Kirkwood now holds a commanding 22-point lead over Malukas, which means that one more Cooper Tires Pole Award in the final qualifying session tomorrow morning and being able to take the start of the race would be enough for him to become the first driver to win titles in Indy Lights,...
New to the Jud Phillips half of the Leader Card team for Bobby Unser to race at the 1970 Indy 500. However, Unser preferred his usual 1967 car and the 1970 car was only used in practice. According to a later Hungness yearbook, the car was entered as a spare in 1971 and in 1972 a...
In the #60 Joe Leonard won the pole with a new 4 lap speed record of 171.599. In the above #70 Graham Hill set the single lap record of 171.208. But success would elude them and right after the "500" the rule makers came for them. Some of this car's technology continued on for ...
As Unser’s Johnny Lightning rolls onto the track, the TV announcer’s voice booms: “To win the pole, all he has to do is keep on doing what he’s been doing.” Parnelli and Vel Miletich had put together a team that was simply unstoppable. They were on the pole...