1996 Indianapolis 500 program



The 1996 Indy 500.
Won by Buddy Lazier who will start 32nd in this year's 100th Running of the race.

NASCAR driver Tony Stewart started first in the race. 
1998 Indy 500 winner, Eddie Cheever (who will be commentating the 100th Indy with ABC),
started on the inside of Row 2.

Scott Brayton won his second Indy 500 Pole in a row,

before being fatally injured in practice 

when his tire blew going into Turn 2.

 

 

1996 marked the first year of the IRL/CART split.

Tony George, grandson of Tony Hulman,

ran the Indy Racing League.

 

1984 Indy 500 Program

1984
Rick Mears took home his second Indy 500 win. Michael Andretti (5th place) was co-rookie of the year with Roberto Guerrero (2nd), and a third rookie Al Holbert (4th), also finished in the Top 5.
Another rookie, and future 2 time Indy winner finished in 32nd, Emerson Fittipaldi.
 

 

   

 

The first three rows. 
1983 winner Tom Sneva on the pole,
four former winners in the front 2 rows,
and Mario and Michael Andretti starting an Indy 500 together for the first time.

Bell Helmets
 

Famous mechanic George Bignotti.
Won seven Indy 500's.
Two with AJ Foyt & Al Unser Sr.
& one each with Graham Hill, Gordon Johncock & Tom Sneva.


Some of the veterans in the 1984 Indy 500,
 including future pole sitter Scott Brayton,
 and the dad of current Indycar driver Conor Daly, Derek Daly.

 

 

10 DAYS TILL the 100th RUNNING

of the INDY 500!!!

 

 





2010 Indy 500 Program

The 2010 Indianapolis 500

marked the first time a driver would be attempting to join the elite 4 time winners club since Rick Mears won his fourth '500' in 1991.

(Helio will make his 7th attempt at a fourth win in the 100th Indy.)

 

 

Dario Franchitti won the 2010 running of the race

and went on to join Helio as a three time winner in 2012.

 

 

Recognize two of these Indy Lights drivers from 2010

that have gone on to win Indycar races?

Charlie Kimball finished 2nd, and James Hinchcliffe finished 3rd in the Firestone Freedom 100 at Indy that year.

 

Two great drivers were featured in the program in 2010. 

 

Dan Wheldon and Justin Wilson.

We're glad we got to see them race.

17 DAYS till the 100th RUNNING of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing!!!

1961 Indianapolis 500 Program

           

23 Days

till the 100th INDY 500!!!

 

We love looking through these old programs.  The former drivers, the neat ads and tons of information about Indy,

we wish we could post all the pages,

but here's just a few from 1961.

 

1961

The 50th anniversary

of the running of the first Indy 500.

A historic race, fittingly won by a young A.J. Foyt who would go on to win 3 more '500's' and become the first driver to win four Indianapolis 500's in his career.

 

Firestone Tires, still winning at Indianapolis.

 

 

State of the Art Helmets back in 1961.
 

 

 

 

A few of the rookies from the 1960 race.

Jim Hurtubise, Lloyd Ruby, Wayne Weiler and Bud Tingelstad

 

 

 

Technology in Indiana.

The Indy 500, and Outer Space....

years before man even walked on the moon. 

1961 moon space

1985 Indy 500 Program Excerpts

25 DAYS till the 100th INDY 500!!!

With the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 just a few weeks away, we've been having fun going through some old programs and thought we'd share some of our favorite pages from a few of them each day.

1985
The 69th running of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing was
won by Danny Sullivan and forever known for his spin and win.   Sullivan spun while leading, which was amazing, but Mario Andretti did an equally fantastic job of not hitting Sullivan and taking them both out.  Unfortunately, Sullivan was able to get back around Mario and our mom and pappy were disappointed their favorite driver missed out on another win.

1985 Program Cover
(and it only cost $4)

 

 

We always love A.J.
 

 

                                                    

Some of the rookies in 1985,

including one future 500 winner, and two drivers who never made the race.

 

                                                                      

and Disney....

 10 years before the Disney World Speedway was built.

 

 

   

25 more days till the Indy 500!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Gary Bettenhausen



From 1970 Trenton Speedway Program

From 1973 Pocono Program

 

From the 1990 Indy program

Gary Bettenhausen drove in 21 Indy 500's with a highest finish of 3rd in 1980.  He was the fastest qualifier in 1991.