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The 57th 500 Mile International Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, on Wednesday, May 30, 1973. The race was held over three days because of rain and two major accidents. [ 4 ][ 5 ] Three competitors—two drivers and one pit crew member—died from injuries suffered as a result of accidents that ...
May 12, 1973 USAC: Indianapolis 500: Practice On pole day, Art Pollard was participating in the morning practice session. At 9:47 a.m., after a lap of 192 mph (309 km/h), the car slammed the outside wall entering turn one. It spun towards the grass near the inside of the south short chute.
0. David Earl "Swede" Savage Jr.[ 1 ] (August 26, 1946 – July 2, 1973) was an American race car driver. He died at age 26 from complications while recovering from injuries suffered in a crash during the 1973 Indianapolis 500, nearly five weeks earlier.[ 2 ][ 3 ][ 4 ]
Indianapolis Motor Speedway: Indianapolis 500: Gerhardt Racing Eagle – Offenhauser TC "Thermo King" Practice Bob Criss (USA) [91] March 12, 1973 FasTrack International Speedway: Private test Page Racing Eagle – Offenhauser TC: Testing Art Pollard (USA) [92] May 12, 1973 USAC: Indianapolis Motor Speedway: Indianapolis 500: Bob Fletcher
1971 Indianapolis 500. The 55th 500 Mile International Sweepstakes was a motor race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Saturday, May 29, 1971. Al Unser Sr. won for the second consecutive year, dominating most of the race. [ 3 ][ 4 ] Unser became the fourth driver to win the Indy 500 in back-to-back years, and it was ...
Contents. Salt Walther. David "Salt" Walther (November 22, 1947 – December 27, 2012 [ 1 ]) was a driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. He also drove NASCAR stock cars and unlimited hydroplane boats, and was a car owner in USAC. Walther is best remembered for a crash at the start of the 1973 Indianapolis 500 that left him ...
Johncock's winning car from the 1973 Indianapolis 500. Johncock's winless drought came to an end when he joined the STP / Patrick Racing team ahead of the 1973 USAC season. At the 1973 Indianapolis 500 , a major accident at the start involving Salt Walther , coupled with two days of rain, postponed the race until late Wednesday afternoon.
The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, [ 1 ][ 2 ] and commonly shortened to Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indianapolis. The event is traditionally held over Memorial Day weekend, usually the last weekend of ...