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1966 Hoosier Grand Prix

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USAC Champ Car Series race number 8 of 16
Sunday, July 24, 1966 at Indianapolis Raceway Park, Clermont, IN
80 laps on a 1.875 mile road course (150.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:34:22
Average speed: 95.373 mph
Pole speed: 113.541 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 8

Glossary 1966 USAC Champ Car Series results / 1966 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	1	Mario Andretti	Dean Van Lines (Al Dean)	Brawner / Ford	80	3562	running	38	300
2	7	24	Al Unser	American Red Ball (John Mecom)	Lola / Ford	80	2137	running	10	240
3	3	3	Jim McElreath	John Zink	Brabham / Ford	80	1425	running	18	210
4	8	86	Bobby Unser	Bob Wilke	Watson / Offy	79	1033	running	0	180
5	4	72	Gordon Johncock	Weinberger Homes (Weinberger & Wilseck)	Gerhardt / Ford	79	855	running	8	150
6	14	2	George Snider	Sheraton / Thompson (Ansted-Thompson Racing)	Coyote / Ford	79	712	running	0	15
7	10	96	Ronnie Duman	J. Frank Harrison	Eisert / Chevy	79	570	running	0	90
8	5	6	Joe Leonard	Yamaha (A.J. Foyt)	Eagle / Ford	79	498	running	0	75
9	15	4	Don Branson	Bob Wilke	Gerhardt / Ford	79	463	running	0	60
10	17	98	Dick Atkins	REV 500 (J.C. Agajanian)	Shrike / Offy	78	427	running	0	45
11	22	40	Sammy Sessions	Federal Engineering (Federal Automotive Associates)	Trevis / Offy	78	391	running	0	30
12	18	39	Bobby Grim	Racing Associates	Watson / Offy	77	356	running	0	15
13	12	27	Billy Foster	Jim Robbins	Vollstedt / Ford	76	320	running	0
14	23	81	Bob Harkey	Central Excavating (Pete Salemi)	Gerhardt / Offy	75	285	running	0
15	20	85	Al Miller	Caves Buick (Myron Caves)	Gerhardt / Offy	65	249	running	0
16	1	29	Lloyd Ruby	All American Racers (Dan Gurney)	Lotus / Ford	43	213	spun out	0
17	16	22	Bud Tingelstad	Federal Engineering (Federal Automotive Associates)	Gerhardt / Offy	42	178	spun out	0
18	9	12	Chuck Hulse	Wynn's (Bob Wilke)	Watson / Ford	38	142	spun out	0
19	11	77	Carl Williams	Dayton Steel Wheel (George Walther)	Gerhardt / Ford	35	71	dnf	0
20	19	53	Gary Congdon	Valvoline (Tassi Vatis)	Huffaker / Offy	28	71	suspension	0
21	21	37	Arnie Knepper	DVS (Sam Liosi)	Cecil / Ford	15	71	oil pressure	0
22	6	8	Roger McCluskey	G.C. Murphy (Lindsey Hopkins)	Eagle / Ford	12	71	fuel leak	6
23	24	41	Johnny Boyd	Prestone (George Bryant)	BRP / Ford	8	71	oil pressure	0
24	13	82	A.J. Foyt	Sheraton / Thompson (Ansted-Thompson Racing)	Lotus / Ford	5	71	ignition	0

Relief Drivers:

Car #2: A.J. Foyt (69 laps), 105 points)

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Larry Dickson	11	Vita Fresh Orange Juice
	Ralph Liguori	35	Flynn
	Gary Bettenhausen	61	McManus Brothers
	Cale Yarborough	66	Jim Robbins
	Art Pollard	71	GCR
	Al Smith	71	Fairchild-Hiller
	Skip Hedrick	84	Foutch

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Jim McElreath	1	6	6
Roger McCluskey	7	12	6
Al Unser	13	14	2
Gordon Johncock	15	22	8
Jim McElreath	23	26	4
Al Unser	27	34	8
Jim McElreath	35	42	8
Mario Andretti	43	80	38