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1976 Indianapolis 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 3 of 13 Sunday, May 30, 1976 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN 200 laps* on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 1:42:52 Average speed: 148.725 mph Pole speed: 188.957 mph Cautions: 6 for 21 laps Margin of victory: 15.36 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 8 Glossary    1976 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1976 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 2   Johnny Rutherford Hy-Gain   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Offy 102 247829 running 48 1000 2 5 14   A.J. Foyt Gilmore Racing   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Foyt 102 99725 running 29 800 3 2 20   Gordon Johncock Sinmast / Goodyear   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / Bignotti 102 65580 running 18 700 4 7 40   Wally Dallenbach Sinmast / Goodyear   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / Bignotti 101 36806 running 3 600 5 6 48   Pancho Carter Jorgensen Steel   (Earle Jorgensen) Eagle / Offy 101 32549 running 3 500 6 3 68   Tom Sneva Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) McLaren / Offy 101 29916 running 1 400 7 4 21   Al Unser American Racing Wheels / Vel's   (Parnelli Jones) Parnelli / Cosworth 101 26475 running 0 300 8 19 6   Mario Andretti CAM2 Motor Oil   (Roger Penske) McLaren / Offy 101 27437 running 0 250 9 22 77   Salt Walther Dayton-Walther   (George Walther) McLaren / Offy 100 22906 running 0 200 10 12 3   Bobby Unser Cobre Tire   (Robert Fletcher) Eagle / Offy 100 23197 running 0 150 11 30 51   Lloyd Ruby Fairco Drugs   (Mike Devin) Eagle / Offy 100 22277 running 0 100 12 14 93   Johnny Parsons Ayr-Way / WIRE   (Tassi Vatis) Eagle / Offy 98 20484 running 0 50 13 27 23   George Snider Hubler Chevrolet   (Ralph Wilke) Eagle / Offy 98 20017 running 0   14 32 24   Tom Bigelow Leader Card Racers   (Ralph Wilke) Eagle / Offy 98 19523 running 0   15 11 12   Mike Mosley Sugaripe Prune   (Jerry O'Connell) Eagle / Offy 98 20311 running 0   16 33 8   Jan Opperman Routh Meat Packing   (Richard Routh) Eagle / Offy 97 18326 running 0   17 10 69   Larry Cannon American Financial   (Richard Hoffman) Eagle / Offy 97 17467 running 0   18 17 9   Vern Schuppan Jorgensen Steel   (Earle Jorgensen) Eagle / Offy 97 18035 running 0   19 29 97   Sheldon Kinser The Bottom Half   (Agajanian-King) Dragon / Offy 97 16630 running 0   20 28 96   Bob Harkey McIntire Ford-Chevy   (Agajanian-Purcell-King) King / Offy 97 16253 running 0   21 15 98   John Martin Genesee Beer   (Agajanian-Hammond-King) Dragon / Offy 96 16702 running 0   22 18 83   Bill Puterbaugh McNamara Motor Express   (Lee Elkins) Eagle / Offy 96 15578 running 0   23 21 28   Bill Scott Spirit of Public Enterprise   (Warner Hodgdon) Eagle / Offy 96 17381 running 0   24 23 92   Steve Krisiloff 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Tassi Vatis) Eagle / Offy 95 15311 running 0   25 24 86   Al Loquasto Frostie Root Beer   (Al Loquasto) McLaren / Offy 95 14969 running 0   26 26 63   Larry McCoy Shurfine Foods / Spirit of America   (James Bidwell) Atlanta / Offy 91 14553 running 0   27 20 73   Jerry Grant California-Oklahoma   (Fred Carrillo) Eagle / AMC 91 15164 running 0   28 8 45   Gary Bettenhausen Thermo King   (Don Gerhardt) Eagle / Offy 52 15202 waste gate 0   29 31 33   David Hobbs Dayton-Walther   (George Walther) McLaren / Offy 10 14867 water leak 0   30 13 7   Roger McCluskey Lindsey Hopkins   (Lindsey Hopkins) Lightning / Offy 8 15059 crash 0   31 9 5   Billy Vukovich, Jr. Alex Foods   (Alex Morales) Eagle / Offy 2 14879 rod 0   32 16 17   Dick Simon Bryant Heating   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / Offy 1 15524 rod 0   33 25 19   Spike Gehlhausen Spirit of Indiana   (Carl Gehlhausen) McLaren / Offy 0 13797 oil pressure 0   * Race shortened to 102 laps due to rain.

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 34 Bobby Olivero 78 Alex Foods Bobby Olivero Eagle / Offy 35 Eldon Rasmussen 58 Anacomp Eldon Rasmussen Rascar / Foyt 36 Bill Simpson 38 Nikon Bill Simpson Eagle / Offy 37 Jan Opperman 42 Spirit of Truth Donald Mergard Eagle / Offy 38 Tom Bigelow 24 Leader Card Ralph Wilke Eagle / Offy 39 Jim McElreath 73, 65 Webster Racing, S & M Electric Jerry Karl 8 Gibson Racing Eagle / DGS Mike Hiss 11 Lindsey Hopkins Riley / Offy Janet Guthrie 27,17,1 Bryant Air Conditioning, Gilmore Racing Billy Engelhart 44 Lan Hairpiece Dick Simon Eagle / Foyt Ed Miller 46 Thermo King Eagle / Offy Jim Hurtubise 56 Moran Electric Jim Hurtubise Mallard / Offy Mel Kenyon 61 Dave McIntire Lindsey Hopkins Coyote / Foyt Larry Dickson 65 S & M Electric Patrick Santello Eagle / Offy Lee Kunzman 65 S & M Electric Patrick Santello Eagle / Offy Ed Crombie 67 Crombie Brothers Vollstedt / Foyt John Mahler 91 Spirit of Indiana Carl Gelhausen King / Offy Rick Muther 99 Joe Hunt Magneto Joe Hunt Eagle / Offy WD Gary Albrittain 75 Routh Meat Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 3 3     4 6 3   #17 stalled turn 3   7 9 3     10 13 4   #7 crash turn 3   14 16 3   #14 debris   17 59 43     60 64 5   #93 lost wheel backstretch   65 90 26     91 94 4   #73 stalled backstretch   95 100 6     101 102 2   rain     Percent of race run under caution: 20.6%             Average green flag run: 16.2 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Johnny Rutherford 1 3 3   A.J. Foyt 4 13 10   Pancho Carter 14 16 3   Wally Dallenbach 17 19 3   Gordon Johncock 20 37 18   Tom Sneva 38 38 1   Johnny Rutherford 39 60 22   A.J. Foyt 61 79 19   Johnny Rutherford 80 102 23 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Johnny Rutherford 1400     2   Gordon Johncock 1230   -170   3   Pancho Carter 860   -540   4   A.J. Foyt 800   -600   5   Wally Dallenbach 760   -640   6   Tom Sneva 680   -720   7   Al Unser 480   -920   8   Bobby Unser 450   -950   9   Johnny Parsons 410   -990   10   Mike Mosley 350   -1050   11   Salt Walther 340   -1060   12   Mario Andretti 250   -1150   13   Al Loquasto 135   -1265   14   John Martin 130   -1270   15   Lloyd Ruby 100   -1300   16   Dick Simon 90   -1310   17   Jim McElreath 45   -1355   18   Tom Frantz 40   -1360   19   Ken Nichols 20   -1380   20   Spike Gehlhausen 15   -1385