1962 Indianapolis 500 Film

[@arfriedman4577]

My dad was one of parnell Jones mechanics and received an award for helping set up the car to win.

[@arfriedman4577]

I'm so glad to see this footage. Its beautiful. My dad was pit crew for parnell joones.

[@bloqk16]

@15:59 when AJ Foyt car was disabled and he ran back to the pits . . . for those not familiar with how USAC Champ Car series points system was back then: The reason Foyt climbed into Paul Russo's car was for earning points towards the Champ Car championship, as being the substitute driver for Russo, Foyt's finishing position at the end of the race would be higher; where he'd earn more points towards the championship . . . that is, after some calculations were done to split the points with Russo. This was a practice that ended after the 1968 Champ Car season, as the 1967 & '68 season ending race at Riverside made for frantic scrambles for points, which involved car hopping/substituting with Foyt competing against Mario Andretti in 1967 for the championship; and Andretti with Bobby Unser in 1968. The 1968 Riverside race was notable with Andretti crashing the Lotus Turbine he was substitute driving with; then climbing into Lloyd Ruby's racer afterwards to finish the race, but losing the championship by a narrow margin. For the USAC Champ Car series in 1969, once a driver had parked his car due to crash or mechanical failure, there was no more driver substitution for earning points towards the championship.

[@stephensmith1794]

Australia’s Jack Brabham took the first rear engine car to Indy in 1961. By 1966 all cars were rear engines.. met jack at a book signing in Sydney before his passing.

[@cjs83172]

Actually, it wasn't until 1969 that every car in the field at Indy was a rear-engine car. The 1966 and 1968 races did have one roadster in the field and the turbine car in 1967 had it's engine next to the driver. Nonetheless, the pace at which the roadsters went the way of the do-do bird was astounding, given that A.J. Foyt won the 1964 race in a roadster. A lot of that has to do with Ford getting behind the Lotus team in 1963, and winning with Lotus, Jim Clark, and the Wood Brothers in 1965.

[@bblaylk]

Finest cars and drivers in 500 history, I dare say. Just imagine how those guys physically felt after about 25 laps...

[@altfactor]

The narrator of the film appears to be Dick Tuefeld, best remembered as the voice of the robot in the 1965-68 TV series "Lost In Space". "Last week as you recall, we left the Jupiter 2 hurtling towards what our space travelers hoped would be Alpha Centauri, until Dr. Smith messed around with the controls, which would send the ship back in time to Indianapolis on Memorial Day, 1962...".

[@cjs83172]

Correct. Dick Tufeld narrated both this film of the 1962 Indianapolis 500 and the official film of the race the year before, 1961. In addition to his role as the narrator of "Lost in Space", he did narration for the openings for DePatie-Freleng, which became Marvel Productions in 1981. He narrated the opening for the ill-fated Fantastic Four series in which Herbie the Robot was inserted to replace the Human Torch, as well as the for the 1979 Spider-Woman series and both 1981 Spider-Man series after DePatie-Freleng became Marvel Productions. Frequently in those days, sports film studios would use famous actors and sportscasters to narrate the sports films, giving them a higher profile. For example, in 1968, NFL Films used William Woodson to narrate both the 1967 NFL Championship Game, better known as the "Ice Bowl", as well as the official film of Super Bowl II. And Tufeld would not be the only famous voice-over actor Championship Racefilms would use to narrate the official Indianapolis 500 film. In 1975 and '76, they had legendary narrator Marvin Miller narrate the film, and I believe actor Ted Knight narrated the 1980 Indianapolis 500 film, though I'm not quite as sure about that.

[@TimRobinson-hc7mt]

These are great videos to post love the vintage Indi races this one is from the year I was born I was just 5 months then

[@musicstewart9744]

70 entrants for 33 starting spots. Wow. That is something you do not see anymore.

[@cjs83172]

No it isn't, although that's always been a deceiving stat, because that always counted back-up cars teams would bring, so the number of entries was always inflated, to a degree. For instance, 117 cars were entered in 1984, with 87 of them actually being seen in the garage area. I trust the way it's done in NASCAR a little more, because only the teams who enter a given race are counted as entries, not the number of cars that enter, because that would include back-up cars.

[@RealRunner7]

There were still at least 50 entrants every year through 1995 then starting in 1996 there would be about 35 thanks to Tony George.

[@andyharman3022]

I was curious about Dan Gurney's rear-engine car, and Googled "Harvey Aluminum Special" to find out more. It was part of a 3-car team that Mickey Thompson brought to the 1962 race. The main car didn't qualify, and Gurney qualified the backup car 7th. The cars were powered by Buick V8's based on the 215 cubic inch stock block engine.

[@dannycalley7777]

A.H. .................I think the cubic inch was probably closer to 255 ..........that was max for pushrod V8s in those days .......Ford in 63 had to cut back there 260 V 8 to 255 and they ran gas instead of methanol ........got better gas mileage !!!!!

[@andyharman3022]

@@dannycalley7777 Yes, I think that was the displacement limit for naturally aspirated engines then. But I don't know if they increased the displacement of the Buick 215 to get to the limit.

[@dannycalley7777]

@@andyharman3022 A.H. ...............I think Mickey Thompson was doing engines for them ........he was a full service machine shop , fabricator, etc. it would have been kids play for him to do a stroker crank combo, repress bigger sleeves for bore increase . I know he did a Hemi headed 427 Ford back in 63 , 64 , which was a very big deal back in the day !!!!

[@andyharman3022]

@@dannycalley7777 Mickey was a busy, creative guy. I can't imagine he would give away 40 cubic inches if he didn't have to. A few years later, he created 3-valve heads for his small block Chevy for Indy. The Buick 215 did have its day in the sun during this era. Jack Brabham won the F1 world championship in 1966 with the Repco ohc conversion of the Buick/Olds aluminum engine. At 3.0 liters displacement.

[@paulapplegate7167]

Roger Ward was a class act, one of the greatest of all time, I sure miss drivers like him!

[@CaptainRon956]

13:58. wow, I didn't know they had built in air jacks in this time period. I always thought those came about in the 70's.

[@nancymckivens1576]

look what Gurney brought!

[@asianoramaagain2269]

Len Sutton was probably the happiest 2nd-place finisher ever.

[@nancymckivens1576]

look at them beastly roadsters

[@dbstout8968]

Nancy Mckivens yeah, aren't they gorgeous!!

[@stevebrady7948]

Norm Hall @6:25 is out of the race and also unconscious 😳

[@beeemm2578]

Lol...no shit. He was out!

[@Caroni100]

Wikipedia, the free encycipedia´s quotation: "Louis Meyer was the first to win in his Indianapolis 500 Miles debut (and to achieve the trilogy) In his second award after Meyer crossed the finish line he asked for a glass of milk to celebrate the triumph. In 1936, he requested the milk glass again, but instead he received a bottle of whey (very popular in the southern USA). A skilled photographer immortalized the moment he drank from the bottle held with two fingers while he kept open the other three in allusion to his three victories. An executive of the local dairy company saw the opportunity of marketing in the image and was assured that it would be repeated in the next years, except for a period (1947-1955) that apparently Was not offered, but the practice was revived in 1956 to the present "

[@beeemm2578]

Its so weird seeing AJ driving in these primitive cars and then he was still driving in a fairly modern car. Its mind blowing 🤯

[@cjs83172]

It just shows how much IndyCars advanced from the early 60s to the early 70s, because many of the top drivers that raced roadsters in the early 60s were still around in the 70s when aerodynamics and wings came into the sport. In addition to Foyt, Lloyd Ruby, Jim Hurtubise, and Jim McElreath, who also drove in this race, would last well into the 70s, or in McElreath's case, all the way up to 1980, and the year after this, both Bobby Unser and Johnny Rutherford debuted, with both driving roadsters (Bobby Unser's car was one of Andy Grantelli's Novis), and they combined to win five of eight Indianapolis 500s from 1974-'81. And Al Unser and Gordon Johncock would also debut at Indy in roadsters in 1965, with both among the 11 that were running at the finish of that race.

[@georgeboyer8158]

Back in the day when roll bars weren't worth the welding costs.

[@ror312gallery19]

thank you so much, cheers from italy,!!

[@Heres_Johnny.]

I liked Parnelli Jones, but had no business running knowing he had no brakes. That put a lot of other drivers in danger.

[@RandysRacingPlace633]

I bet you anything nobody ever remembers Parnelli anymore for being the first over 150 MPH, considering that it took 52 years from the first IndyCar points-paying championship race to qualifying for this race for that barrier to be broken, but yet it only took 16 years from that moment to when Tom Sneva broke the 200 MPH barrier during pole qualifying, and then it took 23 years from that moment to Gil de Ferran setting the All-Time Closed Course IndyCar record of 241 MPH at Auto Club Speedway in 2000-You see where I'm getting at here?

[@cjs83172]

I'm not sure I agree with you on that. Parnelli's biggest claim to fame is the fact that he was the first to average more than 150 MPH around the Brickyard, even more so than his win in 1963, his exploits as a car owner with Al Unser and Joe Leonard in the early 1970s, or even driving the turbine car in 1967. Not only was the 150 MPH a big deal, but with it, he became the first to ever turn a lap at Indy in under a minute, 60 seconds around Indy being exactly 150 MPH. No, I think Parnelli's biggest claim to fame is, has been, and always will be breaking the 150 MPH barrier in 1962.

[@terryjacob8169]

The ex.Ray Crawford Kurtis KK500 G2-14, driven by Jim McElreath as the Schulz Fueling Spl ( car no.55 ) to 15th place in the 1962 500 now resides in England where it regularly wins historic car races...............on road courses !!!!!!

[@johnerickson2673]

Safety?

[@paulhammersley4562]

the car's are beautiful,

[@cjs83172]

Of all the cars that ever raced at the Indianapolis 500, the roadsters, which debuted in 1952, first won in 1953 and last won in 1964, are the most romanticized cars ever to race in the Indianapolis 500.

[@georgeregio2002]

9:09 9:20 Good Driver for Qualifying a Indy 500 👏👏👏⏱️🏎️

[@johnellis2347]

Met Roger Ward in 1962 in Detroit and got his autograph on my Chrysler Trouble shooting contest program. It was a big deal for a seventeen year old car kid.

[@jackleo8726]

My first Indy 500, although I grew up three blocks west of the main straight away- always been a part of my life and still is. Flagger Pat vidan was nice to see again he was probably the most physically fit person in the 500 track grounds! When I got into high school I worked out it regularly at his gym on Main Street in Speedway just a few blocks from the track. He was hugely strong and few people could best him in any workout.

[@ecardona53]

That's cool. Did you happen to get a good view of the Jack Turner accident? There really isn't a good enough view of it, but it looked like he flipped the car over!

[@jackleo8726]

@@ecardona53 I think you have the 62 in the 63 race confused. And it's 63 race a brush to wall coming out of Turn 4 and started to flip onto car caught one of the front tires on the pavement real good and get a sliding girl rules for about 600 feet down the main straight away kind of the way a plane does a rapid barrel roll as it flies past year. I would say that he did at least 7 or 8 barrel rolls as he slid along probably still going a hundred and thirty or so. Is a real good video of it on KZbin. Type "Jack Turner Indy 500 crash" on your search engine slot and it should take you to it.

[@ecardona53]

@@jackleo8726 Ohh okay! I knew he flipped in the 61 race and the 63 race, but I heard he flipped in this race too but I could never figure out if he did in 62

[@paulh7589]

If I had a time machine My brothers and I could have engineered a car to kick all their asses. We just don't have a time machine yet. Tom on the aerodynamics, Lars on the engine, John on Pit speed, and me on suspension (braking, tires, and all that stuff). All we need is future technology and a driver crazy enough to trust us.

[@GottliebGoltz]

Damn cool stuff.!

[@sierraromeo]

Why do all the Indy 500 race films dub in the engine sounds?

[@nancymckivens1576]

chalkboard signals flagman on the racing surface

[@kevbomevbo3492]

Interesting to see the pit crews taking the tires off with mallets.

[@Musique61414]

Did Norm's neck break?

[@yakacm]

My god the cars look like F1 cars from the 1930's lol.

[@danilonogueira648]

Aos 4:14 o volante parece de ônibus...

[@nancymckivens1576]

smoking in the pits

[@affandi99]

Rodger Ward wins the 2nd Indy 500 on 1962, when Rodger Ward retires ?

[@paultracey8857]

When he died

[@timford3599]

Roger retired mid race in 1966. He just pulled into the pits and went straight onto "Gasoline Alley." He then told his Chief Mechanic, the Great A.J. Watson: "I promised myself that if I ever didn't have fun racing that I would quit." And, Roger being a man of his word, did exactly that!

[@Unclemoparman]

Great hair.

[@lbmclean]

nice do Donald

[@georgeregio2002]

7:51 8:08 60's 8:36

[@US57MC8488]

AT 21:39 look at the commentator on the left look and the ridiculous hairdo of the one on the right! Too damn funny!

[@TheTotallyRealXiJinping]

Fuckin’ Norm destroying two cars in a day

[@lebensbornguardianazis3907]

carros sem segurança..👿suicidas👉😣

[@nancymckivens1576]

iron cars

[@timford3599]

"Wooden ships and Iron Men."