Race car driver Dan Gurney driving car 91, a Lotus powered by a Ford engine, during a qualifying lap for the Indianapolis 500 race at Indianapolis...
Race car driver Dan Gurney driving car 91, a Lotus powered by a Ford engine, during a qualifying lap for the Indianapolis 500 race at Indianapolis...
Unidentified race car driver during a qualifying lap for the Indianapolis 500 race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1963. .
Indianapolis Speedway: Janet Guthrie, in car number 45, is pushed into the garage area of Gasoline Alley 5/27, after just a few laps in the...
Rick Mears gives the number one sign as he makes the final approach to the checkered flag 5/27, to win his first Indianapolis 500 race. Mears also...
Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner A.J. Foyt is the picture of dejection in Gasoline Alley 5/27 after he burned a valve or broke a header and coasted...
Rick Mears is shown sitting on his Indy car, wearing his racing outfit and holding his helmet in his lap.
Rick Mears is shown sitting on his Indy car, wearing his racing outfit and holding his helmet in his lap.
Indianapolis 500 pole-sitter Rick Mears takes a quick pit stop 5/27 for fuel in the first few laps of the 63rd annual running of the Indianapolis 500...
Indy 500 winner Bobby Unser and fellow oval track driver Mario Andretti compare notes before making their Formula One racing debut in practice for...
Veteran of 16 years of auto racing, Janet Guthrie looks to the future with a tenacious optimism that has led her to such feats as qualifying for last...
Professional racer Janet Guthrie, who will race in the Indianapolis 500 Memorial Day weekend, and Rene Dreyfus, former champion of France and now a...
Indianapolis Speedway: Hands reach out for Janet Guthrie in qualifying circle 5/20 after she finished the required run on the speedway to qualify for...
Three-time Indy 500 winner A.J. Foyt, Jr., Houston, Texas, wheels his sleek Coyote racer onto the track 5/11. Foyt turned a lap of 200.177 mph, but...
The three front line starters for the 1970 Indianapolis 500 Memorial Day race pose with their cars. They are A.J. Foyt, Johnny Rutherford and Al...
Al Unser, Sr. Looks downcast after transmission problems in his car caused him to drop out of the Indianapolis 500, during his quest for a fifth win...
Indianapolis, IN- Mario Andretti climbs out of his 1986 Lola/Cosworth after engine problems forced him to get out of the Indianapolis 500. Andretti...
Indiana Speedwat- Dan Drinan works on the chassis of Michael Andretti's car for 1986 March/Cosworth in a garage. Crews of qualified cars will spend...
Foyt leans on rear wing of his l986 March/Cosworth after making a few laps of the IMS track during practice for May 31st edition of the Indy 500....
Foyt, Jr., Houston, Texas, holds a piece of ice to cool off after he won his record fourth '500' 5/29. At right is 500 Festival Queen Kelly Hegg....
As the end of the 1977 Indy 500 nears, drivers Gordon Johncock and A.J. Foyt run neck-and-neck, fighting for the lead 5/29 in the Indianapolis 500...
Janet Guthrie, who hopes to become the first ever woman driver in the Indianapolis 500-mile race, signs autographs 5/8, while waiting for her debut...
Janet Guthrie, a 38-year-old New Yorker who hopes to be the first woman driver in the Indianapolis 500, zips up her fireproof driving uniform prior...
Foyt gestures as he discusses racing with the 1976 Indy 500 winner Johnny Rutherford 5/30 just before the rain-shortened race was declared official....
The defending champion Al Unser celebrates his 32nd birthday, but nevertheless is in a pensive mood before the start of the 55th Indianapolis 500...
Gordan Johncock's car in pit before start of May 30th "Indy 500" which was halted after 18 laps due to downpour.
General views if the Indianapolis 500 mile race just after the start, May 30th. A downpour halted the race after 18 laps.
Watkins Glen, New York: New Zealand's Denis Hulme adjusts his goggles before taking a few practice laps around the Watkins Glen Grand Prix course...
Cleveland: Race drivers, Denis Hulme of Australia and Dan Gurney of Calif. Are all smiles as they talk about the Indianapolis 500 5/30 which both are...
Portrait of Michael Andretti, son of racing legend Mario Andretti, and now an Indy 500 rookie driver himself.
Rick Mears is shown giving a peace sign as he celebrates his victory in the Indianapolis 500 with his crew surrounding him.
Rick Mears' crew is shown surrounding his car after he has won the Indianapolis 500. He is still sitting in the car.
Rick Mears is shown smiling as he celebrates his win of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Speedway, left hand around the trophy.
Rick Mears is shown driving, arm rasied in victory, as he just won the Indianapolis 500 for the second time.
This is a close up of Indy 500 race car driver Johnny Rutherford seated on a dividing wall at the edge of a race track.
Winners of the 1983 Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach, CA, spray champagne from the winners stand. They are : second place driver, Nikki Lauda; winner...
Al Unser, Jr., rookie Indianapolis 500 driver at the Indianapolis 500, is shown in this waist-up photograph.
Close-up shows Indy 500 race car driver Mike Mosley standing in his Formula One racecar in the qualification circle at the Indy 500.
Mario Andretti and Johnny Parsons slam into the wall on the second turn during the 5/29 Indianapolis 500 race.
Close-up shows Indy 500 race car driver Rick Mears seated on his Formula One racecar in the qualification circle for the Indy 500.
Close-up of Indy 500 race car driver Jerry Sneva, standing alone in front of a crowd at the side of a racetrack. Photo filed 5/14/1983.
Indianapolis, IN: Gordon Johncock of Franklin, Ind. Waves to spectators after winning the 57th annual Indy 500. Johncock's average speed was 159.
Indianapolis: Salt Walther, Dayton, Ohio, slides upside down in car 77 after hitting wall just after start of Indy 500.
Speedway:Bobby Unser of Albuquerque, NM., skids past flaming wreckage of Mark Donohue which was hit by car driven by Mike Mosley after collision on...
Al Unser, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, wearing wreath, is surrounded by cheering crowd in winner's circle at Indianapolis Speedway after he won...
The drivers making up the first two rows of the Indianapolis 500 starting field joke as they listen to instructions at the pre-race driver's meeting....
Foyt waves to a cheering crowd late 5/12 after he had gone out for the second time in an attempt to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 race. Earlier...
The Greatest Spectacle in Racing got underway when Rick Mears, in car, takes the lead out from under the green flag that began the 68th running of...
Race car driver Bobby Unser waves to fans at the Indianapolis 500. Unser won the race, but was stripped of the title after he was penalized one lap.
Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Unser tells a Senate committee 3/24 the government should set quotas to promote the domestic manufacture of...
