1987;
		Won Indianapolis 500, 1928, 1933 & 1936; Sig on FD Won Indianapolis 500, 1986;
		Won Indianapolis 500, 1979, 1984, 1988 & 1991;
	www.historicaldocumentsociety.com /INDIANAP.htm (946 words)

	Kovels Online - Sports
		Goblet, Indianapolis 500, Mayor's Breakfast, 1970, 4 In.
		Ashtray, Indianapolis 500, Lists Previous Winners, White, 1964, 7 X 7 In.
		Glass, Indianapolis 500, Winners List, 1972, 4 1/8 In.
	pages.kovels.com /55/InventoryPage/1799/1.html (608 words)

	BorgWarner to Present Championship Driver's Trophy, Team Owner's Trophy At Indy 500 Drivers Meeting Saturday
		Like the Championship Driver's Trophy, the Team Owner's Trophy is a replica of the Indianapolis 500 trophy, but has a band of art-deco racing cars accentuated in gold to symbolize the importance of teamwork in auto racing and the automotive business.
		We are delighted to present these tangible symbols of their legendary victories in the demanding and exciting world of auto racing." The BorgWarner Championship Driver's Trophy, a replica of the BorgWarner Indianapolis 500 Trophy, is awarded each year to the winner of the Indianapolis 500.
		(The BorgWarner Indianapolis 500 Trophy does not go home with the winner after it is presented in Victory Circle on race day; it stays on permanent display at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum).
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-22-2003/0001952420&EDATE= (733 words)

	In the zone
		I knew six months in advance Al Unser was going to win the 1970 "500." Round and round Al went in the blue Johnny Lightning Colt - Ford, looking like king of the world on a cool, cloudy race day in Indianapolis.
		I'd predicted Al Unser's 1971 "500" victory within an hour of his 1970 win and this win, although Al's Johnny Lightning Special wasn't as dominant as the previous May, was even more special because it put Al deeper into the record books.
		I have one big NASCAR moment each season and it comes in February when the "Daytona 500" is run.
	www.bjwor.com /2k0901.html (733 words)

	United States Grand Prix
		In extraordinary circumstances, he won his first Grand Prix here, at Watkins Glen back in 1970, and at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway he twice won the Indianapolis 500.
		This car was obsolete by now, and for the Italian Grand Prix, at Monza, Emerson was entered in a Lotus 72, Chapman’s latest masterpiece, and the car with which team leader Jochen Rindt was on course for the World Championship.
		In the German Grand Prix, only his second race, he finished a remarkable fourth in a Lotus 49.
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	United States Grand Prix
		In extraordinary circumstances, he won his first Grand Prix here, at Watkins Glen back in 1970, and at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway he twice won the Indianapolis 500.
		This car was obsolete by now, and for the Italian Grand Prix, at Monza, Emerson was entered in a Lotus 72, Chapman’s latest masterpiece, and the car with which team leader Jochen Rindt was on course for the World Championship.
		In the German Grand Prix, only his second race, he finished a remarkable fourth in a Lotus 49.
	www.usgpindy.com /news/story.php?story_id=554 (733 words)

	Pat Stapleton Case 3 - Affidavit of Defendant
		During the period from 1966 until the early 1970's, my wife and I purchased 500 acres of farm land in the Strathroy area.
		From approximately 1974 to 1979, I played in the World Hockey Association, I was the head coach of the Indianapolis Racers.
		During the period from approximately 1964 to 1974, I played in the National Hockey League, primarily with the Chicago Black Hawks.
	web.kwic.com /loney/cases/case3d.htm (1107 words)

	Encyclopedia: Monaco Grand Prix
		The Monaco Grand Prix is a Formula One race held annually, and since 1929, in the Principality of Monaco considered to be one of the most important and prestigious races around the world alonside Indianapolis 500 and 24 Hours of Le Mans.
		Download high resolution version (2500x2000, 21 KB)Large flag of Monaco (Flag ratio: 4:5); used on land as a national and civil flag and at sea as a national and civil ensign.
		The Monaco Grand Prix, held there annually, was first organized by Antony Noghes, a well-to-do cigarette manufacturer and a resident of Monte Carlo, under the auspices of Prince Louis II through the establishing of the "Automobile Club de Monaco" of which Noghes was the founding president.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Monaco-Grand-Prix (695 words)

	f1 facts page 3
		HELMUT KOINIGG DROVE IN 2 GRANDS PRIX WITH A 10TH PLACE FINISH AT MOSPORT PARK IN 1974 IN HE WAS THE ONLY DRIVER IN F1 HISTORY TO HAVE WON THE INDIANAPOLIS 500, LeMANS, AND THE F1 WORLD DRIVERS TITLE CHAMPIONSHIP.
		JORDAN AND THEIR WIND TUNNEL WERE USED IN 1997 FOR TRAINING BY THE BRITISH ALPINE SKI TEAM TO WAS THE 4TH TIME McCLAREN AND FERRARI MET FOR A DECIDING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE.
		IT WAS THE FIRST TIME A BRITISH DRIVER WON A GERMAN GRAND PRIX.
	www.f1cartvideos.com /funfactsonf13.html (695 words)

	McLaren Motorsport : McLaren Racing, Motor Racing Memorabilia, Formula 1 Memorabilia, Formula 1 Racing History
		Indianapolis 500 - including autographed programme - Peter Revson
		1970 Signed BRDC Dinner and Dance Menu Program - autographs D Hulme, G Hill, P Gethin, Jack Brabham, K Tyrrell and J Oliver
		South African Grand Prix - including Team Manager
	www.mclarenmotorsport.co.nz /mml.html (695 words)

	f1 facts page 3
		HELMUT KOINIGG DROVE IN 2 GRANDS PRIX WITH A 10TH PLACE FINISH AT MOSPORT PARK IN 1974 IN HE WAS THE ONLY DRIVER IN F1 HISTORY TO HAVE WON THE INDIANAPOLIS 500, LeMANS, AND THE F1 WORLD DRIVERS TITLE CHAMPIONSHIP.
		RICARDO PALETTI DIED AT THE CANADIAN GRAND PRIX IN 1982 IN MONTREAL.
		HE DROVE IN ONLY 1 GRAND PRIX IN THE 1964 BELGIUM GRAND PRIX IN A BRETSCHER TEAM BRABHAM BT42.
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	f1 facts page 3
		HELMUT KOINIGG DROVE IN 2 GRANDS PRIX WITH A 10TH PLACE FINISH AT MOSPORT PARK IN 1974 IN HE WAS THE ONLY DRIVER IN F1 HISTORY TO HAVE WON THE INDIANAPOLIS 500, LeMANS, AND THE F1 WORLD DRIVERS TITLE CHAMPIONSHIP.
		RICARDO PALETTI DIED AT THE CANADIAN GRAND PRIX IN 1982 IN MONTREAL.
		HE DROVE IN ONLY 1 GRAND PRIX IN THE 1964 BELGIUM GRAND PRIX IN A BRETSCHER TEAM BRABHAM BT42.
	www.f1cartvideos.com /funfactsonf13.html (695 words)

	Formula One Books UK F1 Grand Prix Bookshop
		It celebrates Clark's 1967 Dutch victory in a Cosworth-powered Lotus which was the first time a new, untried engine won its maiden race, and his position as 1963 and 1965 Formula 1 World Champion and how in 1965 became the first non-American to win the Indianapolis 500.
		I bought my first after the classic 1970 season.
		Examines the evolution of Grand Prix motor racing through one of its classic decades, when the sport moved into the commercial and high-tech era.
	www.born-again-christian.info /f1.htm (695 words)

	..:: Full Throttle - Motoring and Motor Racing - VHS Video & DVD ::..
		British Invasion, Indianapolis 500- Features the 1965 qualifying and race (won by Jim Clark) and the 1966 race, almost won by Clark and Jackie Stewart but it was Graham Hill who took the flag.
		Monaco Grand Prix 1957- Story of the fight between Fangio (Maserati 250F), Moss (Vanwall), Brooks (Vanwall), Collins (Ferrari 850) and Hawthorn (Ferrari 850), which sees three of them in a dramatic accident on the harbour wall.
		Monaco, Dutch (Zandvoort), British (Aintree) - Starring Moss and Fangio, Monaco was a great race with the Mercedes dropping like flies and a trip into the harbour for Ascari in the Lancia.
	www.32fullthrottle.freeserve.co.uk /single.htm (695 words)

	Jews in Sports from A to M
		American Formular One driver Peter Revson, who won the 1973 British and Canadian Grand Prix events and was runner-up at the 1971 Indianapolis 500, was killed during a practice run in 1974.
		He was appointed captain of the South African team for the 1970 test matches against England, the first Jew to reach such a position.
		Though an outspoken advocate of multiracial cricket, he was to have led his all-white team in the Commonwealth Matches at Edinburgh in 1970, but violent opposition in England to South African apartheid in sport caused cancellation of his team's participation.
	www.jewishsports.com /jewsin/history/a2mhistory.htm (695 words)

	f1 facts page 3
		HELMUT KOINIGG DROVE IN 2 GRANDS PRIX WITH A 10TH PLACE FINISH AT MOSPORT PARK IN 1974 IN HE WAS THE ONLY DRIVER IN F1 HISTORY TO HAVE WON THE INDIANAPOLIS 500, LeMANS, AND THE F1 WORLD DRIVERS TITLE CHAMPIONSHIP.
		1970 BRITISH GRANDS PRIX WAS WON BY JOCHEN RINDT WHEN HE PASSED JACK BRABHAM ON WITH McLAREN.
		IF IT'S RIDGID IT'S EASY TO BREAK, IF IT'S FLEXIBLE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BREAK." BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX THE FIRST 3 RACES WERE WON BY BRAZILIANS WITH EMERSON FITTIPALDI IN 1973 & 1974 AND CARLOS PACE WON IN 1975.
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	St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Al Unser
		In addition to winning Indianapolis four times (1970, 1971, 1978, and 1987), Unser won the Pocono 500 and the Ontario 500 twice each.
		Al& uncle, Louie Unser, attempted qualification at the Indianapolis 500 in 1940; his brother Jerry was national stock car champion in 1956 but was killed in 1959 while on a practice lap at Indianapolis.
		Al Unser, Sr., one of the foremost names in the sport of auto racing, is known primarily for his remarkable success at the Indianapolis 500.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419201238 (651 words)

	St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Al Unser
		In addition to winning Indianapolis four times (1970, 1971, 1978&; and 1987), Unser won the Pocono 500 and the Ontario 500 twice each.
		Al Unser, Sr., one of the foremost names in the sport of auto racing&; is known primarily for his remarkable success at the Indianapolis 500.
		Al's uncle, Louie Unser, attempted qualification at the Indianapolis 500 in 1940; his brother Jerry was national stock car champion in 1956 but was killed in 1959 while on a practice lap at Indianapolis.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419201238 (651 words)

	United States Grand Prix
		Graham Rahal, son of Bobby Rahal, who won the 1986 Indianapolis 500 as a driver and the 2004 Indy 500 as the team co-owner of Buddy Rice’s car, and Federico Montoya, brother of Williams-BMW driver Juan Pablo Montoya, are competing in the series.
		Soon after the checkered flag fell on Michael Schumacher’s winning Ferrari at the Canadian Grand Prix, Formula One teams were racing to pack up their cars and equipment to be shipped from Montreal to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the United States Grand Prix on June 20.
		He won 14 Grands Prix during his career, and his first F1 victory came in the 1970 United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen.
	www.usgpindy.com /news/story.php?story_id=3000 (651 words)

	Catalog 1 - Biographies, General Biographies, Auto Racing Books, Misc. Racing Memorabilia, British Racing Memorabilia, Yearbooks & Annuals
		THE INDIANAPOLIS 500: THE WORLD'S MOST EXCITING AUTO RACE by Lyle Kenyon Engel, 1970/1972.
		INDIANAPOLIS 500 MEDALLIONS: I was told by an Indianapolis coin dealer that these were presented to Band members participating in the ceremonies at the Indy 500.
		CHEVROLET: THE LOUIS CHEVROLET MEMORIAL by Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 1976.
	www.motorlit.com /speedway_motorbooks/page1.htm (2834 words)

	In the zone
		I knew six months in advance Al Unser was going to win the 1970 "500." Round and round Al went in the blue Johnny Lightning Colt - Ford, looking like king of the world on a cool, cloudy race day in Indianapolis.
		I have one big NASCAR moment each season and it comes in February when the "Daytona 500" is run.
		I wanted Tony Stewart to win the "Daytona 500" or at least the "Brickyard 400." Dale Jarrett won the "Great American Race" for the third time and it was one of the most boring "Daytona 500" races I can recall.
	www.bjwor.com /2k0901.html (2834 words)

	In the zone
		I knew six months in advance Al Unser was going to win the 1970 "500." Round and round Al went in the blue Johnny Lightning Colt - Ford, looking like king of the world on a cool, cloudy race day in Indianapolis.
		I'd predicted Al Unser's 1971 "500" victory within an hour of his 1970 win and this win, although Al's Johnny Lightning Special wasn't as dominant as the previous May, was even more special because it put Al deeper into the record books.
		I have one big NASCAR moment each season and it comes in February when the "Daytona 500" is run.
	www.bjwor.com /2k0901.html (2834 words)

	Parnelli Jones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jones won the Indianapolis 500 again as an owner in 1970 and 1971 with driver Al Unser.
		Rufus "Parnelli" Jones (born August 12, 1933 in Texarkana, Arkansas), is an American racing driver who won the 1963 Indianapolis 500.
		In 1961, he was named the Indianapolis 500 rookie of the year that he shared with Bobby Marshman.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parnelli_Jones (176 words)

	indy0521
		Driving in her first race since breaking wrist in a crash in last year's Indianapolis 500.
		and cousin of Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser Jr.
		Son of Jerry Unser, who was killed at the Indianapolis Speedway in 1959.
	www.cincypost.com /sports/1997/indy052197.html (911 words)

	RICHARD PETTY - NASCAR's Greatest Driver
		Riverside International Raceway, CA: Motor Trend 500 - 1969; Falstaff 400 - 1970, Winston Western 500 - 1972; Tuborg 400 - 1975; NAPA 400 - 1977
		Since the Brickyard 400 was added to the Crown Jewel races, "Dirty Dale" Earnhardt notched 12 Crown Jewel race victories before his death in the 2001 Daytona 500.
		In 1994, the Brickyard 400, run at the world famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway, became the fourth of NASCAR's Crown Jewel Races.
	www.jeromegoolsby.net /racing2.html (911 words)

	John Charles Dailey (July 28, 1946 - March 13, 2003)
		Although he didn't seem as excited as he had when Rutherford nearly took the pole for the 1970 "500" from Al Unser, I could tell John was pleased.
		I was wondering how John was feeling about Johnny Rutherford's "500" win when I received his phone call.
		Johnny Rutherford came to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May 1963 as a good looking Fort Worth, Texas "hot shot" from the old IMCA sprint car circuit.
	www.bjwor.com /030314.html (5930 words)

	Oldsmobiles Pace "The Race"
		Oldsmobile has the proud heritage of being at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway a total of 10 times to pace the Indianapolis 500.
		Oldsmobile did not produce any replica versions of the pace car, however the car is sure to be a collectible in the fact that it is the first 4-door sedan to pace the Indy 500 since the 1947 Nash Ambassador.
		Oldsmobile hadn't supplied a pace car for ten years, but the 4-4-2 it delivered for the 1970 race proved that the division hadn't forgotten what it takes.
	www.oldsclub.org /History/PaceCars/IndyOldsPaceCars.htm (2449 words)

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