1975 Indianapolis 500

[@towhee89]

Thanks for the post, fills in a blank between the official Indy KZbin posts . Been focusing on the late 80s and 90s now watching the 70s great stuff

[@ipaul70]

This is the first Indy 500 I remember watching, five years old. It definitely set the tone for my life, my obsession for motorsports still hasn't left me.

[@blugold94]

I found Keith Jackson to be a much more enjoyable listen than Jim McKay. Jackson gave so much room for Jackie to show his expertise and didn't act like McKay did when someone would blow an engine and make it sound like the guy was flying into the stands.

[@beeemm2578]

Lol...I love Jim McKay, but he did freak out during accidents, but what you heard was real fear and terror. Lol.

[@gregoryleggett9773]

​@@beeemm2578I love Jim McKay too but I have to agree with @blugold94. McKay could make a car brushing the wall sound like a major incident.

[@mindeloman]

I think the deal with Jim McKay (who I equally respect) is he called a lot of horse racing and was a horse racing enthusiast. So I think the excitement in his voice at crashes may have to do with horse racing announcing. It's very evident when the first green flag drops and he says, "They're racing in Indianapolis!" Jim probably had the hardest job any sportscaster has ever faced as he was pressed into action as a reporter delivering the news of Munich Massacre during the 1972 Olympics, as details came in. "When I was a kid, my father used to say "Our greatest hopes and our worst fears are seldom realized." Our worst fears have been realized tonight. They've now said that there were eleven hostages. Two were killed in their rooms yesterday morning, nine were killed at the airport tonight. They're all gone."

[@TimRobinson-hc7mt]

Great to see the interview with Salt Walther talk about what happened in '73 what a great attitude he had RIP my friend

[@johnhenryNC]

1:19:57 Jackie Stewart calling a race always made my day.

[@jimmeasel1985]

Keith Jackson on the call....whoooooooa nelly!!!

[@DavidBayliff]

i loved it keith saying bobby needs an oar on his victory lap

[@soylentteal]

Interesting that even though Dallenbach broke down on lap 162, he had been so far ahead of most the field that when the race ended 12 laps later, he still finished 9th, ahead of several cars that were still running. I remember Rutherford being upset that the checkered flag was waved with the red, especially because the sun came out soon after that cloudburst. He thought they should have waited.

[@keithstudly6071]

I was 14 and at the race. I felt the same way. They could have restarted within an hour as the rest of the day was sunny and warm. I understand they ended it in consideration of the cars who crashed in the rain and could not continue, especially Vukovich who was running in the top 10.

[@cjs83172]

A couple of things about that. When the checkered flag fell alongside the red, winner Bobby Unser had actually completed the 175th lap, which can be seen in the official film of the race, because they briefly show the scoring pylon after the race had ended, which showed 175 laps on the board, and even on the IMS Radio broadcast, Sid Collins mentioned just before the rains hit that 174 laps had been completed. But because the red flag was also shown with the checkered, USAC's scoring reverted back to the last completed lap before the red came out, which was lap 174. Also, a year later, the question of why the ended the race was asked, and one of the reasons given was that they didn't want to bunch up the field for a restart with 25 laps left (remember that the field was not allowed to close up under caution in those days), and felt that enough laps had been run to call the race right then and there. Of course, the other reason they ended the race right then and there was that no fewer than seven cars spun out in the rain, which were those of Pancho Carter, Billy Vukovich, Bill Puterbaugh, Steve Krisiloff (Krisiloff's was the car that Unser and A.J. Foyt had to split around as Unser took the red and checkered flags), Jerry Karl, Jimmy Caruthers, and Bentley Warren.

[@soylentteal]

Many thanks for such an informative reply.

[@cjs83172]

@@keithstudly6071 And not just Vukovich, because Pancho Carter, who finished fourth, Bill Puterbaugh, who was seventh, Steve Krisiloff's who's car Bobby Unser and A.J. Foyt had to split around just before the start/finish line, and who was credited with 11th place, Jerry Karl, who finished 13th, and Jimmy Caruthers, who was 14th, were all among those that spun during that monsoon on lap 175, which was not officially scored. Interestingly, the 9th-14th place cars all completed 161 or 162 laps, and there was some confusion as to who finished where from about 6th to 14th, in no small part because five of the seven cars that spun during that race-ending monsoon (Vukovich, Puterbaugh, Krisiloff, Karl, and Caruthers) were all running in that part of the order.

[@sandrahammond5361]

Kieth filled in for Jim McKay last minute , Jim was sick

[@markdinkel-uh2je]

Don't remember rain at end

[@beeemm2578]

21:43 ol Salt letting you know of his family's wealth. So arrogant.

[@Jim-yv5hm]

I think so

[@yumitama2011]

JIM NABORS🎉

[@invisiblepuppet3437]

10:57

[@pinedelgado4743]

My least favorite portion of the Indy 500 back in the day was when Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle--"Gaawwwwlee") sang "Back Home Again In Indiana." Couldn't stand it!!! %$&@#!!!

[@beeemm2578]

Thats pretty un-American, ya Nazi