I am an English motor racing fan well into his 60's and I just wish to say how much I enjoy American motor racing history. I go the Goodwood and the Duke of Richmond and Gordon is a huge Indy fan, the Borg Warner trophy last year was something I never thought I would see. IMS, you have fans around the world and we love you and your glorious history. I echo the thanks from other fans for your making these superb films available.
I second that being from Switzerland. I been to F1 races in Monza, Hockenheim and Nürburgring. Ever since I was a kid, when I first heard of the Indy 500 (must have been about 10y) I made it my life goal to be in attendance of this race once in my life. At the time simply bc an oval race with half a million spectators seemed about as exotic as it got. Despite knowing about all the other oval races now I still plan to fulfill this goal within the decade.
BRM H16 Growing up an hour away from Detroit, Drag Racing was a big deal as well, especially in the 60s and 70s. Very Colorful like Indy. If you like give a documentary a try. It's got alot of American 🇺🇸 flavor.
Speaking for & as the American racing fan, Thank you! So many of us have long loved the racing from across the pond. The F1 racing from the 70's was such a thrill to watch. Great drivers & absolutely awesome looking cars (a car with 4 front tires, are you freak'n kidding me!! 🤩) & of course, so many legendary tracks & all the epic battle's waged on them. 💪🤠👍!!
@@iflick7235 Ironically, Hobbs is best known for his work in the early days of CBS's NASCAR telecasts when they began to show such in their entireties.
Sam Posey is a living legend. As someone that went back and watched all these 1970s-90s races, so thankful for Posey's ability to describe whats happening from a driver's perspective
I only recall Posey crossing the line once, when he tried to interview Kevin Cogan in 1986, when he was leading the race during the yellow. Of course, Bobby Rahal got the jump on Cogan when the green flag was waved and won, but that probably had nothing to do with Posey bothering him.
Sam 'Day-bree' Posey. I was hit and miss with him. He obviously knew his shit, but annoyed here and there. His little jousts with Bobby Unser were pretty entertaining, as stated here 😆 classic dick measuring/pissing contests that men do...😆 especially about cars
During the early years (1970's) that ABC carried a same-day edited videotape of the Indianapolis "500", Jim McKay always mentioned the date at the start of the telecast, so viewers would know that the taped race they were about to see took place earlier that day. From 1971 through 1985, millions of families (my late parents, my younger brother, and I included) would listen to the race live on radio during the day, then watch the edited videotape on TV that evening.
and I'm still angry about it. It made me hate ABC for life (I always hated the Roone Arledge melodrama). Even the Daytona 500 went live on CBS in '79 (and every Nascar race was live on cable by '85).
@@ericferguson68 I suspect it was the Indianapolis Speedway, and not ABC, that didn't allow a live telecast of the race in the United States until 1986. I'm sure that if the Speedway wanted ABC to carry the race live in the 1970's and early 1980's, ABC would have done so.
@@altfactor : It's certainly possible, but they truly didn't believe that people would sit and watch the cars go around for 4 or 5 hours. ABC was really into the melodrama. They liked to cut all kinds of pre-recorded clips into the telecast. The LA/NYC crowd that runs the networks often doesn't understand what flyover county wants to watch.
@@ericferguson68 It wasn't ABC's call. They wanted to start carrying the race live as far back as the late 1960s. But Tony Hulman was an old-time promoter, who believed all racetracks live and die by the gate receipts, so he didn't want people watching on TV when they could come to the track and see it live.
@@almostfm Exactly ... they held those rights dearly. Subsequently, IMS allowed live coverage but a regional blackout. I attend (53 500s and counting), and living in Indy, my Mom and Dad would road trip to an out of state hotel, get a room and watch the race live on TV. Even today, it's still a local blackout, with a replay later that evening.
The best days .....I loved the piece showing the folks in turn one.....man, people were just different. Everyone having fun, partying, assin around, nobody offended, nobody complaining, just everyone there to relax, watch the race with people of all walks of life.
Johnny Rutherford is one of my heroes! I have a poster from his 1976 Indy win that I mailed to him, and he signed it for me. I am a Johnny Rutherford fan forever!@@grantprice2328
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Sam Posey's "fill-in" work as analyst for the 1974 Indianapolis "500" impressed ABC: He would go on to work many auto racing events for the network, including several subsequent Indy races,
These are great to see again, reminds me of my youth staying away from any news regarding who won because the replay was at night. But, the races today are much closer than they were back then and the cars were so fragile, just look at this race, 5 cars done within the first 10 laps.
Even Though I Am A Fan Of A. J. Foyt. It Seems Like ABC Was Giving A. J. Foyt, That 4th Victory, Already, Before The 1974 Indianapolis 500 Race, Even Got Started! 😳🧐😱🤯😁😅😂🤣😁😎🤓😎🙂☺️ We Would Have To Wait, Another 3 Years, Before Anthony Joseph Foyt Would Get That 4th Indianapolis 500 Victory! 🏁🏎️🏆🥛 Typed By John Clark 🌞 Sunday Afternoon 4:36 p.m. 🌁🏙️, April 16, 2023
I suspect those telecasts don't exist any longer. Networks back then often re-used videotape that was in those days much more expensive and storage made it cost-prohibitive to do so.
So strange watching this particular race as my parents were in the turn 4 grandstands while my Mom was pregnant with me. So technically, this is my 50th year being at Indy!!!
Very different back then. 1. No safety cars and no packing up under yellow flags. The pits did not close under yellow. 2. No pit lane speed limits. 3. No professional pit crews and a 20 second pit stop was considered "fast". 4. Reliability was awful. Seven cars went out with engine related problems in the first 11 laps and back then it was common that at least two thirds of the cars would not finish the race. 5. No timing and scoring on TV.
I was at the '73 race and my parents wouldn't let me go back until I turned 18. My dad's co-workers were sitting where Salt Walther's fuel spewed and 2 were burned badly. We were sitting in turn 1. Dad and mom thought it was to disturbing to see and didn't want me to see it again until I was old enough (I was 9)
I love it. Not only do you get some really incredible racing action, but you also get a physics lesson on aerodynamics. I wish racing would return to this format. It's riveting and brainy.
My first memory of the Indy 500 was with my father, we watched Gordon Johncock win his second Indy 500 in 1982, he beat Rick Mears by about a car length if memory serves me right.
I remember the first time that I was at Indy. My Pops took my Mom, brother and to the time trials and we parked on the south end of the infield. As we were getting out of the car, “BAM”. Art Pollard was doing his qualifying run when he crashed into the wall right in front of us. The emergency vehicles came but took their time getting him out. Turns out that he died hitting the wall. I have been to so many Time Trials, a few 500s and a couple of Brickyards. I will always love the race and everything that comes with it.
and then comes up with the classic, there is dick simon in car #44, he is the father of 7 children....................... and that means what to the race ??
@@NotSteveCook Of course weaving puts temperature into the tires. The car is going a longer distance than if you were just going in a straight line, plus the stress on the tires from the cornering forces are also heating the tires.
Pit crew guy wearing a cowboy hat haha. The evolution of the pit crew to modern day is something to behold. And pretty funny to look back at these times
You gotta love AJ, he wanted to make damn sure everyone knew he was from Texas. Hell, I'm surprised he didn't have Bob Wills & The Texas Playboy's for a pit-crew & Ol' Waylon on top of his pit-box 🤔...oh yeah, I forgot, no pit-box command centers back then 🤷🏻♂️ LOL!
Not only did ABC's tease at the start of thus telecast focus on A.J. Foyt, but so did the network's on air promotion in the days prior to the race. Foyt entered the race as an odds-on favorite to win. He didn't get that right the career win in 1974, but did so in 1977, one of the most popular victories in the 110-year history of the "500".
You could only watch this race AFTER it ended. If you wanted live results you had to listen on the radio. The owner of track had the opinion live broadcasts would reduce track attendance.
Lone Star JR in that beautiful papaya McLaren at Indy is quintessential mid-70's American open wheel racing. A great first win for a legend on the track and a true gentlemen both on and off it. Combined with the understated, refined and, for lack of a better term, adult-ness of the Jim McKay led broadcast team, when compared to today's juvenile buffoonish gimmicky antics in the broadcast booth and on the track, this feels like it's from another planet...one where grownups still exist.
Agreed on all points. Nobody yelling or making up some catch phrases or making it about themselves....it was just a better time in every conceivable way.
Jackie Stewart officially retired as a driver in late 1973 and while describing the big changes at the track he also voiced his own concern as well. It is well-known he became a strong advocate for driver safety especially after tragedies like Roger Williamson, Francois Cevert and the '73 Indy 500.
My cousin was married to the brother of racer Don Branson who was killed in a bizarre accident in Arizona in 1966. I got to spend time in his garage. He was a good guy. One thing I'm wondering: After watching a lot of football videos from the '70s, how did you get such a great video? Thanks for the upload.
The restart @1:03:36 great stuff! They didn't mention it but the silly "Pacer" system was the protocol for caution periods. Every Yellow Light location had a numeric counter display, ticking off 1 thru 6 (I believe), no pacecar ... the drivers had to hit the same number at each display ... thus retaining your position at reduced caution speed.
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This was the year after they had the big multi-car crash at the start. The grandstands were pushed way back and the fences strengthened and the pit road entrance lengthened
Who has the fastest running pit crew lol, I love the commentary on these old race videos, and the pit crews are not even wearing gloves never mind helmets, back when people had balls.
100%. Definitely not 'stay safe!' era approved. And we also rode BMX bikes and skateboards as kids without helmets and pads all over our bodies, and went out and played with our friends all day and only came in when it got too dark to see. I feel bad for kids today that kind of freedom is something they'll never know...
the ,74 indy 500 race was a major improvement from last years ,73 indy 500 horror film contest of death kudos to usac 4 the improvements to insure us we didn t ever have to have a nightmare month like 1973 thanks tom binford and even the flagman pat vidan
Ironically, had the '73 500 been on Saturday like the two previous years (it was moved to Monday in '73 after many complaints about people unable to go in 1971 and '72 when it was on a Saturday (prior to 1971 it had been on May 30 regardless of which day of the week that fell on unless May 30 was a Sunday, then it was on Monday) as many still had a six-day workweek then with only Sundays and holidays off and religious groups as I remember didn't want the 500 on Sunday before caving in after '73 that had been planned before the '73 edition), it would have avoided ALL of the rain that hit Indy that weekend and beyond as that rain hit WELL AFTER that 500 would have been completed if it had been on Saturday instead of Monday. That rain likely played a huge factor with why that Indy 500 was as tragic as it was and the worst Indy 500 in history.
Interestingly, besides the fact that this race took place a year after the tragic 1973 race, it also was ten years after the tragic 1964 race that saw the tragic deaths of Eddie Sachs and Dave McDonald.
I forget who it was, but it was a motorsports pro I respected said of A.J. Foyt..."he stopped winning when the cars started handling", meaning it as a great compliment.
Yep, I think that was part of the TV contract. I guess the Indy 500 folks were afraid a live broadcast would reduce the attendance. You had to listen on the radio if you wanted to hear the race live.
That, and the fact that nobody would dare attempt to air a 500-mile race live from start to finish back then, because of a lack of competitive cars and the very real possibility of bad weather affecting things. That's what happened in 1973, '75, and '76, when those races were all adversely affected by rain and major crashes. 1974 was the year ABC first went live with the Daytona 500, but only the second half of the race, but they recorded the first half of the race to show highlights, and if it rained, air that portion of the race. It wouldn't be until 1979 that CBS first went live with the Daytona 500 from start to finish, and ABC wouldn't show a 500-mile race live from start to finish until 1986. And of course, their first attempt at showing the Indianapolis 500 live was marred by rain that delayed the race for an entire week.
In Canada, CTV broadcast the 1971 and '72 Indy 500s beginning at 3:30 P.M. local time, and from 1974-1985 at 1:30 P.M. local time; not quite live, but Canadian viewers saw it hours earlier than Americans watching on ABC.
I agree. ABC showed part of the original broadcast of the 1972 race during 500 Time Trials one year back in the mid-to-late 1980s, so it does exist somewhere in the archives. I believe.
I guess even in 1974 directors thought fans wanted to see extended shots of driver's wives reacting while viewers miss on-track action. Absolutely maddening. I remember all the times they'd cut to Ashley Judd's idiotic face.
We were on a high school grade 12 trip to MTL this day & my friend dared me to guess who won Indy. He knew I couldn't know - he had brought a radio. I said Rutherford. Steven Acker - my bet he remembers it - he was floored
Bobby Unser was quoted as saying he had the speed to catch Rutherford towards the end but not the fuel....In other words,had Bobby turned up the boost he would have ran out of fuel before he caught JR....It was Rutherford's day.
And one of the reasons he was so far behind was because he ran out of fuel on the second series of pit stops, as did Patrick Racing drivers Gordon Johncock and Steve Krisiloff. But Bobby's car wasn't anywhere near fast enough to handle Rutherford on that day. In fact, the only reason he finished on the same lap as Rutherford was because that was the race where he found the loophole in USAC's P.A.C.E.R. light rules by making repeated pit stops under caution, allowing him to make up time under caution (there was no pit road speed limit under caution, while the P.A.C.E.R. lights held the field to about 80 MPH on the track under caution).
@@cjs83172 You are correct on everything.I actually didn't know about Bobby Unser having problems with fuel on the second stops.The only thing I would add was that Bobby Unser actually confessed to racing down pit road repeatedly to make up time on the track.Those of us who know Bobby Unser's personality may find it odd that the ultra-competitive Unser would admit to anything unless he was caught.
@@asianoramaagain2269 That second set of pit stops proved problematic, particularly for Unser, because not only did he run out of fuel, but then that error was compounded with a 40 second pit stop. Just after Bobby ran out of fuel, the same thing happened to both of the remaining Patrick Racing cars, dropping them out of contention, though Gordon Johncock did wind up fourth, benefitting from the late-race attrition.
Hard to believe this was half a century ago.. 50 years! All those people you see @51-52 mark have either passed away or are in their 80s & 90s. Except of course, for the kids.
I want copy's of every radio full broadcast from as far back as it was recorded till now as well every video full broadcast from as back as possible till current
Back in the days when they had good announcers. Hasn't been that way for 15 or so years. Most of them now make seem to make it as exciting as a game of golf or watching the grass grow.
Who made the claim this was broadcast in 1080p? Now you would think the people in charge of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's video collection would be aware that recording for broadcast at 1080p was not a thing in 1974 because scan lines on television sets wasn't even at 500 lines.
I am an English motor racing fan well into his 60's and I just wish to say how much I enjoy American motor racing history. I go the Goodwood and the Duke of Richmond and Gordon is a huge Indy fan, the Borg Warner trophy last year was something I never thought I would see.
IMS, you have fans around the world and we love you and your glorious history. I echo the thanks from other fans for your making these superb films available.
I second that being from Switzerland. I been to F1 races in Monza, Hockenheim and Nürburgring. Ever since I was a kid, when I first heard of the Indy 500 (must have been about 10y) I made it my life goal to be in attendance of this race once in my life. At the time simply bc an oval race with half a million spectators seemed about as exotic as it got. Despite knowing about all the other oval races now I still plan to fulfill this goal within the decade.
BRM H16 Growing up an hour away from Detroit, Drag Racing was a big deal as well, especially in the 60s and 70s. Very Colorful like Indy. If you like give a documentary a try. It's got alot of American 🇺🇸 flavor.
Speaking for & as the American racing fan, Thank you! So many of us have long loved the racing from across the pond. The F1 racing from the 70's was such a thrill to watch. Great drivers & absolutely awesome looking cars (a car with 4 front tires, are you freak'n kidding me!! 🤩) & of course, so many legendary tracks & all the epic battle's waged on them. 💪🤠👍!!
Note: David Hobbs, in one of the first three row. Much loved here in the States.
@@iflick7235 Ironically, Hobbs is best known for his work in the early days of CBS's NASCAR telecasts when they began to show such in their entireties.
Sam Posey is a living legend. As someone that went back and watched all these 1970s-90s races, so thankful for Posey's ability to describe whats happening from a driver's perspective
I only recall Posey crossing the line once, when he tried to interview Kevin Cogan in 1986, when he was leading the race during the yellow. Of course, Bobby Rahal got the jump on Cogan when the green flag was waved and won, but that probably had nothing to do with Posey bothering him.
Sam riling up Bobby Unser was always fun
Sam 'Day-bree' Posey. I was hit and miss with him. He obviously knew his shit, but annoyed here and there. His little jousts with Bobby Unser were pretty entertaining, as stated here 😆 classic dick measuring/pissing contests that men do...😆 especially about cars
Thank you thank you thank you for making these old races and videos publicly available!
Yep, if you want to increase the popularity of your show you better not keep it a secret!
During the early years (1970's) that ABC carried a same-day edited videotape of the Indianapolis "500", Jim McKay always mentioned the date at the start of the telecast, so viewers would know that the taped race they were about to see took place earlier that day.
From 1971 through 1985, millions of families (my late parents, my younger brother, and I included) would listen to the race live on radio during the day, then watch the edited videotape on TV that evening.
and I'm still angry about it. It made me hate ABC for life (I always hated the Roone Arledge melodrama). Even the Daytona 500 went live on CBS in '79 (and every Nascar race was live on cable by '85).
@@ericferguson68 I suspect it was the Indianapolis Speedway, and not ABC, that didn't allow a live telecast of the race in the United States until 1986.
I'm sure that if the Speedway wanted ABC to carry the race live in the 1970's and early 1980's, ABC would have done so.
@@altfactor : It's certainly possible, but they truly didn't believe that people would sit and watch the cars go around for 4 or 5 hours. ABC was really into the melodrama. They liked to cut all kinds of pre-recorded clips into the telecast. The LA/NYC crowd that runs the networks often doesn't understand what flyover county wants to watch.
@@ericferguson68 It wasn't ABC's call. They wanted to start carrying the race live as far back as the late 1960s. But Tony Hulman was an old-time promoter, who believed all racetracks live and die by the gate receipts, so he didn't want people watching on TV when they could come to the track and see it live.
@@almostfm
Exactly ... they held those rights dearly.
Subsequently, IMS allowed live coverage but a regional blackout.
I attend (53 500s and counting), and living in Indy, my Mom and Dad would road trip to an out of state hotel, get a room and watch the race live on TV.
Even today, it's still a local blackout, with a replay later that evening.
Johnny Rutherford! My fave ever!
Makes me feel like i'm sitting with my Grandpa watching this. Because I was.
The best days .....I loved the piece showing the folks in turn one.....man, people were just different. Everyone having fun, partying, assin around, nobody offended, nobody complaining, just everyone there to relax, watch the race with people of all walks of life.
After the nasty accident-plagued 1973 race, this race was like a breath of fresh air...
The DEVIL himself was in the 1973 race!
Yes and people going in were wondering if this 500 would go off without any problem
It only took two deaths and a lot of injuries to make the needed changes. Sad.
Were the specific changes they made truly necessary? Reducing the size of the fuel tanks made no sense
Pretty cool to see Lone Star JR in the McLaren car while he is today working for McLaren. He's one of my all-time favorite drivers. He's a class act.
honestly not trying to toot my horn, but trying to say thank you it means a lot, because JR is my grandfather.
You're a very lucky man sir!!!
I talk to Johnny every year and he is total class guy, one of my all time favs and heros growing up
Johnny Rutherford is one of my heroes! I have a poster from his 1976 Indy win that I mailed to him, and he signed it for me. I am a Johnny Rutherford fan forever!@@grantprice2328
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I Was Born In October 1968.
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I love you guys for uploading these. Thanks, Indycar!
Thank you so much for this video, it brings back wonderful memories!
Sam Posey's "fill-in" work as analyst for the 1974 Indianapolis "500" impressed ABC: He would go on to work many auto racing events for the network, including several subsequent Indy races,
Sam has a smooth voice.
He had a better career in TV than he ever did as a driver
After Bobby retired, he came to the ABC booth ... Sam and Bobby going at it was great.
1970 races r iconic.
These are great to see again, reminds me of my youth staying away from any news regarding who won because the replay was at night. But, the races today are much closer than they were back then and the cars were so fragile, just look at this race, 5 cars done within the first 10 laps.
You have to admire the old-time efficiency of using a hearse for an ambulance.
There was no efficiency in that. As a kid back in those days, my friends and I thought they were creepy.
Saved them a trip.@@dougbadgley6672
50 years ago today! First Indy 500 to be held on a Sunday. My friend and former co-worker was there on her 21st birthday!
Those were the days. 50 years flew by like an offy
Love the AJ Foyt intro. One of the all time greats of auto racing for sure.
Even Though I Am A Fan Of A. J. Foyt. It Seems Like ABC Was Giving A. J. Foyt, That 4th Victory, Already, Before The 1974 Indianapolis 500 Race, Even Got Started! 😳🧐😱🤯😁😅😂🤣😁😎🤓😎🙂☺️
We Would Have To Wait, Another 3 Years, Before Anthony Joseph Foyt Would Get That 4th Indianapolis 500 Victory! 🏁🏎️🏆🥛
Typed By John Clark 🌞 Sunday Afternoon 4:36 p.m. 🌁🏙️, April 16, 2023
Yes
Anthony Joseph Foyt..... What a gruff badass. When he was born, the doctor said 'its a man!' 😅
Thank you for posting
Anyway you could include the commercials as well, always interesting to see them
This was from the days when this spectacle was on tape delay, in prime time Sunday
Wow, I was 14 years old. Never made it to an Indy 500, but I remember watching them. I remembered almost all of the driver and team names. So cool!
We'd love to have you if you can get a ticket!
1974. My favourite Indianapolis 500 of all time apart from many others.
rest in peace Betty Rutherford
I forgot to say... I love Jim Nabors too! God bless him, wherever he is!
Is he gay?
@@marksymbala3454 Yes, he was very happy
@@phillip5245 lmao.so he was light in his loafers?
Jim died on November 30, 2017.
Thanks IMS. I hope someday you can add 1972 and 1976 to your channel.
I suspect those telecasts don't exist any longer. Networks back then often re-used videotape that was in those days much more expensive and storage made it cost-prohibitive to do so.
So strange watching this particular race as my parents were in the turn 4 grandstands while my Mom was pregnant with me. So technically, this is my 50th year being at Indy!!!
Amazed that it survives at original resolution preserved at 1080p.
Thank you! PLEASE upload whatever you have of 1972 and 1976. Even if part of 1972 is missing, it's historic video not seen in 45+ years. PLEASE.
Very different back then. 1. No safety cars and no packing up under yellow flags. The pits did not close under yellow. 2. No pit lane speed limits. 3. No professional pit crews and a 20 second pit stop was considered "fast". 4. Reliability was awful. Seven cars went out with engine related problems in the first 11 laps and back then it was common that at least two thirds of the cars would not finish the race. 5. No timing and scoring on TV.
The rule closing pit road when the caution flies must be ended. It doesn’t work
6. The chance of seeing a man get burned to death, or get his head lopped off. 70%
And no live race TV broadcast.
They also used to be able to jack up the fuel tanks to get the fuel at the bottom to flow faster.
i've been to many sporting events but there's nothing like race day at Indy!
Cant believe how big the old crowds were. What an event!
I was at the '73 race and my parents wouldn't let me go back until I turned 18. My dad's co-workers were sitting where Salt Walther's fuel spewed and 2 were burned badly. We were sitting in turn 1. Dad and mom thought it was to disturbing to see and didn't want me to see it again until I was old enough (I was 9)
Nice to again hear the Offenhauser "growl"!
I love it. Not only do you get some really incredible racing action, but you also get a physics lesson on aerodynamics. I wish racing would return to this format. It's riveting and brainy.
awww I wanted to see the Sunday night movie!
Well, too bad.
MacMillan & Wife?
@@AlexLozanoRacing 😳🙄🤯😅😂🤣😎🤓
My first memory of the Indy 500 was with my father, we watched Gordon Johncock win his second Indy 500 in 1982, he beat Rick Mears by about a car length if memory serves me right.
A classic race
Digging those plaid pants on the Norton crew. Groovy. 😂
Far out!
Love the starting lineup music: Barry’s Theme - The Love Unlimited Orchestra
This is the year that they changed the pit entrance
Yes, nice segment by Jackie @35:27 covering the changes.
I remember the first time that I was at Indy. My Pops took my Mom, brother and to the time trials and we parked on the south end of the infield. As we were getting out of the car, “BAM”. Art Pollard was doing his qualifying run when he crashed into the wall right in front of us. The emergency vehicles came but took their time getting him out. Turns out that he died hitting the wall. I have been to so many Time Trials, a few 500s and a couple of Brickyards. I will always love the race and everything that comes with it.
"They are merely limbering up the steering." No Chris, I'm pretty sure they were warming the tires.
and then comes up with the classic, there is dick simon in car #44, he is the father of 7 children....................... and that means what to the race ??
No shit. I couldn't believe that ignorant comment!
hahahahahaha --- I was thinking the same thing when I heard that comment --- also --- "their arms have to go a long way"
Cleaning the marbles off the tires. Weaving makes no difference for tire temps.
@@NotSteveCook Of course weaving puts temperature into the tires. The car is going a longer distance than if you were just going in a straight line, plus the stress on the tires from the cornering forces are also heating the tires.
It's probably a miracle they had a 500 in '74 after the disaster that was the year before.
Look at the size of the crowd. Unreal
I was 8 and part of that crowd. Amazing. A cherished memory.
Gomer looks like one of those sleazy pop singers from that era with that leisure suit and mic style he's rocking. 😁😁😀😀
No pit road speed limit, pit crews have no helmets, and 20 seconds was a good 4 tire pit time. Those were the days!
And driving over the air hose.
Kenneth Butler Stupid days...
Not to mention cowboy hats and matching checkered shirts.
@@1Trupurpose 1970s was the last ever golden years in IndyCar.
@@NewMadrid01 We Were Not Politically-Correct, ( Afraid To Offend Snowflakes🌨🙄😅😂🤣😎🤓), Like We Are, Now!🙄🤯😅😂🤣😎🤓
Pit crew guy wearing a cowboy hat haha. The evolution of the pit crew to modern day is something to behold. And pretty funny to look back at these times
You gotta love AJ, he wanted to make damn sure everyone knew he was from Texas. Hell, I'm surprised he didn't have Bob Wills & The Texas Playboy's for a pit-crew & Ol' Waylon on top of his pit-box 🤔...oh yeah, I forgot, no pit-box command centers back then 🤷🏻♂️ LOL!
@@3338MAN TRUTH! 💪
Not only did ABC's tease at the start of thus telecast focus on A.J. Foyt, but so did the network's on air promotion in the days prior to the race.
Foyt entered the race as an odds-on favorite to win.
He didn't get that right the career win in 1974, but did so in 1977, one of the most popular victories in the 110-year history of the "500".
THANK YOU!!!!
You could only watch this race AFTER it ended. If you wanted live results you had to listen on the radio. The owner of track had the opinion live broadcasts would reduce track attendance.
Yeah, all it does it alienate possible fans for future years. Just another petty D'bag!!
Man, I remember walking through the neighborhood and hearing the race on peoples radios. Which was on a Monday back in the day
This was the first Indy 500 to be contested on a Sunday, which it has been scheduled to do ever since.
@35:26 Great explanation of the changes to the layout in T4.
I remember that we at home very rather nervous for the 1974 500, after the disasters of the 1973 race.
The only time between 1973 and 1976 that the race ran the full 500 miles (The 1973, 1976, and 1976 races were all shortened by rain).
1973,1975 &1976 Indy 500 were halted by rain
Any chance (if you have a chance) can you upload the 1972 Indy 500?
Lone Star JR in that beautiful papaya McLaren at Indy is quintessential mid-70's American open wheel racing. A great first win for a legend on the track and a true gentlemen both on and off it. Combined with the understated, refined and, for lack of a better term, adult-ness of the Jim McKay led broadcast team, when compared to today's juvenile buffoonish gimmicky antics in the broadcast booth and on the track, this feels like it's from another planet...one where grownups still exist.
Agreed on all points. Nobody yelling or making up some catch phrases or making it about themselves....it was just a better time in every conceivable way.
Jackie Stewart officially retired as a driver in late 1973 and while describing the big changes at the track he also voiced his own concern as well. It is well-known he became a strong advocate for driver safety especially after tragedies like Roger Williamson, Francois Cevert and the '73 Indy 500.
Thanks for the sharing,video of Time Trial and Bump Day?
My cousin was married to the brother of racer Don Branson who was killed in a bizarre accident in Arizona in 1966. I got to spend time in his garage. He was a good guy. One thing I'm wondering: After watching a lot of football videos from the '70s, how did you get such a great video? Thanks for the upload.
The restart @1:03:36 great stuff!
They didn't mention it but the silly "Pacer" system was the protocol for caution periods.
Every Yellow Light location had a numeric counter display, ticking off 1 thru 6 (I believe), no pacecar ... the drivers had to hit the same number at each display ... thus retaining your position at reduced caution speed.
A lot of attrition in the early laps of this race.
The music during the Foyt open was used by TBS for baseball in the late 70s.
54:19 LOL! Well, we can only say that IndyCar racing has changed a lot since the mid-1970s....
More 1970s or 1980s race please
Absolutamente lindo esse vídeo. Fantástico! Lendas: Roger Penske, Mario Andretti, A. J. Foyt, e outros. 👏👏👏 Abraços aqui do Brasil 👍
Man,,early 70's the infield party was sweet!
LOts of Hot Chicks wow!
Snake Pit
You better believe it. Best time period in human history
My Name Is John Clark. 😎🤓
I Was Born In October 1968.👶
I Remember 🤔 Watching Indianapolis 500 Race On 🌞 Sunday Night 🌛🌉🌃🌌 On Television 📺 With My Father 🧑🤓📺.
I Remember 🤔 My Mother 👩 Called Me "Johnny" Clark.
Johnny Rutherford Is One Of My Sports Heroes , Because He Is A Class Act!😎😎🤓
Always Talking To The Media 🗣️🎤🎧📺 Whether He Wins 🏁🏎️🥛🏆Or Loses!
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Four more years, AJ. Four more years.
Johnny Rutherford Blew An Engine On Saturday May 11, 1974.
So Was Unable To Win 🏆 The Pole Position From Fellow Texan Anthony Joseph Foyt.
Johnny Rutherford Crew Installed Another Engine Into Johnny Rutherford's Car.🏎️
And Johnny Rutherford Qualified On 🌞 Saturday May 18, 1974.
The 58th Indianapolis 500 Race Was Held On 🌞 Sunday May 26, 1974.🏁🏎️📺 1:39:25
Johnny Rutherford Had 8 Pit Stops , Where As 2nd Place Bobby Unser Had 10 Pit Stops.
Johnny Rutherford From The 25th Starting Position ( Inside Of The 9th Row ) Won 🏁🏎️🥛🏆 The 1974 Indianapolis 500 At 3 Hours 9 Minutes 10.06 Seconds.
Bobby Unser Was 2nd Place , 22.32 Seconds Behind Johnny Rutherford.
So Bobby Unser Making 2 Extra Pit Stops Was The Different In This Race.
But Bobby Unser Said That "His McLaren Was Just Too Fast!" In A Post Race Interview On Television. 📺
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I miss the days of "fly by the seat of your pants" technology, whether of aircraft or racecraft!
One of the teams has a com-pu-ter.
Nao haja duvida a indianapolis 500 e um mundo a parte.....
This was the year after they had the big multi-car crash at the start. The grandstands were pushed way back and the fences strengthened and the pit road entrance lengthened
Sam Posey has a great speaking voice. Always loved hearing him announce.
Anyone know the name of the song in the opening about Foyt?
Whatever it is, TBS used it for Braves baseball in the late 1970s.
Has the 1972 or 1976 500 telecasts ever been found?
"Can you imagine how AJ is steaming mad"
Yea I can imagine that.
I saw a still picture of him as he was pulling into the garage area. The photo was titled "Not the best time for an interview". Very appropriate.
In 1974 McLaren won the Indy 500 with Johnny Rutherford and the F1 Championship with Emerson Fittipaldi.
12:46 Wow that 77 is waay ahead of its time really for 1974 that scheme looks modern
I love the Indy and F1 car styles of the early 1970’s.
Who has the fastest running pit crew lol, I love the commentary on these old race videos, and the pit crews are not even wearing gloves never mind helmets, back when people had balls.
100%. Definitely not 'stay safe!' era approved. And we also rode BMX bikes and skateboards as kids without helmets and pads all over our bodies, and went out and played with our friends all day and only came in when it got too dark to see. I feel bad for kids today that kind of freedom is something they'll never know...
the ,74 indy 500 race was a major improvement from last years ,73 indy 500 horror film contest of death kudos to usac 4 the improvements to insure us we didn t ever have to have a nightmare month like 1973 thanks tom binford and even the flagman pat vidan
Ironically, had the '73 500 been on Saturday like the two previous years (it was moved to Monday in '73 after many complaints about people unable to go in 1971 and '72 when it was on a Saturday (prior to 1971 it had been on May 30 regardless of which day of the week that fell on unless May 30 was a Sunday, then it was on Monday) as many still had a six-day workweek then with only Sundays and holidays off and religious groups as I remember didn't want the 500 on Sunday before caving in after '73 that had been planned before the '73 edition), it would have avoided ALL of the rain that hit Indy that weekend and beyond as that rain hit WELL AFTER that 500 would have been completed if it had been on Saturday instead of Monday. That rain likely played a huge factor with why that Indy 500 was as tragic as it was and the worst Indy 500 in history.
Great race as a Mclaren loved this Wim
Interestingly, besides the fact that this race took place a year after the tragic 1973 race, it also was ten years after the tragic 1964 race that saw the tragic deaths of Eddie Sachs and Dave McDonald.
I forget who it was, but it was a motorsports pro I respected said of A.J. Foyt..."he stopped winning when the cars started handling", meaning it as a great compliment.
so wait they didn't show it live but prime time tape delay???
Yep, I think that was part of the TV contract. I guess the Indy 500 folks were afraid a live broadcast would reduce the attendance. You had to listen on the radio if you wanted to hear the race live.
I do belive most americans did not get it it was not live 😂
That, and the fact that nobody would dare attempt to air a 500-mile race live from start to finish back then, because of a lack of competitive cars and the very real possibility of bad weather affecting things. That's what happened in 1973, '75, and '76, when those races were all adversely affected by rain and major crashes. 1974 was the year ABC first went live with the Daytona 500, but only the second half of the race, but they recorded the first half of the race to show highlights, and if it rained, air that portion of the race. It wouldn't be until 1979 that CBS first went live with the Daytona 500 from start to finish, and ABC wouldn't show a 500-mile race live from start to finish until 1986. And of course, their first attempt at showing the Indianapolis 500 live was marred by rain that delayed the race for an entire week.
In Canada, CTV broadcast the 1971 and '72 Indy 500s beginning at 3:30 P.M. local time, and from 1974-1985 at 1:30 P.M. local time; not quite live, but Canadian viewers saw it hours earlier than Americans watching on ABC.
For many years it was broadcast the next day.
Again: Any chance of the 1972 or 1976 runs?
I agree. ABC showed part of the original broadcast of the 1972 race during 500 Time Trials one year back in the mid-to-late 1980s, so it does exist somewhere in the archives. I believe.
The Road to 100 videos show footage of the 1972 and 1976 Indy 500 telecasts. Also, there’s a French kinescope containing footage of the 1972 telecast.
I guess even in 1974 directors thought fans wanted to see extended shots of driver's wives reacting while viewers miss on-track action. Absolutely maddening. I remember all the times they'd cut to Ashley Judd's idiotic face.
And they ruined the Johncock Mears race too….
Another differece: no "one chassis only" racing. It was not only race of drivers, but truly also race of engineers!
Indiana hipness at 50:50 .
I met AJ he is a nice guy.
Total badass.ask the bees
Yep
I could be wrong, but this is Sam Posey's very first IndyCar race as an analyst
We were on a high school grade 12 trip to MTL this day & my friend dared me to guess who won Indy. He knew I couldn't know - he had brought a radio.
I said Rutherford.
Steven Acker - my bet he remembers it - he was floored
Bobby Unser was quoted as saying he had the speed to catch Rutherford towards the end but not the fuel....In other words,had Bobby turned up the boost he would have ran out of fuel before he caught JR....It was Rutherford's day.
And one of the reasons he was so far behind was because he ran out of fuel on the second series of pit stops, as did Patrick Racing drivers Gordon Johncock and Steve Krisiloff. But Bobby's car wasn't anywhere near fast enough to handle Rutherford on that day. In fact, the only reason he finished on the same lap as Rutherford was because that was the race where he found the loophole in USAC's P.A.C.E.R. light rules by making repeated pit stops under caution, allowing him to make up time under caution (there was no pit road speed limit under caution, while the P.A.C.E.R. lights held the field to about 80 MPH on the track under caution).
@@cjs83172 You are correct on everything.I actually didn't know about Bobby Unser having problems with fuel on the second stops.The only thing I would add was that Bobby
Unser actually confessed to racing down pit road repeatedly to make up time on the track.Those of us who know Bobby Unser's personality may find it odd that the ultra-competitive Unser would admit to anything unless he was caught.
@@asianoramaagain2269 That second set of pit stops proved problematic, particularly for Unser, because not only did he run out of fuel, but then that error was compounded with a 40 second pit stop. Just after Bobby ran out of fuel, the same thing happened to both of the remaining Patrick Racing cars, dropping them out of contention, though Gordon Johncock did wind up fourth, benefitting from the late-race attrition.
Hard to believe this was half a century ago.. 50 years! All those people you see @51-52 mark have either passed away or are in their 80s & 90s. Except of course, for the kids.
Cant even remember if i went in 74. Mightve worked at my busboy job at Sveden House.
You never know if those engines were gonna stay together back then at Indy.
33:50 A guy in the pit crew wearing a cowboy hat. LOL
Obrigado pelo filme
I want copy's of every radio full broadcast from as far back as it was recorded till now as well every video full broadcast from as back as possible till current
Back in the days when they had good announcers. Hasn't been that way for 15 or so years. Most of them now make seem to make it as exciting as a game of golf or watching the grass grow.
or over dramatize EVERY little thing.
the drivers made for the excitment!
1080p? Back then nobody knew how to spell it, let alone broadcast it
It was 480p. A lot of standard def stuff looks fine.
Who made the claim this was broadcast in 1080p? Now you would think the people in charge of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's video collection would be aware that recording for broadcast at 1080p was not a thing in 1974 because scan lines on television sets wasn't even at 500 lines.