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1973 Indianapolis 500

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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 (500.0 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

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chassis / Engine	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	11	20	Gordon Johncock	STP Double Oil Filter (Pat Patrick)	Eagle / Offy	133	225,582	running	64	1000
2	16	2	Billy Vukovich, Jr.	Sugaripe Prune (Jerry O'Connell)	Eagle / Offy	133	92,754	running	0	800
3	14	3	Roger McCluskey	Hopkins Buick (Lindsey Hopkins)	McLaren / Offy	131	57,758	running	0	700
4	19	19	Mel Kenyon	Atlanta Falcons (Lindsey Hopkins)	Eagle / Foyt	131	32,649	running	0	600
5	5	5	Gary Bettenhausen	Sunoco DX (Roger Penske)	McLaren / Offy	130	36,286	running	0	500
6	7	24	Steve Krisiloff	Elliott / Norton Spirit (Grant King)	King / Offy	129	29,309	running	0	400
7	25	16	Lee Kunzman	Ayr-Way / Lloyd's (Lindsey Hopkins)	Eagle / Offy	127	24,877	running	0	300
8	24	89	John Martin	Automotive Technology	McLaren / Offy	124	24,012	running	0	250
9	1	7	Johnny Rutherford	Gulf (Bruce McLaren)	McLaren / Offy	124	28,611	running	0	200
10	21	98	Mike Mosley	Lodestar (Ralph Wilke)	Eagle / Offy	120	22,475	connecting rod	0	150
12	30	84	George Snider	Gilmore Racing (A.J. Foyt)	Coyote / Foyt	101	20,375	gearbox	0	14
11	21	73	David Hobbs	Carling Black Label (Roy Woods)	Eagle / Offy	107	19,780	running	0
13	2	8	Bobby Unser	Olsonite (Oscar Olson)	Eagle / Offy	100	29,159	connecting rod	39
14	27	44	Dick Simon	TraveLodge (Dick Simon)	Eagle / Foyt	100	18,453	piston	0
15	3	66	Mark Donohue	Sunoco DX (Roger Penske)	Eagle / Offy	92	18,912	piston	0
16	13	60	Graham McRae	STP Gas Treatment (Pat Patrick)	Eagle / Offy	91	18,064	header	0
17	26	6	Mike Hiss	Thermo King Air Conditioning (Don Gerhardt)	Eagle / Offy	91	17,222	valve	0
18	29	1	Joe Leonard	Samsonite (Vel Miletich)	Parnelli / Offy	91	16,407	hub	0
19	18	48	Jerry Grant	Olsonite (Oscar Olson)	Eagle / Offy	77	15,814	connecting rod	0
20	8	4	Al Unser	Viceroy (Vel Miletich)	Parnelli / Offy	75	19,768	piston	18
21	9	21	Jimmy Caruthers	Cobre Firestone (Robert Fletcher)	Eagle / Offy	73	15,179	suspension	0
22	4	40	Swede Savage	STP Oil Treatment (Pat Patrick)	Eagle / Offy	57	18,541	crash	12
23	33	35	Jim McElreath	Norris Eagle (Champ Carr Inc.)	Eagle / Offy	54	14,884	connecting rod	0
24	20	62	Wally Dallenbach	Olsonite (Oscar Olson)	Eagle / Offy	48	14,208	connecting rod	0
25	23	14	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore Racing (A.J. Foyt)	Coyote / Foyt	37	13,970	connecting rod	0
26	28	30	Jerry Karl	Oriente Express (Smokey Yunick)	Eagle / Chevy	22	16,972	running	0
27	15	18	Lloyd Ruby	Commander Motor Homes (Commander Racing Team)	Eagle / Offy	21	13,594	piston	0
28	31	9	Sammy Sessions	MVS Inc.	Eagle / Foyt	17	14,022	oil leak	0
29	31	28	Bob Harkey	Bryant Heating & Cooling (Lindsey Hopkins)	Coyote / Foyt	12	14,066	engine	0
30	6	11	Mario Andretti	Viceroy (Vel Miletich)	Parnelli / Offy	4	13,863	piston	0
31	10	15	Peter Revson	Gulf (Bruce McLaren)	McLaren / Offy	3	13,098	crash	0
32	12	12	Bobby Allison	Sunoco DX (Roger Penske)	McLaren / Offy	1	13,045	connecting rod	0
33	17	77	Salt Walther	Dayton-Walther (George Walther)	McLaren / Offy	0	13,038	crash	0

* Race shortened to 133 laps due to rain.

Relief Drivers:
Car #84: A.J. Foyt (43 laps)

Failed to qualify: Sam Posey (#34), Johnny Parsons (#58), Larry Cannon (#59), Lee Brayton (#61), Larry McCoy (#63), Art Pollard (#64), Greg Weld (#75), Bob Harkey (#76), Al Loquasto (#86), Billy Shuman (#52), Dee Jones (#51), Tom Bigelow (#27), Jim Hurtubise (#56), Bill Simpson (#17), Bentley Warren (#36), Crockey Peterson (#38, 96), Tom Sneva (#39), Arnie Knepper (#45, 58), Jigger Sirois (#47), Rick Muther (#97)

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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

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