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Bobby Unser Wins Indy 500 Amid Rain and Luck
In a rain shortened 435 mile race, Bobby Unser edged Rutherford and Foyt as the downpour turned the track to mud. Wiry late shifts, a Sneva crash, Bettenhausen wheel loss and a caution helped Unser claim the $214,031 prize in 2 hours 54 minutes 55.08 seconds.
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Indianapolis
Johnny Rutherford
Tom Binford
Binford
Pat Vidan
Bobby Unser
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Rutherford
Tom Sneva
Bobby
Dan Gurney
Foyt
Dallenbach
Unser
Sneva
Eldon Rasmussen
Gary Bettenhausen
Pancho Carter
Roger McCluskey
Billy Vukovich
Bill Puterbaugh
Lloyd Ruby
Gordon Johncock
Mario Andretti
Albuquerque
N.M
Fort Worth
Tex
A.J. Foyt
Houston
Duane ‘‘Pancho”’ Carter
Brownsburg
Ind
Tucson
Ariz
Bill Vukovich
Fresno
Calif
Bill Peterbaugh
George Snider
Bakersfield
Wally Dallenbach
Basalt
Colo
Bob Harkey
Salt Walther
Dayton
Ohio
Steve Krisiloff
Parsippany
N.J
Sheldon Kinser
Bloomington
Jerry Karl
Manchester
Jimmy Caruthers
Anaheim
Monrovia
al Unser
Sam Sessions
Nashville
Mich
Tom Bigelow
Whitewater
Wis
Johnny Parsons
Jerry Grant
Irvine
Dick Simon
Salt Lake City
Utah
Spokane
Wash
Bentley Warren
West Gloucester
Mass
Bobby Allston
Hueytown
Ala
Mike Mosley
Fallbrook
John Martin
Nazareth
Mike Hiss
Tustin
Larry McCoy
Langehorn
Phoenix
Wichita Falls
Rick Mather
al Loquast