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1976 Indianapolis 500

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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 (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:42:52
Average Speed: 148.725 mph
Pole Speed: 188.957 mph

Cautions: 1 for 7 laps
Margin of Victory: 15.36 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 8

Glossary 1976 USAC Champ Car Series results / 1976 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chassis / Engine	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	1	2	Johnny Rutherford	Hy-Gain (Bruce McLaren)	McLaren / Offy	102	247,829	running	48	1000
3	2	20	Gordon Johncock	Sinmast / Goodyear (Pat Patrick)	Wildcat / Bignotti	102	65,580	running	18	700
6	3	68	Tom Sneva	Norton Spirit (Roger Penske)	McLaren / Offy	101	29,916	running	1	400
7	4	21	Al Unser	American Racing Wheels / Vel's (Parnelli Jones)	Parnelli / Cosworth	101	26,475	running	0	300
2	5	14	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore Racing (A.J. Foyt)	Coyote / Foyt	102	99,725	running	29	800
5	6	48	Pancho Carter	Jorgensen Steel (Earle Jorgensen)	Eagle / Offy	101	32,549	running	3	500
4	7	40	Wally Dallenbach	Sinmast / Goodyear (Pat Patrick)	Wildcat / Bignotti	101	36,806	running	3	600
28	8	45	Gary Bettenhausen	Thermo King (Don Gerhardt)	Eagle / Offy	52	15,202	waste gate	0
31	9	5	Billy Vukovich, Jr.	Alex Foods (Alex Morales)	Eagle / Offy	2	14,879	rod	0
17	10	69	Larry Cannon	American Financial (Richard Hoffman)	Eagle / Offy	97	17,467	running	0
15	11	12	Mike Mosley	Sugaripe Prune (Jerry O'Connell)	Eagle / Offy	98	20,311	running	0
10	12	3	Bobby Unser	Cobre Tire (Robert Fletcher)	Eagle / Offy	100	23,197	running	0	150
30	13	7	Roger McCluskey	Lindsey Hopkins	Lightning / Offy	8	15,059	crash	0
12	14	93	Johnny Parsons	Ayr-Way / WIRE (Tassi Vatis)	Eagle / Offy	98	20,484	running	0	50
21	15	98	John Martin	Genesee Beer (Agajanian-Hammond-King)	Dragon / Offy	96	16,702	running	0
32	16	17	Dick Simon	Bryant Heating (Rolla Vollstedt)	Vollstedt / Offy	1	15,524	rod	0
18	17	9	Vern Schuppan	Jorgensen Steel (Earle Jorgensen)	Eagle / Offy	97	18,035	running	0
22	18	83	Bill Puterbaugh	McNamara Motor Express (Lee Elkins)	Eagle / Offy	96	15,578	running	0
8	19	6	Mario Andretti	CAM2 Motor Oil (Roger Penske)	McLaren / Offy	101	27,437	running	0	250
27	20	73	Jerry Grant	California-Oklahoma (Fred Carrillo)	Eagle / AMC	91	15,164	running	0
23	21	28	Bill Scott	Spirit of Public Enterprise	Eagle / Offy	96	17,381	running	0
9	22	77	Salt Walther	Dayton-Walther (George Walther)	McLaren / Offy	100	22,906	running	0	200
24	23	92	Steve Krisiloff	1st National City Travelers Checks (Tassi Vatis)	Eagle / Offy	95	15,311	running	0
25	24	86	Al Loquasto	Frostie Root Beer (Al Loquasto)	McLaren / Offy	95	14,969	running	0
33	25	19	Spike Gehlhausen	Spirit of Indiana (Carl Gehlhausen)	McLaren / Offy	0	13,797	oil pressure	0
26	26	63	Larry McCoy	Shurfine Foods / Spirit of America (James Bidwell)	Atlanta / Offy	91	14,553	running	0
13	27	23	George Snider	Hubler Chevrolet (Ralph Wilke)	Eagle / Offy	98	20,017	running	0
20	28	96	Bob Harkey	McIntire Ford-Chevy (Agajanian-Purcell-King)	King / Offy	97	16,253	running	0
19	29	97	Sheldon Kinser	The Bottom Half (Agajanian-King)	Dragon / Offy	97	16,630	running	0
11	30	51	Lloyd Ruby	Fairco Drugs (Mike Devin)	Eagle / Offy	100	22,277	running	0	100
29	31	33	David Hobbs	Dayton-Walther (George Walther)	McLaren / Offy	10	14,867	water leak	0
14	32	24	Tom Bigelow	Leader Card Racers (Ralph Wilke)	Eagle / Offy	98	19,523	running	0
16	33	8	Jan Opperman	Routh Meat Packing (Richard Routh)	Eagle / Offy	97	18,326	running	0

* Race shortened to 102 laps due to rain.

Failed to qualify: Eldon Rasmussen (#58), John Mahler (#91), Ed Crombie (#67), Lee Kunzman (#65), Larry Dickson (#65), Mel Kenyon (#61), Jim Hurtubise (#56), Ed Miller (#46), Billy Engelhart (#44), Mike Hiss (#11), Jim McElreath (#73, 65), Tom Bigelow (#24), Jan Opperman (#42), Bob Olivero (#78), Bill Simpson (#38), Rick Muther (#99)

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

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