YOUR NIAGARA PAUL

Sunday 28 May 2017

INDIANAPOLIS 500 1977



I, with my brother John and Debbie, went to the Indy 500.

Legend and the Wikipedia say we saw history.

Tom Seneva was the first to qualify at over 200mph.
Janet Guthrie was the first woman to qualify.
A.J. Foyt scored his fourth and then record win.












Mario A. / Gordon Johncock.



When you get 250,000 people together, .....

Big Al

In these grand days, as in this year, I believe there were over twenty guys who failed to qualify.



Well done Super Tex.
Well done indeed.





Box score[edit]

FinishStartNoNameQualRankLapsLedStatus
1414United States A.J. Foyt (W)194.563520046Running
218United States Tom Sneva198.88612003Running
3321United States Al Unser (W)195.950419917Flagged
41040United States Wally Dallenbach Sr.189.563131990Flagged
51160United States Johnny Parsons189.255141930Flagged
62224United States Tom Bigelow186.470251920Flagged
72465United States Lee Kunzman186.384271910Flagged
81811United States Roger McCluskey190.992101910Flagged
92592United States Steve Krisiloff184.691331910Flagged
101636United States Jerry Sneva (R)186.616231870Flagged
11520United States Gordon Johncock (W)193.5166184129Crankshaft
122816United States Bill Puterbaugh186.799221700Valve
133258Canada Eldon Rasmussen185.119311680Flagged
143142United States John Mahler
(Relieved by Larry Cannon; Laps 150-157)
185.242301570Flagged
15848United States Pancho Carter192.45291560Engine
162198United States Gary Bettenhausen186.596241380Clutch
172384United States Bill Vukovich II186.393261101Wing Strut
1826United States Bobby Unser (W)197.6182942Oil Leak
1995United States Mike Mosley190.06412910Timing Gear
20725United States Danny Ongais (R)193.0408900Header
213372United States Bubby Jones (R)184.93832780Valve
222729Canada Cliff Hucul (R)187.19821720Gearbox
232073United States Jim McElreath187.71519710Turbocharger
241318United States George Snider188.97716652Valve
251478United States Bobby Olivero (R)188.45217570Piston
2669United States Mario Andretti (W)193.3517470Header
271910United States Lloyd Ruby190.84011340Crash T2
281586United States Al Loquasto187.64720280Magneto
292627United States Janet Guthrie (R)188.40318270Timing Gear
302938Switzerland Clay Regazzoni (R)186.04728250Fuel Cell
313017United States Dick Simon185.61529240Overheating
321297United States Sheldon Kinser189.07615140Piston
33172United States Johnny Rutherford (W)197.3253120Gearbox

Drive safely everybody!