1977 Indianapolis 500 | Official Full-Race Broadcast

[@gleaningwithruth1279]

I was there at the age of 10 in the little stand next to turn 3, with my dad. Just attended my 43 consecutive race this May. Love it.

[@benallen2196]

You going to make it this year?

[@deborahchesser7375]

Super cool man, I was 11, 1977 was a magical summer. I watched the race on TV it dominated the airwaves then. I hope you took pictures 👍🇺🇸

[@mitchgrimes5307]

@@deborahchesser7375 greatracingfun

[@fedupwithfedforever4151]

AWESOME I was 7 then..I come from a racing family my Grandfather was the owner a USAC Sprint car....Won the 1975 USAC SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP .....He even was on a Indy car team in 1980 With his Sprint car driver Larry Dickson I may be a year or two off it was a LONG TIME AGO but we were there !

[@richardliersch2429]

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[@AnthonyJones-ph3fr]

AJ Foyt,a drivers driver,a champions champion.The greatest indy driver of all time.He absolutely refused to give up! He s been my Hero for over fifty years .thanks AJ for all the memories that you gave us they seem like they all happened just yesterday.

[@jamessefton3680]

I graduated in 77 and those were the days-Thanks for this video it takes me back 👍

[@701CPD]

This was my first 500, which I attended with a life-long buddy. A swelteringly hot, humid day. My favorite driver, A.J. Foyt, won his historic fourth Indy 500, the first driver to do so. When Gordon Johncock's engine blew and it seemed certain Foyt would win, the roar from the crowd was unbelievable, and when he came out of the fourth turn to take the checkered flag the roar from the crowd was incredible. The entire grandstand was shaking and vibrating with people stomping and banging on the floor.

[@garyrasberryjr.552]

Re: Tony Hulman's start announcement: He didn't want to change the "Gentlemen, start your engines" instruction because of Janet Guthrie and claimed that it was actually the guy who used the car starter that actually starts the engine. Her team brought in a woman who could work the starter and forced Tony to make the change. Guthrie also drove in NASCAR. She got 5 Top 10 finishes in 33 career races

[@obsidiansuby]

Gary Rasberry Jr. - just makes me wonder if a female ends up qualifying first some day, will she take issue being called the “pole sitter?”

[@Slinger43]

@@obsidiansuby genius comment, absolutely genius!!

[@hugejohnson5011]

A woman at Indy excited me back than, even at 11 years old! I was hoping she at least finished the race, as even I knew she didn't have the team, experience nor the money to run at the front. Bit I've always been behind ChaCha Muldowney, Danica, etc., as women driving faster than me gives me a ***er!

[@deborahchesser7375]

The STP car is one of the prettiest INDY cars ever built, what a machine.

[@BobGeogeo]

Many thanks for this. 1977 is a good one. Something odd happens just after 31:00 . The commentary says Johncock and Foyt are pitting together but they're shown still lapping on track. over the next 4ish minutes the video and audio are out of sync. After audio from an inserted segment on Mario at Monaco, things seem aligned on a return from commercial. Speculation: maybe it's related to the earlier remark that the images are from NBC (management, maybe??) because ABC technicians are on strike. This was the "same day broadcast" era. Whatever they had to do to get it condensed and ready might have included people who didn't usually do high pressure film editing - they might have gotten audio and video mismatched.

[@deborahchesser7375]

All the different motor and chassis combinations, those were the best days in racing.

[@NoHacksTSR]

Why are they all using the same engines and chassis these days?

[@DetTigerFan]

Totally agree. Those were the best days for Indy racing. So many legendary drivers. I don't care for today's Indy cars.

[@kleimbach77]

Today's cars look goofy and only two engine choices Honda or Chevrolet meh

[@JonesyTerp1]

@@NoHacksTSR The answer to your question is money.

[@monica93304]

@@NoHacksTSR Because for a long time now, racing has become a miles per gallon formula. Especially in F1, where they don't refuel the cars during the race.

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

AJ Foyt: The first driver to win 4 Indy 500's and starting the "4-time Indy 500 Club", "The 4-time Indy-500 Winning Monument", a lot of names! Historical indeed.

[@NotSteveCook]

Row 1: 8-Tom Sneva, 6-Bobby Unser (W), 21-Al Unser (W) Row 2: 14-A.J. Foyt (W), 20-Gordon Johncock (W), 9-Mario Andretti (W) Row 3: 25-Danny Ongais (R), 48-Pancho Carter, 5-Mike Mosley Row 4: 40-Wally Dallenbach, 60-Johnny Parsons Jr., 97-Sheldon Kinser Row 5: 18-George Snider, 78-Bobby Olivero (R), 86-Al Loquasto Row 6: 36-Jerry Sneva (R), 2-Johnny Rutherford (W), 11-Roger McCluskey Row 7: 10-Lloyd Ruby, 73-Jim McElreath, 98-Gary Bettenhausen Row 8: 24-Tom Bigelow, 84-Bill Vukovich Jr., 65-Lee Kunzman Row 9: 92-Steve Krisiloff, 27-Janet Guthrie (R), 29-Cliff Hucul (R) Row 10: 16-Bill Puterbaugh, 38-Gianclaudio "Clay" Regazzoni (R), 17-Dick Simon Row 11: 42-John Mahler, 58-Eldon Rasmussen, 72-Bubby Jones (R). Failed to Qualify (Alphabetical): Larry Cannon, Ed Crombie (R), Larry Dickson, Ed Finley (R), Tom Frantz (R), Spike Gehlhausen, Todd Gibson (R), Jerry Grant, Bob Harkey, Jim Hurtubise, Gary Irvin (R), Jerry Karl, Mel Kenyon, John Martin, Larry McCoy, James McElreath (R), Graham McRae, Rick Mears (R), Teddy Pilette (R), Vern Schuppan, Bill Simpson, and Salt Walther.

[@fastfoodreviewandelvistoo]

Todd Gibson was a great Supermodified driver. I wish he could have been seated in a top notch car. Todd was a wheelman.

[@finefriendzz]

Never knew that Clay Regazzoni raced in the Indy 500

[@Minecraftandcompany]

Respect to Janet. I mean first woman Indianapolis 500 runner. That’s gotta be tough.

[@DK-ub5ph]

Thanks for posting this. I was at this race and Johncock stopped right in front of me. I actually filmed it with a Super 8 camera. I'm glad the clip of Johncock walking into the creek is here. I knew I didn't hallucinate it!

[@saleemwaheed9956]

Everything about this race is legendary! Especially Sir Jackie Stewart! And AJ is one of the greatest drivers of all time. Felt bad for Gordy.

[@hcrun]

Many thanks for making this available. I recall watching Down Here (Australia) at some ungodly hour...and not going to work that day! This was the time when open-wheelers were actually that....open-wheeled. Great times.

[@aureliobrighton1871]

Beautiful cars in that field. I just saw another Indy coverage with Lloyd Ruby leaving the track on white socks his cowboy boots in hand, so cool. Thankyou :)

[@xblackcatx1312]

AJ Foyt had the best looking Indy car, maybe ever.

[@caribman10]

Agreed, heartily. Bob Riley's Coyote was the most attractive...so much so that they later became Wildcats.

[@MrAli171]

Sir Jackie did a lot for safety in motor racing

[@anthonyzuk4223]

But an announcer is NOT one of them. I see why ABC fired him, he is annoying.

[@Yosemite-George-61]

..can't stand his voice pitch, pecially when he's yelling.. ruined the whole race...

[@Chatta-Ortega]

I thought Jackie was great.

[@jackhammer111]

@@anthonyzuk4223 he's a remarkable man a great race race car driver but yes he can be really annoying

[@jackhammer111]

​@@Yosemite-George-61 what ruins the broadcasts leader--itis. What you get watching racing live in person is seeing the battles up and down the field.

[@MichiganMan1985]

Thanks for posting this very high quality video!!!

[@robynconn7313]

My dad was an announcer there for many many years . I went to Indy lots of times and met many drivers . My dads name was Del Clark . He passed away last summer at age 90!

[@TheSeeker1960]

I know Jackie Stewart was huge on safety but he was the most dramatic dude with even a minor scuff.

[@danieljohnson9351]

This was long before Indy car racing became the spec series it is today. Just look at the front row. Different cars, different engines. There was room for innovation and different ideas. I wish they would get back to that.

[@NotSteveCook]

Unfortunately, the advancement of technology and cost of materials makes that short-lived, at best. It's too expensive for the teams to become constructors of carbon fibre cars, and no one involved is going to be OK with legislating it away (it has proven to be safer than the old aluminum tubs). And even if teams could justify the costs, CFD software and wind tunnels are always going to point to ONE aerodynamic design as being optimal, so the cars would ultimately look the same anyway. If you vary too much from that, you're giving up speed.

[@RealRunner7]

Tony George ruined it. We were hoping Roger would fix it but several he seems content to leave it broken.

[@lrees6412]

I sent out on 16th Street watching the race outside the track I was 10 years old couldn't afford to go to the race or anybody to take me got grounded for being away from home for so long to watch the race it started crying when my hero won the race it was worth every lass from the belt when I got home these are truly great memories

[@X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X]

Please upload the 1995, 1996 and 2000 race. Uploading this old races is an incredible gift for your fans: Way to go, IMS!

[@michaeljacobs2954]

Love the classics from the 1970s. Would live to see the full version however with the opening credits. Also 1972 and 1976 are long lost years that haven't been seen since the original broadcasts. Please post them. To this day, 1976 had the biggest television audience for any Indy 500.

[@MDCSWildcats86]

I'm told the 1976 race (at least ABC's coverage of it) no longer exists.

[@hugejohnson5011]

​@@MDCSWildcats86 Well, that stinks!

[@rodneycaupp5962]

AJ was as smooth as silk in this race, and like always as HARD AS NAILS.

[@pdbordelon]

I hope AJ looks back, watches this, and remembers this great day!

[@almostfm]

Tiny bit of trivia: At 44:42, the shot of the Moon and Venus makes it easy to date the footage with the right tools. The segment was filmed on the morning of May 14, 1977.

[@hugejohnson5011]

Exactly on my late dad's 49th birthday. I love you dad! 5/14/1928. F.E.K.

[@rivotrich7]

I was just there 1.5 weeks ago. Of course there will never be another race better than the ‘77 Indy 500! 🏁

[@RealRunner7]

1982

[@blackcatjim]

Thank you, I'm looking forward to the rest of the 1970s, especially whatever you hold from 1972 and the 1976 race.

[@philking6444]

I was in the Army stationed in northern West Germany. It was broadcast on the armed forces radio. 3 friends and myself cruised around the German countryside. We arrived back at the base with about 30 laps to go. Instead of going up stairs to listen to the end, we sat in the car to hear A.J. win his 4th 500

[@jimtaylor1204]

I went to this race with my Dad. I was 20 years old. I remember it was hot, muggy and lots of great passing in the first turn!

[@vinewood8295]

I was only 4 at the time of the race so this was well before my time of following auto racing which is why I am so appreciative that we have something like this channel where I can see these old races. I would love to have been able to see Foyt in his prime...

[@caribman10]

I was at Indy for this race, my 6th of 23 consecutive races. The crowd cheer when A.J. won was the loudest I heard in all the years I attended races there, even more the Mears vs. Johncock race. The second loudest was the year the Vietnam hostages were in the celebrity parade...

[@mrceleb2006]

At the the 6:15 mark, this was Tony Hulman's last Indy 500 as a starter (he did not announce this beforehand) before he died a few months later...the following year, Mrs. Hulman delivered the often-modified starting command for several years until 1996; her daughter Mari Hulman George first used the starting command in 1981 filling in for her mother, then she succeeded her mother in 1997 to say "the most famous words in motorsports". By 2016 (the year after Mari Hulman George called it quits), the 100th running of the Indy 500 had multiple generations of the Hulman-George family saying that starting command...the following year, Tony George (Mari Hulman George's son) said the starting command. Since 2020, Roger Penske (who bought the Speedway from the Hulman-Georges) says "the most famous words in motorsports"!

[@vinceA3748]

Love these old races. I used to watch them with my father. There will never be another AJ Foyt. A true legend. Janet Guthrie was a boss. I always rooted for her.

[@brianuhlmann7466]

Thank you for posting these old races! One race I would love to see is 1976. Even though it was a short race, it's one of the few races that I've seen highlights of, but have never seen the television broadcast. Thanks!

[@asianoramaagain2269]

The 1972 and 1976 ABC broadcasts aren't available for some reason.

[@brmh1667]

Thanks for the upload. I would have loved to have met Jim Nabors. Truly part of the legend. These uploads are great quality. I'm really grateful to you.

[@KillyJoe]

One year I attended the race as a kid we were fortunate enough to have parking passes at the golf course club house and they would have a breakfast buffet in the morning and we were in line getting our food and on the other side of the buffet there was Jim nabors getting himself some breakfast also. One of my favorite memories from the speedway

[@richardmorris7063]

1 of the best things about living in 2021 is u can sit at home & watch almost anything from you're childhood.Congrats to AJ still alive & kicking today.Gordon Johncock was a great competitor who doesn't get mentioned w/ Mario ,AJ or Rutherford.

[@kelleyhagan960]

Gordon Johncock was one hell of a great driver.

[@jmarkley]

And may I add Lloyd Ruby, the best driver of his time not to reach victory lane.

[@Ultegra10SPD]

"Normally statistics I find either misleading or just plain boring..." - Jim McKay. Well said Jim. Especially today. -U10

[@beeemm2578]

Jackie's opening comments about being scared.....I mean, thats dead nuts honesty. You can hear it in his voice. Even a hardened racer was nervous.

[@80flaviojr]

Thank you very much! This is a gift!

[@bigelile07]

Love those cars. Awesome looking.

[@ikshields]

smoke14 - Even better sounding! 👍🏻

[@hugejohnson5011]

​@@ikshieldsAnd even so many years later, Indy and F1 cars are still the same basic layout, even though the technologies and materials have advanced, they're still tubs, and not a ton faster today.

[@markcrew3696]

AJ Foyt is one of the toughest men that I have ever seen if I could be half the man that he is I would be pretty happy. When Legends like AJ and Richard Petty and others pass away a piece of racing history will fall into the ocean. He's still tough from what I hear he got attacked by killer bees on his farm and survived even at his age. God bless AJ Foyt.

[@rainerzufall6245]

Little me was 1 year old, living in East Germany, when this took place. What a different world it was.

[@batvette]

You mean there was no soviet bloc communist 500 race, with trabants? FWIW when germany reunited i scored a pair of zeiss jena military binoculars off ebay, 7x40. If they made binoculars that good Im sure they could build a race car.

[@hugejohnson5011]

I was 11 years old, and would've been glued to the TV to see this if my family were at home for the Memorial day holiday. I have to admit, I don't remember if I saw this one or not, but I do think I did see it, because I remember the big deal about Janet Guthrie being the first woman to race there. I also remember Clay Regazzoni too.

[@rainerzufall6245]

@@batvette2024 speaking here now. Just saw my old comment. lol. There were car and motorbike races in East-Germany too. Obviously on a much smaller scale. In my hometown we had a local Speedway-team (MC Güstrow). As kids in the mid/late 80s we pretty much spent all our weekends at the racetrack there, whenever there was an event. Mostly with riders from East-Germany, Hungary and Czechoslovakia from what i remember. And between the races they played all those nice hits of western music to keep the fans entertained. Kylie Minogue "I should be so lucky" and all those come to mind. LOL. Cheers.

[@rainerzufall6245]

@@hugejohnson5011Thanks for replying to my old comment. Weird stumbeling into ones old comments by accident. lol

[@hugejohnson5011]

@@rainerzufall6245 I am happy that you are still living to see it! Yes, speedway motorcycles are a way bigger endeavor in Europe than here in the U.S. But Flat track racing is big here. 750cc 1/2 mile, and one mile oval tracks. I too lived in a small city, but 20 minutes away was a really good dirt oval for automobiles. It is still very busy, Lebanon Valley Speedway/Dragway in N.Y. You can see it on the internet, it os a nice facility. The dragway no longer hosts the tip top classes, as they never expanded to keep up with the modern professional drag racers. But they still have plenty of NHRA bracket racing. Thank you for the contact!

[@johnspradling7906]

Jim Nabors Sand "Back Home Again...." in a different key almost every year. Here he is in younger years, but singing it in the lowest key I've heard. No cracked notes--he sounds pretty good!

[@robertkeefer1552]

RIP Jim Nabors. It's not the same without you!

[@tnitron9750]

Jim did a great job on that one! Slower and more pronounced than later years. Almost everyone thought Jim was from Indiana because of his annual rendition of Back Home In Indiana. He was from Alabama but he was always warmly welcomed here in Indiana. Rest in peace Jim. We miss you!

[@NotSteveCook]

@@tnitron9750 An honourary Hoosier!

[@garylewis6495]

I agree; Jim Nabors was the best. I got to see his last 500. Every time I see and hear someone else do it, I think of him. He was the best! RIP, Jim.

[@hugejohnson5011]

​@@garylewis6495He did a great job with the song for sure, but I was disappointed when I learned that he was "funny that way". Noooooo! Not Gomer Pyle! Nooooooo!

[@hugejohnson5011]

​@@tnitron9750How did he have such a deep singing voice, being "funny that way"?

[@mightylonesome9426]

A lot of people didn't care much for Jackie Stewart. He spoke his mind and told it like it was. He did a critique of the IMS, primarily pointing out safety enhancements that he felt were needed. Turns out, old Tony listened to Jackie and implemented most if not all of his suggestions. I liked Stewart and thought it was a great honor to have such a prestigious driver not only participate in the race but as a color commentator as well.

[@frisk151]

LOVE this 'older' footage I watched as a kid... Great driving! I miss this!!! Back when even boys WERE MEN! (Compared to today, especially)

[@monica93304]

I'm 53. This was the 1st race I can remember watching with my dad who was a Porsche mechanic. Growing up as an only child, I would go to his shop on weekends. I went to the 1977 race at Ontario Motor Speedway (which was the West coast version of Indy). I loved cars so much. I eventually became a mechanic... This is my favorite track.

[@duanelarue6292]

I was there that day what a great race to see A J Foyt win his 4th 500

[@amc401nash6]

Hard to believe they didn't red flag the race after Lloyd Ruby's crash, a different time safety wise for sure.

[@alexcouri_arquiteto]

Thanks for posting! 👍👍

[@cpk313]

Gotta love the early green screen! Jackie and Jim with their green halos ha! or maybe they're lizard people..... Ok on a serious note, I am amazed at the number of differing car designs, that is awesome, that is racing

[@PeterKKraus]

No green outline on Chris Schenkel though.

[@PeterKKraus]

No green outline on Chris Schenkel though. Run what ya brung. 👍

[@garyrasberryjr.552]

This was the era when you'd have over 50 cars trying to qualify for the race. You'd get a lot of sprint cars drivers that would get an older model car trying to qualify. You'd also get teams that would get bumped out of the race buy the car of a qualifier to fill the field. For some of those small-budget drivers, they would take the money as it would pay for their sprint cars for a season or two

[@deborahchesser7375]

@@garyrasberryjr.552 those were the best times in racing, all the different chassis’s and motor combinations, I miss that.

[@MrBigCLW]

My first 500, viewed it from the Snake pit with my grandpa.

[@mrjasonwhite73]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

[@DetTigerFan]

I saw that #21 Al Unser car in person when they raced at Michigan International Speedway. Al was one of the first if not the very first that started using that marvelous Ford Cosworth engine in North America.

[@vollste]

Ahhh, to wander through the infield during this race...I went to the 1998 Indy and that was crazy. I can’t even imagine...

[@PeterKKraus]

Were you shocked at what a dump the outside of the stadium/track is? I was, in 2000 for the first F1 race there.

[@akilgour13]

I went in '86 -saw some of the craziest things i've ever seen there,i will remember it fondly for a long time. And i never saw a lap of the race due to the first ever rainout to postpone the race until the next weekend!

[@mattdomenic4814]

“Gordon Johncock a little man but a strong man” classic Jackie Stewart!

[@KatzenjammerKid61]

There was a great deal of interest in this race in Hawaii because of rookie Indy driver Danny Ongais.

[@Slinger43]

The Fly'n Hawaiian! Hands down the luckiest driver ever. Saw him flip Roland Leon's Hawaiian funny car, well above 200mph, going through the lights at Pomona about 1970, then saw him flip again down the backstretch at Ontario about 1980! All the crazy bad crash's that guy had & he survived, simply- amazingly LUCKY!

[@TD-bw6qy]

1981 at Indy, too!

[@altfactor]

Didn't TV viewers in Hawaii have to wait until the next day to watch the telecast of the 1977 Indianapolis "500"?

[@mikejohnson5900]

Sheesh, I remember watching this race. And Jackie "It's a gleet dae fer a motorr rrace!" Stewart was always fantastic. (Edit for addition) Also, it's fantastic seeing cars on the grid that don't all look exactly the same. The days before Spec racing were great.

[@georgeleavell4465]

I was there with my Dad. I was 13. We were in the stand just to the right of Gasoline Alley. I think my Dad and I are in the video hanging on the fence as Johnny Rutherford turned into Gasoline Alley.

[@andyharman3022]

I remember seeing this race on TV, and it felt like a real piece of history with AJ winning a 4th 500. But I had forgotten how great the Foyt engine sounded. Even better than the Cosworth in its first Indy appearance.

[@plantfeeder6677]

What did they both have in common?😉

[@andyharman3022]

@@plantfeeder6677 Both engines had spark plugs.

[@plantfeeder6677]

@@andyharman3022 that's the smartass answer(along with every other common part they shared)but they would share that with ALL IC engines. So WRONG. Specific to these two engines was the question

[@andyharman3022]

@@plantfeeder6677 Yeah, I'm being a smart-ass. Just having fun. I think what you want me to say is "flat crank". Right? But I'm not sure the 4-cam had a flat crank. The exhaust in the Vee was plumbed for equally spaced pulses, so the 4-cam could get flat-plane crank exhaust tone with a two-plane crank.

[@plantfeeder6677]

@@andyharman3022 very good but it's really not that complicated. You see they were at one time both products of Ford. The Foyt engine was the 4-cam 255(really the 260/289/302)engine that dominated Indy from 1964-1972. A.J. bought the rights to the engine from Ford and built his own version that he used from '72-'78 And of coarse the Cosworth was just a 3-liter Ford DFV destroked to 2.6L and turbocharged. Ford owned the DFV but allowed Cosworth to race it in other forms under it's own name if Ford wasn't participating in the series, which by 1977 they had pulled out of Indy car racing. They would eventually get back in in the early '90s. So when Jackie Stewart said the Ford-Cosworth at the beginning, I thought, that Foyt engine is more a Ford than the Cosworth(all of britain would agree too. They hate anything American Ford yet fall all over themselves over "their" own Ford products as being proof britannia is the inventor of the world). I would've answered sparkplugs too.😅😌

[@Slinger43]

AJ Foyt, an American original & truly one of a kind. Foyt-Petty-Andretti= A vanishing breed.

[@hugejohnson5011]

And, Parnelli Jones. That guy raced everything!

[@Slinger43]

@@hugejohnson5011 Absolutely! PJ was a steely eyed Baddass Wheelman & let's be honest here, if PJ had had any good racing luck at all, we would all refer to him as The G.O.A.T of all Goat's, he was just that good 💪 Thank's for reminding all of us Not to forget about Parneli 👍

[@hugejohnson5011]

@@Slinger43 And, as an aside, even in '86, his name was being invoked by the Bennington, VT. police officers who had me "detained" for driving a lot too fast! When they came to my cell to ask if I wanted dinner from Friendly's across the way, they called me "Parnelli Jones"! I ate their food, and bailed out a couple of hours later. I had to send my cohort home to Pittsfield, MA., to get my bail money! ($550.00)! Thanks for the feedback! One of my childhood memories of Parnelli was seeing him in a Ford Bronco, desert racing, and even then thinking, "Wow! That guy can do it all!" But, motorsport was like that way back. Motorcycle racing is more my field, and many of the greats were multi disciplined way back. My hero Kenny Roberts was a Yamaha factory guy that went to Europe and showed them that an American could excel at Grand Prix. But, he had also been a star at flat track dirt racing, and TT, here in the States.

[@Slinger43]

@@hugejohnson5011 LOL! 😂 Love that, as I am from Southern California & for a few decade's there, if you were pulled over for driving too fast there was a good chance the officer was gonna ask you "What's the rush Parnelli?" 😂 Sometimes it would be "Mario" or maybe AJ, but pre 1985 it was most likely gonna be "Parnelli" 😉

[@hugejohnson5011]

@@Slinger43 Cool to know, thanks! I was fortunate enough to have been able to ride my motorcycle around So. Cal. back in 1996, and I was careful to avoid being pinched for speeding. But, I got to spend a couple of days bopping around and seeing a whole lot of things I had never witnessed, being from small town Western Massachusetts! It was a whole big world different than my hemmed in valley and hills! Thanks for the feedback!

[@jimbosc]

Gordy actually had a DGS - a "next gen" Offy that Bignotti ran for several years (never winning the 500). They could match the Foyt and Cosworth engine on power but tended to be a bit fragile to do it.

[@andyharman3022]

DGS stood for Drake-Goosen-Sparks. I had forgotten who was running those.

[@Yosemite-George-61]

something is wrong with sync around 33 min... they're talking about AJ and Gordy in the pits where in the video they're on track...

[@williamford9564]

Heart break for Gordy but AJ got his 4th and Gordy won that classic race in 1982. There is a glitch in this video. From about 31:20 TO 34:30, the video is out of synch with the audio commentary. Among other things the announcers are talking about Big Al making motions and yelling at his pit crew while the video is showing Johncock and Foyt on the track.

[@orbyfan]

I made the same motions and yelled at my computer screen during this interval.

[@ericblum103]

I was there as a 12 year old in the infield with a bunch of my extended family. My friend and I wandered around the infield collecting beer cans from all over the world. Still have the ticket stub.

[@sir945]

1:08:38 The Sickest Moment Of Gordy Johncock's Career At Indianapolis.

[@wesbeam5949]

Gordy was one of the best. But hearing Tom Carnegie announce "Our leader's in trouble.... Our leader's in trouble" speaking of Gordy Johncocks car slowing on the front straightaway. We all knew our hero A.J. Foyt was gonna win his fourth 500. I was in the Turn 3 infield. Several of us jumped the infield fence and ran to the edge of the track to greet A.J. coming around on his slow down lap.

[@StFidjnr]

Can you please upload the 1983 indy 500

[@sadwingsraging3044]

American icon. AJ is one of the best ever.

[@classic7890]

70s and 80s racing peaked, all racing, indy, F1,NASCAR.

[@Scar7752]

It's crazy how far safety's come in only 40 years.

[@2014cwajts71]

Indeed it is. And to think 40 years from now they'll think of today's safety standards as primitive.

[@duster0066]

Safety came maybe as far in the 10 years before this race as it has since. Fire suits, fire suppression systems, and fuel cells all became standard equipment between the 60s and 70s. They also figured out how not to build a track to kill. Since then the big advances have taken longer because they are harder. Impact absorption (softwalls, crush zones and others) and bio-mechanics (HANs device, better seats and belts) and others. A big advance in safety no one thinks about much is reliability. When motors explode they dump oil, and wreck the field. When half-shafts break they spin the car. That stuff used to happen all the time, now it is rare. Tires are another huge improvement.

[@wpbarchitect1800]

31:25 odd mismatch in audio (of AJ and Gordie pitting and Al Unser sounding very un-Big Al like and having a fit of some kind with his crew) and videos (Gordie leading AJ on track.) Wonder if it aired that way (with the editing mistake) originally that Sunday PM or if that was edited out later for some reason...

[@gnubbolo]

my hope is that in 10 years the AI will be able to learn from high resolution photos of the cars and the track to create an almost HD video of these past races, as if they were filmed in 35mm.

[@robertjacob5dmk3]

wow such beautifl race than you for sharing

[@sterlingarcher857]

Do you happen to have '79?

[@wolfgangwyk6325]

Looks Like Big Al Jumped the start LOL. Great video. thanks

[@gary24fan]

Jim McKay announcing the Yankees-Red Sox game to be on ABC at around the 38-minute mark. "That's an old rivalry," he says. He then pauses for a bit more than a beat, and I get the feeling he was nudging ol' Jackie Stewart in the ribs as if to say "you know what I'm talking about right?" LOL

[@charlesanzalone5846]

Jackie was the best on the mic, bring him back one more time

[@sonicstep]

How did the drivers know when it would be safe to leave their pit crew without a lollipop guy?

[@arthurvillegas5586]

Both Great drivers.

[@eb2957]

I remember when this race was blacked out in Indiana. Then I went went I was 12 and hated it. The fans had not clue who was winning or anything.....then I went when i was 44 and it was 100x better.

[@stlredbirds85]

My greatest fear is that one day I make it to heaven and Jackie Stewart is giving the description of what I'm seeing

[@michaelrose1466]

Sadly, the video and audio are wildly out of sync beginning at around 31 minutes until about 36 minutes. No video of Al Unser angry in the pits.

[@camerongreenwoodcrampakacgc.]

1977. My favourite Indianapolis 500 of all time apart from many others.

[@lorendsalazar]

So nice to see Indy Cars before the sameness of cookie cuter design & every car looking the same took over. I miss the independent design & build of early Indy Cars. The NASCAR sameness has ruined the Indy 500. .

[@jimnasium452]

What happened to the audio? Halfway through it seems the commentators are talking about a different race. WTF?

[@monica93304]

The incredible voice of Jim McKay. The greatest race track ever. Juan Manuel Fangio said something to the effect that you had to be "nuts" to race there. These men and women were gladiators.

[@zacualpeno100]

They should do a price run down of the uniform again. Sneva cheated going so fast in the pits, even Jackie commented on his speed.

[@timgilbert7187]

How can i buy this version on dvd?

[@lukmanfirdaus8497]

Contact the IMS

[@chestermarcol3831]

AJ Foyt is the greatests American born race car driver that ever lived. It's not even debatable.

[@russell4788]

hey lets give away the winner of the race in the description.

[@rodjohnson2534]

This was the best era of Indy 500!

[@arthurvillegas5586]

,A.J. Foyt is my Dad's favorite driver and my favorite driver is Al Unser.

[@daveinindy]

Nice recording. Slow start for Indy.

[@joaofaria6547]

thank you

[@lossonleonard7118]

11:22 If only she was in her prime as a driver these days and had the financial backing the top drivers had as well

[@ASFMitchelProductions]

my first 500

[@AA-rd4dz]

Wish there was two Indy 500s a year or maybe a second 1,000 mile race

[@wesbeam5949]

At 1:14:01 you can see Tony Foyt Sr. waving the crew back over the inside pit wall. A.J. Senior didn't want any celebrating until the checkered flag was certain.

[@sonicstep]

30:50, I didn't hear clearly. The right anti what?? What he was holding looked like an exhaust manifold.

[@pabloescobar1106]

Right hand exhaust header