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1973 Indianapolis 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 4 of 16 Wednesday, May 30, 1973 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN 200 laps* on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 2:05:27 Average speed: 159.036 mph Pole speed: 198.413 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 5 Glossary    1973 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1973 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 11 20   Gordon Johncock STP Double Oil Filter   (Pat Patrick) Eagle / Offy 133 225582 running 64 1000 2 16 2   Billy Vukovich, Jr. Sugaripe Prune   (Jerry O'Connell) Eagle / Offy 133 92754 running 0 800 3 14 3   Roger McCluskey Hopkins Buick   (Lindsey Hopkins) McLaren / Offy 131 57758 running 0 700 4 19 19   Mel Kenyon Atlanta Falcons   (Lindsey Hopkins) Eagle / Foyt 131 32649 running 0 600 5 5 5   Gary Bettenhausen Sunoco DX   (Roger Penske) McLaren / Offy 130 36286 running 0 500 6 7 24   Steve Krisiloff Elliott / Norton Spirit   (Grant King) King / Offy 129 29309 running 0 400 7 25 16   Lee Kunzman Ayr-Way / Lloyd's   (Lindsey Hopkins) Eagle / Offy 127 24877 running 0 300 8 24 89   John Martin Automotive Technology McLaren / Offy 124 24012 running 0 250 9 1 7   Johnny Rutherford Gulf   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Offy 124 28611 running 0 200 10 21 98   Mike Mosley Lodestar   (Ralph Wilke) Eagle / Offy 120 22475 connecting rod 0 150 11 22 73   David Hobbs Carling Black Label   (Roy Woods) Eagle / Offy 107 19780 running 0   12 30 84   George Snider Gilmore Racing   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Foyt 101 20375 gearbox 0 14 13 2 8   Bobby Unser Olsonite   (Oscar Olson) Eagle / Offy 100 29159 connecting rod 39   14 27 44   Dick Simon TraveLodge   (Dick Simon) Eagle / Foyt 100 18453 piston 0   15 3 66   Mark Donohue Sunoco DX   (Roger Penske) Eagle / Offy 92 18912 piston 0   16 13 60   Graham McRae STP Gas Treatment   (Pat Patrick) Eagle / Offy 91 18064 header 0   17 26 6   Mike Hiss Thermo King Air Conditioning   (Don Gerhardt) Eagle / Offy 91 17222 valve 0   18 29 1   Joe Leonard Samsonite   (Vel Miletich) Parnelli / Offy 91 16407 hub 0   19 18 48   Jerry Grant Olsonite   (Oscar Olson) Eagle / Offy 77 15814 connecting rod 0   20 8 4   Al Unser Viceroy   (Vel Miletich) Parnelli / Offy 75 19768 piston 18   21 9 21   Jimmy Caruthers Cobre Firestone   (Robert Fletcher) Eagle / Offy 73 15179 suspension 0   22 4 40   Swede Savage STP Oil Treatment   (Pat Patrick) Eagle / Offy 57 18541 crash 12   23 33 35   Jim McElreath Norris Eagle   (Champ Carr Inc.) Eagle / Offy 54 14884 connecting rod 0   24 20 62   Wally Dallenbach Olsonite   (Oscar Olson) Eagle / Offy 48 14208 connecting rod 0   25 23 14   A.J. Foyt Gilmore Racing   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Foyt 37 13970 connecting rod 0   26 28 30   Jerry Karl Oriente Express   (Smokey Yunick) Eagle / Chevy 22 16972 running 0   27 15 18   Lloyd Ruby Commander Motor Homes   (Commander Racing Team) Eagle / Offy 21 13594 piston 0   28 32 9   Sammy Sessions MVS Inc. Eagle / Foyt 17 14022 oil leak 0   29 31 28   Bob Harkey Bryant Heating & Cooling   (Lindsey Hopkins) Coyote / Foyt 12 14066 engine 0   30 6 11   Mario Andretti Viceroy   (Vel Miletich) Parnelli / Offy 4 13863 piston 0   31 10 15   Peter Revson Gulf   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Offy 3 13098 crash 0   32 12 12   Bobby Allison Sunoco DX   (Roger Penske) McLaren / Offy 1 13045 connecting rod 0   33 17 77   Salt Walther Dayton-Walther   (George Walther) McLaren / Offy 0 13038 crash 0   * Race shortened to 133 laps due to rain.

Relief Drivers: Car #84: A.J. Foyt (43 laps) Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Bill Simpson 17 Norton Spirit Tom Bigelow 27 Bryant Heating & Cooling Sam Posey 34 Norris Industries Bentley Warren 36 Bay State Racing Crockey Peterson 38, 96 Dr. Pepper Tom Sneva 39 Tipke Arnie Knepper 45, 58 C.H.E.K. Racing, Midwest Manufacturing Jigger Sirois 47 Bruce Crower Dee Jones 51 Minnesota Serendipity Billy Shuman 52 Quality Racing Team Jim Hurtubise 56 Miller High Life Johnny Parsons 58 Midwest Manufacturing Larry Cannon 59 PEP Gas Treatment Lee Brayton 61 Eisenhour Larry McCoy 63 Eastern Racing Associates Art Pollard 64 Cobre Firestone Greg Weld 75 STP Bob Harkey 76 Webster Racing Al Loquasto 86 Sunoco DX Rick Muther 97 Lodestar WD Eldon Rasmussen 52 Quality Racing Team WD Bruce Jacobi 78 Frantz Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Unser 1 39 39   Gordon Johncock 40 42 3   Swede Savage 43 54 12   Al Unser 55 72 18   Gordon Johncock 73 133 61