1971 USAC National Championship
Championship Standings
Ps Driver Races Miles Laps Purse Points Laps Led Races Led Wins Poles
1 Joe Leonard 11 2,438.770 1319 229,138 3015 165 4 1 0
2 A.J. Foyt 9 2,249.500 1265 129,150 2320 157 4 1 0
3 Billy Vukovich 9 2,363.000 1307 86,292 2250 5 1 0 0
4 Al Unser 12 2,006.644 1117 317,036 2200 388 8 5 1
5 Lloyd Ruby 12 2,563.644 1388 88,862 1830 31 3 0 1
6 Bobby Unser 11 2,348.622 1437 105,991 1805 601 8 2 7
7 Gary Bettenhausen 12 2,428.148 1294 95,281 1800 0 0 0 0
8 Mark Donohue 8 1,710.000 913 160,574 1760 302 3 2 2
9 Mario Andretti 10 1,550.000 1046 58,171 1370 34 2 0 0
10 Wally Dallenbach 10 2,097.500 1356 54,277 1220 0 0 0 0
11 Art Pollard 10 1,919.000 1132 105,151 1170 0 0 0 0
12 Peter Revson 3 1,205.000 482 126,325 1100 0 0 0 1
13 Roger McCluskey 12 1,729.270 917 55,650 1050 6 0 0 0
14 Jim Malloy 7 1,633.554 745 64,760 1030 0 0 0 0
15 Steve Krisiloff 8 1,678.000 839 55,323 990 0 0 0 0
16 Cale Yarborough 10 2,095.148 1171 45,523 710 0 0 0 0
17 Mike Mosley 6 953.814 534 40,574 655 101 2 1 0
18 Swede Savage 6 1,094.270 576 21,241 590 0 0 0 0
19 Johnny Rutherford 10 1,596.168 776 44,229 570 0 0 0 0
20 Dick Simon 11 2,027.274 1128 46,039 405 0 0 0 0
21 Jim McElreath 4 775.500 399 22,580 370 0 0 0 0
22 Bud Tinglestad 3 1,172.500 469 43,039 300 0 0 0 0
23 LeeRoy Yarbrough 1 195.000 130 5,092 280 0 0 0 0
24 George Eaton 4 940.000 591 16,338 270 0 0 0 0
25 Greg Weld 6 1,135.000 719 19,705 260 0 0 0 0
26 Denny Zimmerman 9 1,516.196 729 45,894 250 0 0 0 0
27 Gordon Johncock 10 1,141.648 655 35,174 225 0 0 0 0
28 Sam Sessions 4 861.000 516 24,412 220 0 0 0 0
29 John Mahler 5 965.782 378 21,478 200 0 0 0 0
= George Snider 9 807.500 623 33,091 200 0 0 0 0
31 Larry Dickson 4 821.000 431 27,465 160 0 0 0 0
32 Bentley Warren 7 872.940 508 26,273 120 0 0 0 0
33 Karl Busson 2 201.000 111 3,132 100 0 0 0 0
= John Martin 3 456.000 368 4,966 100 0 0 0 0
= Bruce Walkup 2 257.500 153 9,034 100 0 0 0 0
36 Al Loquasto 1 177.000 118 2,457 80 0 0 0 0
37 Ludwig Heimrath 3 323.448 168 3,489 60 0 0 0 0
= Jerry Karl 3 351.000 218 4,803 60 0 0 0 0
39 Carl Williams 4 290.000 260 10,041 40 0 0 0 0
40 Mel Kenyon 3 454.500 257 23,571 30 0 0 0 0
= Salt Walther 3 341.652 128 2,381 30 0 0 0 0
42 Jimmy Caruthers 3 900.500 443 16,770 15 0 0 0 0
= Dee Jones 3 289.322 190 2,573 15 0 0 0 0
= Bill Simpson 7 722.530 366 11,952 15 0 0 0 0
= Donnie Allison 4 838.500 372 43,318 0 0 0 0
46 Tom Bigelow 2 183.936 64 1,125 0 0 0 0
= Don Brown 5 705.656 398 5,544 0 0 0 0
= Larry Cannon 2 66.102 23 1,073 0 0 0 0
= Max Dudley 2 258.660 90 1,211 0 0 0 0
= George Follmer 1 367.500 147 18,281 0 0 0 0
= Jerry Grant 1 133.000 133 1,499 0 0 0 0
= Bob Harkey 3 429.000 255 21,320 0 0 0 0
= David Hobbs 1 267.500 107 16,009 0 0 0 0
= Denis Hulme 1 342.500 137 17,887 0 0 0 0
= Jim Hurtubise 1 87.500 35 4,536 0 0 0 0
= Arnie Knepper 3 140.500 109 2,816 0 0 0 0
= Rick Muther 4 354.452 137 18,054 0 0 0 0
= Carlos Pairetti 2 290.274 101 1,900 0 0 0 0
= Bill Puterbaugh 3 786.500 465 8,921 0 0 0 0
= Eldon Rasmussen 1 201.000 134 1,299 0 0 0 0
= Tom Sneva 1 136.500 91 1,176 0 0 0 0
= Dave Strickland 2 267.282 93 1,287 0 0 0 0
Rafaela Indy 300, Heat 1
28 February 1971 - Rafaela: 152.322 miles (2.874 miles x 53 laps)
FP # SP Driver Car Name Chassis-Engine Time/Speed Pts Qual Time
1 1 3 Al Unser Johnny Lightning Colt-Ford 70 0:54:46.53, 166.909mph 300 1m00.70s
2 12 1 Lloyd Ruby Gene White Firestone Mongoose-Ford 70 53 laps 240 59.74
3 4 4 Mike Mosley G.C.Murphy Eagle-Ford 68 52 laps/Flagged 210 1m00.26
4 42 2 Swede Savage Onsonite Eagle-Offenhauser 70 52 laps/Flagged 180 59.81
5 41 8 Roger McCluskey Vantreight Daffodil King-Offenhauser 52 laps/Flagged 150 1m01.38
6 15 6 Joe Leonard Vel's Parnelli Jones Colt-Ford 52 laps/Flagged 120 1m01.09
7 17 13 Johnny Rutherford Vollstedt Enterprises Vollstedt-Offenhauser 52 laps/Flagged 90 1m03.02
8 21 7 Cale Yarborough Gene White Firestone Mongoose-Ford 70 51 laps/Flagged 75 1m01.26
9 7 11 Gordon Johncock Vollstedt Enterprises Vollstedt-Ford 51 laps/Flagged 60 1m02.60
10 94 10 Bentley Warren Vatis Finley-Offenhauser 51 laps/Flagged 45 1m01.89
11 16 9 Gary Bettenhausen Thermo-King Gerhardt-Offenhauser 70 50 laps/Flagged 30 1m01.62
12 44 17 Carlos Pairetti Fiecha Coca-Cola Vollstedt-Ford 50 laps/Flagged 1m03.94
13 10 12 Dick Simon TraveLodge Sleeper Lola-Ford 49 laps/Flagged 1m03.00
14 29 15 Jim Malloy MVS Cecil-Ford 48 laps/Flagged 1m03.41
15 77 27 Salt Walther Walther's Morris-Ford 47 laps/Flagged
16 10 26 John Mahler Mahler Eagle 100 Eagle-Chevrolet 47 laps/Flagged
17 28 14 Bill Simpson Wynn's Kwik Kool Eagle-Offenhauser 46 laps/Flagged 1m03.10
18 39 20 Don Brown Seymour Enterprises Gerhardt-Chevrolet 46 laps/Flagged 1m08.28
19 50 19 Dave Strickland Navarro Navarro-Rambler 45 laps/Flagged 1m08.25
20 61 22 Max Dudley Dudley Boat & Trailer ?-Chevrolet 44 laps/Flagged 1m12.22
21 34 21 Tom Bigelow Midwest Mfg Dura-Pot Gerhardt-Chevrolet 43 laps/Flagged 1m09.87
22 54 25 Rick Muther Jack Adams Aircraft Eagle-P&W Turbine 40 laps/Engine
23 47 24 Larry Cannon Autotron Photoelectric Philipp-Chevrolet 65 21 laps/Oil pressure 1m13.43
24 43 16 Denny Zimmerman FioreRacing Enterprises Vollstedt-Offenhauser 21 laps/Magneto 1m03.50
25 55 23 Ludwig Heimrath Heimrath Porsche Eisert-Chevrolet 8 laps/black flag/oil 1m12.67
26 51 18 Dee Jones Minnesota Serendipity Watson-Ford 4 laps/black flag/oil 1m06.38
27 2 5 Bobby Unser Olsonite Eagle-Offenhauser 71 2 laps/Burned piston 1m01.05
Lap Leaders: Lloyd Ruby laps 1-4,8-12,23-37
Al Unser laps 5-7,13-22,42-53
Mike Mosley laps 38-41
Weather: Overcast
Rafaela Indy 300, Heat 2
28 February 1971 - Rafaela: 152.322 miles (2.874 miles x 53 laps)
FP # SP Driver Car Name Chassis-Engine Time/Speed Pts
1 1 1 Al Unser Johnny Lightning 500 Colt-Ford 70 1:01:26.10, 148.816mph 300
2 12 2 Lloyd Ruby Gene White Firestone Mongoose-Ford 70 53 laps 240
3 15 6 Joe Leonard Vel's Parnelli Jones Colt-Ford 53 laps 210
4 41 5 Roger McCluskey Vantreight Daffodil King-Offenhauser 53 laps 180
5 42 4 Swede Savage Olsonite Eagle-Offenhauser 70 53 laps 150
6 10 13 Dick Simon TraveLodge Sleeper Lola-Ford 52 laps/Flagged 120
7 16 11 Gary Bettenhausen Thermo-King Gerhardt-Offenhauser 70 52 laps/Flagged 90
8 21 8 Cale Yarborough Gene White Firestone Mongoose-Ford 70 51 laps/Flagged 75
9 44 12 Carlos Pairetti Fiecha Coca-Cola Vollstedt-Ford 51 laps/Flagged 60
10 7 9 Gordon Johncock Vollstedt Enterprises Vollstedt-Ford 51 laps/Flagged 45
11 77 15 Salt Walther Walther's Morris-Ford 51 laps/Flagged 30
12 51 26 Dee Jones Minnesota Serendipity Watson-Ford 49 laps/Flagged 15
13 28 17 Bill Simpson Wynn's Kwik Kool Eagle-Offenhauser 49 laps/Flagged
14 39 18 Don Brown Seymour Enterprises Gerhardt-Chevrolet 48 laps/Flagged
15 50 19 Dave Strickland Navarro Navarro-Rambler 48 laps/Flagged
16 10 16 John Mahler Mahler Eagle 100 Eagle-Chevrolet 46 laps/Flagged
17 61 20 Max Dudley Dudley Boat & Trailer ?-Chevrolet 46 laps/Flagged
18 55 25 Ludwig Heimrath Heimrath Porsche Eisert-Chevrolet 44 laps/Flagged
19 43 24 Denny Zimmerman FioreRacing Enterprises Vollstedt-Offenhauser 33 laps/Intake manifold
20 17 7 Johnny Rutherford Vollstedt Enterprises Vollstedt-Offenhauser 30 laps/Engine
21 29 14 Jim Malloy MVS Cecil-Ford 23 laps/Turbo wheel
22 34 21 Tom Bigelow Midwest Mfg Dura-Pot Gerhardt-Chevrolet 21 laps/Engine failure
23 4 3 Mike Mosley G.C.Murphy Eagle-Ford 68 9 laps/Valve
24 94 10 Bentley Warren Vatis Finley-Offenhauser 9 laps/Accident
25 54 22 Rick Muther Jack Adams Aircraft Bryant-P&W Turbine 8 laps/Engine
26 47 23 Larry Cannon Autotron Photoelectric Philipp-Chevrolet 65 2 laps/Spin
Lap Leaders: Lloyd Ruby laps 1
Al Unser laps 2-40,45-53
Joe Leonard laps 41-44
Weather: Overcast
27 March 1972 - Phoenix: 150.0 miles (1.00 miles x 150 laps)
FP # SP Driver Car Name Chassis-Engine Time/Speed Pts
1 1 3 Al Unser Johnny Lightning 500 Colt-Ford 1:20:40.22, 111.565mph 300
2 2 1 Bobby Unser The Available Eagle Eagle-Offenhauser 71 150 laps 240
3 42 6 Swede Savage Olsonite Eagle-Offenhauser 70 150 laps 210
4 15 11 Joe Leonard Johnny Lightning 500 Colt-Ford 150 laps 180
5 12 16 Lloyd Ruby Gene White Firestone Mongoose-Ford 70 149 laps 150
6 66 9 Mark Donohue Sunoco Lola-Offenhauser T153 149 laps 120
7 22 12 Wally Dallenbach Sprite Kuzma-Offenhauser 149 laps 90
8 7 17 Gordon Johncock Jewett Cameron Lumber Vollstedt-Ford 148 laps 75
9 5 8 Mario Andretti STP Oil Treatment McNamara-Ford 147 laps 60
10 4 7 Mike Mosley G. C. Murphy Watson-Ford 147 laps 45
11 29 15 Jim Malloy MVS Cecil-Ford 146 laps 30
12 10 24 Dick Simon TraveLodge Sleeper Lola-Ford 146 laps 15
13 21 13 Cale Yarborough Gene White Firestone Mongoose-Ford 70 144 laps
14 99 22 Bob Harkey Joe Hunt Magneto Gerhardt-Offenhauser 139 laps
15 51 19 Dee Jones Minnesota Serendipity ?-Ford 137 laps/Engine
16 94 23 Bentley Warren Classic Car Wax Finley-Offenhauser 135 laps
17 9 5 A.J. Foyt ITT-Thompson Coyote-Ford 71 93 laps/Overheating
18 77 20 George Snider Walther's Morris-Ford 88 laps
19 43 18 Denny Zimmerman FioreRacing Enterprises Vollstedt-Offenhauser 85 laps/Water pump
20 16 4 Gary Bettenhausen Thermo-King Gerhardt-Offenhauser 49 laps/Pit fire
21 18 2 Johnny Rutherford Michner Petroleum Eagle-Offenhauser 67 37 laps/Accident
22 6 14 Roger McCluskey Sprite Kuzma-Ford 30 laps/Engine
23 28 21 Bill Simpson Wynn's Kwik Kool Eagle-Offenhauser 19 laps/Injector
24 8 10 Art Pollard Gilmore Racing Scorpion-Ford 70 9 laps/Accident
Lap Leaders: Bobby Unser laps 1-47,85-140
A.J. Foyt laps 48-73
Al Unser laps 74-84,141-150
Weather: Hot and sunny
25 April 1971 - Trenton: 201 miles (1.5 miles x 134 laps)
FP # SP Driver Car Name Chassis-Engine Time/Speed Pts
1 4 4 Mike Mosley G. C. Murphy Watson-Ford 1:30:58.57, 132.562mph 400
2 22 13 Wally Dallenbach Sprite Kuzma-Offenhauser 131 laps 320
3 42 15 LeeRoy Yarbrough Olsonite Eagle-Offenhauser 70 130 laps 280
4 2 1 Bobby Unser Olsonite Eagle-Offenhauser 71 129 laps/Turbocharger 240
5 21 21 Cale Yarborough Gene White Firestone Mongoose-Ford 70 128 laps 200
6 8 18 Art Pollard Gilmore Racing Scorpion-Ford 70 128 laps 160
7 10 17 Dick Simon TraveLodge Sleeper Vollstedt-Ford 67 126 laps 120
8 98 20 Bruce Walkup Agajanian-Faas Edmunds-Offenhauser 125 laps 100
9 26 25 Al Loquasto Indy-On-A-Shoestring Gerhardt-Offenhauser 118 laps 80
10 55 26 Ludwig Heimrath Heimrath Porsche Eisert-Chevrolet 116 laps 60
11 20 11 Steve Krisiloff STP Gas Treatment Hawk-Ford 113 laps/Accident 40
12 102 23 Jerry Karl Winters Transmission Gerhardt-Chevrolet 110 laps 20
13 12 6 Lloyd Ruby Gene White Firestone Mongoose-Ford 70 106 laps/Accident
14 39 22 Don Brown Seymour Enterprises Gerhardt-Chevrolet 101 laps/Accident
15 7 14 Gordon Johncock Johncock Timberjack Vollstedt-Ford 60 laps/Clutch
16 16 5 Gary Bettenhausen Thermo-King Gerhardt-Offenhauser 41 laps/Clutch
17 18 10 Johnny Rutherford Michner Petroleum Eagle-Offenhauser 67 36 laps/Exhaust
18 5 3 Mario Andretti STP Oil Treatment McNamara-Ford 35 laps/Turbocharger bearing
19 68 7 Mark Donohue Sunoco Lola-Ford 33 laps/Clutch
20 90 24 Arnie Knepper CHEK Eagle-Chevrolet 33 laps/Oil leak
21 1 2 Al Unser Johnny Lightning 500 Colt-Ford 32 laps/Burned piston
22 6 9 Roger McCluskey Sprite Kuzma-Ford 23 laps/Accident
23 10 19 John Mahler Mahler Eagle 100 Eagle-Chevrolet 14 laps/Oil leak
24 15 8 Joe Leonard Samsonite Colt-Ford 12 laps/Turbocharger fire
25 32 12 Billy Vukovich Sugaripe Prune Laycock-Offenhauser 2 laps/Clutch
26 94 16 Bentley Warren Classic Wax Finley-Offenhauser 1 lap/Oil leak
Lap Leaders: Al Unser laps 2-8
Bobby Unser lap 1
Mario Andretti laps 9-34
Mike Mosley laps 35-77,81-134
Lloyd Ruby laps 78-80
Weather: Windy & Overcast
Indianapolis 500
29 May 1971 - Indianapolis: 500 miles (2.50 miles x 200 laps)
FP # SP Driver Car Name Chassis-Engine Time/Speed Pts Purse Qual Speed
1 1 5 Al Unser Johnny Lightning 500 Colt-Ford 71 3:10:11.56, 157.735mph 1000 $238,451 174.522 mph
2 86 1 Peter Revson McLaren McLaren-Offenhauser M16A[2] 3:10:34.44 800 103,198 178.696
3 9 6 A.J. Foyt ITT-Thompson Coyote-Ford 71 3:12:13.37 700 64,759 174.317
4 42 10 Jim Malloy Olsonite Eagle Eagle-Offenhauser 70 [801] 3:14:04.65 600 38,669 171.838
5 32 11 Billy Vukovich Sugaripe Prune Hayhoe-Offenhauser 68 [1] 3:14:05.77 500 32,447 171.674
6 84 20 Donnie Allison Purolator Coyote-Ford 71 199 laps 400 30,093 171.903
7 58 17 Bud Tinglestad Sugaripe Prune Hayhoe-Offenhauser 68 [2] 198 laps 300 28,206 170.156
8 43 28 Denny Zimmerman FioreRacing Enterprises Vollstedt-Offenhauser 66 189 laps 250 27,658 169.755
9 6 22 Roger McCluskey Sprite Kuzma-Ford 70 188 laps 200 22,980 171.241
10 16 13 Gary Bettenhausen Thermo King Gerhardt-Offenhauser 70 178 laps 150 24,414 171.233
11 12 7 Lloyd Ruby Utah Stars Mongoose-Ford 70 174 laps/Gearbox 100 21,866 173.821
12 2 3 Bobby Unser Olsonite Eagle-Offenhauser 71 164 laps/Accident 50 24,842 175.816
13 4 19 Mike Mosley G.C.Murphy Watson-Ford 68 159 laps/Accident 20,345 169.579
14 44 33 Dick Simon Travelodge Sleeper Vollstedt-Ford 67 151 laps 18,870 170.164
15 41 29 George Follmer Spirit of Indianapolis Kingfish-Offenhauser 70 147 laps/Piston 18,281 169.205
16 21 14 Cale Yarborough Gene White Firestone Mongoose-Ford 70 140 laps/Oil leak, cam cover 17,370 170.156
17 85 4 Denis Hulme McLaren McLaren-Offenhauser M16A [3] 137 laps/Dropped valve 17,887 174.910
18 18 24 Johnny Rutherford Patrick Petroleum Eagle-Offenhauser 66 [203] 128 laps 16,682 171.151
19 15 8 Joe Leonard Samsonite Colt-Ford 71 123 laps/Turbocharger 19,906 172.761
20 68 16 David Hobbs Penske Products Lola-Ford T153 107 laps/Accident 16,009 169.571
21 38 18 Rick Muther Arkansas Aviation Hawk-Offenhauser II 85 laps/Accident 16,190 169.972
22 99 32 Bob Harkey Joe Hunt Magneto Gerhardt-Offenhauser 69 77 laps/Rear end 15,399 169.197
23 95 15 Bentley Warren Classic Wax Eagle-Offenhauser 66 [201] 76 laps/Gearbox 14,486 169.627
24 22 23 Wally Dallenbach Sprite Kuzma-Offenhauser 71 69 laps/Dropped valve 14,602 171.160
25 66 2 Mark Donohue Sunoco McLaren-Offenhauser M16A [1] 66 laps/Gearbox 26,697 177.087
26 64 31 Art Pollard Gilmore Racing Scorpion-Ford 70 45 laps/Dropped valve 14,770 169.500
27 98 25 Sam Sessions Wynn's Kwik Kool Colt-Lola-Ford T150 [SL-150-02] 43 laps/Valve 13,721 170.358
28 45 26 Larry Dickson Spirit of Indianapolis Kingfish-Offenhauser 71 33 laps/Engine 13,600 170.285
29 7 12 Gordon Johncock Norris Industries McLaren-Ford M15A 11 laps/Accident 13,458 171.388
30 5 9 Mario Andretti STP Oil Treatment McNamara-Ford 501 11 laps/Accident 13,245 172.612
31 20 27 Steve Krisiloff STP Gasoline Treatment McNamara-Ford 501 10 laps/Accident 13,260 169.835
32 23 30 Mel Kenyon Sprite Kuzma-Ford 71 10 laps/Accident 14,153 170.205
33 80 21 George Snider G.C.Murphy Eagle-Offenhauser 68 6 laps/Stalled 13,974 171.600
Lap Leaders: Mark Donohue laps 1-50,65-66
Joe Leonard laps 51-52,73-82,88-94,116-117
Bobby Unser laps 53-64,102-110
Al Unser laps 67-72,83-87,95-98,111-115,118-200
Lloyd Ruby laps 99-101
Non-Qualifiers
44 21 John Mahler Travelodge Sleeper Vollstedt-Ford 67 Car Driven by Simon
10 Dick Simon Travelodge Sleeper Vollstedt-Ford Bumped
77 Carl Williams Dayton Steel Morris-Ford Did Not Qualify
78 Jerry Grant Jerry Grant Racing Eagle-Offenhauser Also practiced
92 Jerry Grant Norris Industries Eagle-Ford 69 Bumped
8 Art Pollard Gilmore Racing Scorpion-Ford 70 Bumped
28 Bill Simpson Wynn's Kwik Kool Eagle-Offenhauser Bumped
83 Donnie Allison Purolator Coyote-Ford 69 Withdrew
77 Carl Williams Dayton Steel Morris-Ford Bumped
14 Jim McElreath ITT-Thompson Coyote-Ford
17 Jerry Grant Vollstedt Vollstedt-Ford Did not complete qualifying attempt
17 Ronnie Bucknam Vollstedt Vollstedt-Ford Also practiced
17 Tony Adamowicz Vollstedt Vollstedt-Ford Also practiced
19 Arnie Knepper MVS Cecil-Ford 69 Did not complete qualifying attempt
26 Al Loquasto Indy-On-A-Shoestring Gerhardt-Ford Practice accident
29 Jim Malloy MVS Cecil-Ford 69 Practice spin
29 Arnie Knepper MVS Cecil-Ford 69 Practice spin
30 Bill Puterbaugh Saint Louis Gerhardt-Offenhauser 67 Also practiced
30 Bill Puterbaugh Saint Louis Gerhardt-Offenhauser 67 Practice accident
31 Sam Sessions Federal Engineering Gerhardt-Offenhauser Did not complete qualifying attempt
31 Greg Weld Federal Engineering Gerhardt-Offenhauser Did not complete qualifying attempt
33 Dick Simon Walmotor Vollstedt-Ford Did not complete qualifying attempt
35 Greg Weld Federal Engineering Gerhardt-Offenhauser Did not complete qualifying attempt
35 Bob Harkey Federal Engineering Gerhardt-Offenhauser Did not complete qualifying attempt
46 Jim McElreath Thermo King ?-Offenhauser Bumped
46 Gary Bettenhausen Thermo King ?-Offenhauser Also practiced
47 Larry Cannon Need-A-Sponsor Philipp-Chevrolet 65 Did not complete qualifying attempt
48 LeeRoy Yarbrough Olsonite Eagle-Offenhauser 71 Practice accident
50 Les Scott Navarro Navarro-Rambler Did not complete qualifying attempt
50 Dave Strickland Navarro Navarro-Rambler Did not complete qualifying attempt
51 Dee Jones Minnesota Serendipity ?-Ford Practice accident
54 Rick Muther Jack Adams Aircraft Bryant-P&W Turbine Did not complete qualifying attempt
56 Jim Hurtubise Miller High Life Mallard-Offenhauser FE Qualifying accident
64 Jimmy Caruthers Gilmore Racing Scorpion-Ford 70 Also practiced
65 Jigger Sirois Travelon Trailer ?-Offenhauser Did not complete qualifying attempt
65 Arnie Knepper Travelon Trailer ?-Offenhauser Did not complete qualifying attempt
69 John Martin John A. Martin Brabham-Offenhauser BT25 Did not complete qualifying attempt
71 Bruce Jacobi L.W.Gifford ?-Ford Did not complete qualifying attempt
77 Salt Walther Dayton Steel Morris-Ford Failed rookie test
78 Sam Posey Farrell's Ice Cream Eagle-Offenhauser Bumped
78 Bentley Warren Classic Wax ?-Offenhauser Also practiced
94 Bruce Walkup Classic Wax ?-Offenhauser Did not complete qualifying attempt
97 Bobby Johns Agajanian Brabham-Offenhauser Did not complete qualifying attempt
97 Bruce Walkup Agajanian Brabham-Offenhauser Did not complete qualifying attempt
97 Ronnie Bucknam Agajanian Brabham-Offenhauser BT25 Did not complete qualifying attempt
25T Lloyd Ruby Gene White Firestone ?-Ford Practiced only
40T STP Keep Rad Treatment ?-Ford Practiced only
80T Mike Mosley G.C.Murphy Eagle-Offenhauser 68 Crashed in practice
57 Gilmore Racing Team ?-Ford Did not take part in official practice
67 Jim Robbins Co ?-Ford Did not take part in official practice
11 Bobby Unser Dan Gurney ?-Offenhauser Did Not Arrive
24 Johnny Lightning ?-Ford Did Not Arrive
34 Michner Petroleum Inc ?-Offenhauser Did Not Arrive
36 Michner Petroleum Inc ?-Offenhauser Did Not Arrive
53 Sprite ? Did Not Arrive
55 Dayton Steel ?-Ford Did Not Arrive
60 STP Oil Treatment ?-Ford Did Not Arrive
62 US Racing Inc ?-Offenhauser Did Not Arrive
70 Racing Associates ?-Offenhauser Did Not Arrive
87 McLaren Cars Ltd ?-Offenhauser Did Not Arrive
93 Vatis Enterprises Inc ?-Offenhauser Did Not Arrive
96 Jerry Eisert ?-Chevrolet Did Not Arrive
6 June 1971 - Milwaukee: 150 miles (1.00 miles x 150 laps)
FP # SP Driver Car Name Chassis-Engine Time/Speed Pts
1 1 9 Al Unser Johnny Lightning Colt-Ford 1:18:19.246, 114.858mph 300
2 15 2 Joe Leonard Samsonite Colt-Ford 150 laps 240
3 32 5 Billy Vukovich Sugaripe Prune Brabham-Offenhauser 148 laps 210
4 22 14 Wally Dallenbach Sprite Kuzma-Offenhauser 147 laps 180
5 8 15 Art Pollard Gilmore Racing Scorpion-Ford 70 147 laps 150
6 18 11 Johnny Rutherford Patrick Petroleum Eagle-Offenhauser 67 147 laps 120
7 12 4 Lloyd Ruby Utah Stars Mongoose-Ford 70 146 laps 90
8 95 16 Bentley Warren Classic Wax Eagle-Offenhauser 66 144 laps 75
9 44 13 Dick Simon TraveLodge Sleeper Vollstedt-Ford 144 laps 60
10 7 12 Gordon Johncock Vollstedt Vollstedt-Ford 144 laps 45
11 5 5 Mario Andretti STP Oil Treatment McNamara-Ford 142 laps 30
12 64 20 Jimmy Caruthers Gilmore Racing Scorpion-Ford 70 138 laps 15
13 78 10 Jerry Grant Farrell's Ice Cream Eagle-Offenhauser 133 laps
14 2 1 Bobby Unser Olsonite Eagle-Offenhauser 71 101 laps/ignition
15 69 24 John Martin Martin-Mitchell Brabham-Offenhauser 93 laps/oil leak
16 16 8 Gary Bettenhausen Thermo-King Gerhardt-Offenhauser 80 laps/throttle link
17 83 22 Donnie Allison Purolator Coyote-Ford 71 61 laps/overheating
18 31 17 Greg Weld Federal Engineering Gerhardt-Offenhauser 53 laps/oil leak
19 28 19 Bill Simpson Wynn's Kwik Kool Eagle-Offenhauser 38 laps/tyre
20 9 3 A.J. Foyt ITT-Thompson Coyote-Ford 71 18 laps/magneto
21 4 6 George Snider G.C.Murphy Eagle-Ford 68 12 laps/magneto
22 43 18 Denny Zimmerman Fiore Racing Enterprises Vollstedt-Offenhauser 10 laps/gearbox
23 6 21 Roger McCluskey Sprite Kuzma-Ford 8 laps/sticking throttle
24 54 23 Rick Muther Arkansas Aviation Eagle-P&W Turbine 4 laps/sticking throttle
Lap Leaders: Joe Leonard laps 1-69
Al Unser laps 70-150
Pole Speed: 118.894 mph
3 July 1971 - Pocono: 500 miles (2.50 miles x 200 laps)
FP # SP Driver Car Name Chassis-Engine Time/Speed Pts
1 66 1 Mark Donohue Sunoco McLaren-Offenhauser 71 3:36:22.312,138.649mph 1000
2 15 4 Joe Leonard Samsonite Colt-Ford 3:36:24 800
3 9 8 A.J. Foyt ITT-Thompson Coyote-Ford 71 3:36:40 700
4 5 5 Mario Andretti STP Oil Treatment McNamara-Ford 198 laps 600
5 32 16 Billy Vukovich Sugaripe Prune Brabham-Offenhauser 198 laps 500
6 16 13 Gary Bettenhausen Thermo King Gerhardt-Offenhauser 198 laps 400
7 18 12 Johnny Rutherford Patrick Petroleum Eagle-Offenhauser 67 197 laps 300
8 12 14 Lloyd Ruby Utah Stars Mongoose-Ford 70 197 laps 250
9 2 2 Bobby Unser Olsonite Eagle-Offenhauser 71 190 laps 200
10 20 20 Steve Krisiloff STP Gas Treatment Kingfish-Offenhauser 190 laps 150
11 98 29 Sam Sessions Agajanian-Faas Lola-Ford 187 laps/black flagged 100
12 31 28 Greg Weld Federal Engineering Gerhardt-Offenhauser 186 laps 50
13 64 20 Jimmy Caruthers Gilmore Racing Scorpion-Ford 70 183 laps
14 80 27 Bill Puterbaugh G.C.Murphy Eagle-Offenhauser 68 181 laps
15 22 19 Wally Dallenbach Sprite Kenyon-Ford 181 laps
16 8 25 Art Pollard Gilmore Racing Scorpion-Ford 70 171 laps/oil tank leak
17 10 11 Dick Simon TraveLodge Sleeper Lola-Ford 145 laps/fire/spin
18 28 26 Bill Simpson Wynn's Kwik Kool Eagle-Offenhauser 119 laps/engine
19 58 21 Bud Tinglestad Sugaripe Prune Brabham-Offenhauser 115 laps/manifold
20 7 6 Gordon Johncock Vollstedt Vollstedt-Offenhauser 101 laps/fuel pump
21 86 7 Peter Revson McLaren McLaren-Offenhauser 71 99 laps/split radiator
22 95 23 Bentley Warren Classic Wax Eagle-Offenhauser 66 92 laps/fuel problem
23 44 30 John Mahler TraveLodge-Florida Intl Vollstedt-Ford 92 laps/accident
24 43 17 Denny Zimmerman FioreRacing Enterprises Vollstedt-Offenhauser 88 laps/clutch
25 6 18 Roger McCluskey Sprite Kenyon-Ford 79 laps/dropped valve
26 92 24 Jim Malloy Norris Industries Eagle-Ford 68 laps/dropped valve
27 77 32 Jim McElreath Dayton Steel Foundry Morris-Ford 68 laps/dropped valve
28 84 15 Donnie Allison Purolator Coyote-Ford 71 48 laps/accident
29 19 31 Bob Harkey MVS Cecil-Ford 39 laps/oil leak
30 56 33 Jim Hurtubise Miller High Life Mallard-Offenhauser FE 35 laps/engine
31 1 3 Al Unser Johnny Lightning 500 Colt-Ford 32 laps/oil pump
32 21 10 Cale Yarborough Gene White Firestone Mongoose-Ford 70 15 laps/seized engine
33 4 9 George Snider G.C.Murphy Eagle-Ford 68 10 laps/burned piston
Lap Leaders: Mark Donohue laps 1-32,65-77,96-125,145-154,157-190,194-200
Joe Leonard laps 33-44,86-91,131-139,156,191-193
Bobby Unser laps 45-64,78-85,126-130,155
A.J. Foyt laps 92-95,140-144
Pole Speed: 172.393 mph
18 July 1971 - Michigan: 200 miles (2.00 miles x 100 laps)
FP # SP Driver Car Name Chassis-Engine Time/Speed Pts
1 66 2 Mark Donohue Sunoco McLaren-Offenhauser 1:22:09, 144.898mph 400
2 32 7 Billy Vukovich Sugaripe Prune Brabham-Offenhauser 100 laps 320
3 6 15 Roger McCluskey Sprite Kuzma-Ford 100 laps 280
4 22 12 Wally Dallenbach Sprite Kuzma-Offenhauser 99 laps 240
5 21 17 Cale Yarborough Gene White Firestone Mongoose-Ford 70 99 laps 200
6 40 20 Larry Dickson STP Keep-Kool Treatment Kingfish-Offenhauser 93 laps 160
7 20 13 Steve Krisiloff STP Gas Treatment Kingfish-Offenhauser 92 laps 120
8 73 25 Karl Busson Cavanaugh-Tomlinson Gerhardt-Chevrolet 90 laps 100
9 97 21 John Martin Agajanian-Faas Brabham-Offenhauser 88 laps 80
10 18 8 Johnny Rutherford Patrick Petroleum Eagle-Offenhauser 67 80 laps 60
11 10 26 Jerry Karl Winters Transmission Gerhardt-Chevrolet 78 laps/lost nose cone 40
12 5 3 Mario Andretti STP Oil Treatment McNamara-Ford 74 laps/turbocharger 20
13 31 19 Jim Malloy Federal Engineering Gerhardt-Offenhauser 73 laps/valve
14 4 16 George Snider G.C.Murphy Eagle-Ford 68 66 laps/oil leak
15 10 11 Dick Simon TraveLodge Sleeper Lola-Ford 61 laps
16 8 22 Art Pollard Gilmore Racing Scorpion-Ford 70 54 laps/accident
17 9 6 A.J. Foyt ITT-Thompson Coyote-Ford 71 51 laps/turbocharger
18 2 1 Bobby Unser Olsonite Eagle-Offenhauser 71 35 laps/engine
19 15 10 Joe Leonard Samsonite Colt-Ford 34 laps/accident
20 77 23 Salt Walther Dayton Steel Wheel Morris-Ford 30 laps/engine
21 12 14 Lloyd Ruby Utah Stars Mongoose-Ford 70 28 laps/valve
22 16 5 Gary Bettenhausen Thermo-King Gerhardt-Offenhauser 23 laps/ignition
23 7 9 Gordon Johncock Vollstedt Enterprises McLaren-Offenhauser 70 21 laps/burned piston
24 1 4 Al Unser Johnny Lightning 500 Colt-Ford 20 laps/turbocharger
25 90 24 Arnie Knepper CHEK Gerhardt-Chevrolet 15 laps/overheating
26 43 18 Denny Zimmerman FioreRacing Enterprises Vollstedt-Offenhauser 0 laps/accident
Lap Leaders: Bobby Unser laps 1-15
Mark Donohue laps 16-42,53-100
A.J. Foyt laps 43-50
Billy Vukovich laps 51-52
Non-Qualifiers
Bill Simpson mechanical
Sam Sessions mechanical
Bob Harkey mechanical
47 Larry Cannon Autotron Photoelectric ?-Chevrolet too slow
55 Ludwig Heimrath Heimrath Porsche Eisert-Chevrolet too slow
29 Bill Puterbaugh MVS Cecil-Ford mechanical
Pole Speed: 193.444 mph
15 August 1971 - Milwaukee: 200 miles (1.00 miles x 200 laps)
FP # SP Driver Car Name Chassis-Engine Time/Speed Pts
1 2 1 Bobby Unser Olsonite Eagle-Offenhauser 71 1:49:42.33, 109.386mph 400
2 9 3 A.J. Foyt ITT-Thompson Coyote-Ford 71 200 laps 320
3 16 10 Gary Bettenhausen Thermo-King Gerhardt-Offenhauser 199 laps 280
4 22 7 Wally Dallenbach Sprite Kuzma-Offenhauser 199 laps 240
5 4 13 George Snider G.C.Murphy Eagle-Offenhauser 68 197 laps 200
6 12 8 Lloyd Ruby Utah Stars Mongoose-Ford 70 195 laps 160
7 98 14 Sam Sessions Agajanian-Faas Colt-Ford 193 laps 120
8 21 21 Cale Yarborough Gene White Firestone Mongoose-Ford 70 192 laps 100
9 70 20 George Eaton Fejer Brothers Colt-Ford 191 laps 80
10 31 17 Greg Weld Federal Engineering Gerhardt-Offenhauser 191 laps 60
11 95 18 Carl Williams City of Terre Haute Finley-Offenhauser 188 laps 40
12 97 11 John Martin Agajanian Faas Brabham-Offenhauser 187 laps 20
13 29 24 Bill Puterbaugh MVS Cecil-Ford 184 laps
14 32 9 Billy Vukovich Sugaripe Prune Brabham-Offenhauser 140 laps/magneto
15 40 12 Larry Dickson STP Keep-Kool Treatment Kingfish-Offenhauser 140 laps/turbocharger
16 8 16 Art Pollard Gilmore Racing Scorpion-Ford 70 138 laps/dropped valve
17 1 1 Al Unser Johnny Lightning 500 Colt-Ford 118 laps/accident
18 23 4 Roger McCluskey Sprite Kuzma-Ford 107 laps/dropped valve
19 5 5 Mario Andretti STP Oil Treatment McNamara-Ford 92 laps/fuel leak
20 90 25 Arnie Knepper CHEK Watson-Chevrolet 61 laps/oil leak
21 39 22 Don Brown Seymour Enterprises Gerhardt-Chevrolet 41 laps/piston
22 10 12 Jerry Karl Emrich Gerhardt-Chevrolet 30 laps/fire
23 73 19 Karl Busson Cavanaugh-Tomlinson Gerhardt-Chevrolet 21 laps/suspension
24 20 6 Steve Krisiloff STP Gas Treatment Kingfish-Offenhauser 17 laps/oil leak
25 7 15 Gordon Johncock Vollstedt Enterprises McLaren-Ford 70 17 laps/oil leak
Lap Leaders: Bobby Unser laps 1-109,119-200
Al Unser laps 110-118
Non-Qualifiers
Jim Malloy McNamara-Plymouth oil pan
15 Joe Leonard Samsonite Colt-Ford timing gear
Pole Speed: 122.291 mph
5 September 1971 - Ontario MS: 500 miles (2.50 miles x 200 laps)
FP # SP Driver Car Name Chassis-Engine Time/Speed Pts
1 15 11 Joe Leonard Samsonite Colt-Ford 3:16:54.515,152.354mph 1000
2 8 13 Art Pollard Gilmore Racing Scorpion-Ford 70 199 laps 800
3 16 27 Gary Bettenhausen Thermo-King Gerhardt Offenhauser 198 laps 700
4 12 14 Lloyd Ruby Utah Stars Mongoose-Ford 70 198 laps 600
5 20 15 Steve Krisiloff STP Gas Treatment Kingfish-Ford 196 laps 500
6 92 18 Jim Malloy Norris Industries Eagle-Ford 187 laps 400
7 86 3 Peter Revson McLaren McLaren-Offenhauser 71 183 laps 300
8 3 12 Jim McElreath Patrick Petroleum Eagle-Offenhauser 183 laps 250
9 75 33 John Mahler Wynn's Florida Intl McLaren-Offenhauser 179 laps 200
10 32 25 Billy Vukovich Sugaripe Prune Brabham-Offenhauser 173 laps 150
11 70 31 George Eaton Fejer Brothers Colt-Ford 169 laps 100
12 42 4 Swede Savage Olsonite Eagle-Offenhauser 70 166 laps/accident 50
13 40 26 Larry Dickson STP Keep-Kool Treatment Kingfish-Offenhauser 165 laps
14 21 30 Cale Yarborough Gene White Firestone Mongoose-Ford 70 162 laps/clutch
15 1 6 Al Unser Johnny Lightning Colt-Offenhauser 160 laps/gearbox
16 9 9 A.J. Foyt ITT-Thompson Coyote-Ford 71 157 laps/rear end
17 58 22 Bud Tinglestad Sugaripe Prune Brabham-Offenhauser 156 laps/accident
18 66 1 Mark Donohue Sunoco McLaren-Offenhauser 71 123 laps/valve
19 46 16 Jimmy Caruthers Thermo-King Gerhardt-Offenhauser 122 laps/block
20 7 19 Denny Zimmerman Vollstedt Enterprises McLaren-Offenhauser 119 laps
21 2 2 Bobby Unser Olsonite Eagle-Offenhauser 71 117 laps/accident
22 10 28 Dick Simon TraveLodge Sleeper Lola-Ford 89 laps/piston
23 22 17 Wally Dallenbach Sprite Kuzma-Offenhauser 71 laps/gearbox
24 84 29 Donnie Allison Purolator Coyote-Ford 71 64 laps/valve
25 23 10 Mel Kenyon Sprite Kuzma-Ford 59 laps/valve
26 18 5 Johnny Rutherford Patrick Petroleum Brabham-Offenhauser 54 laps/fire
27 85 7 Gordon Johncock McLaren McLaren-Offenhauser 71 51 laps/turbocharger
28 6 21 Roger McCluskey Sprite Kuzma-Ford 40 laps/valve
29 37 32 Bruce Walkup Caves Buick Gerhardt-Offenhauser 28 laps/fuel leak
30 37 32 Greg Weld Federal Engineering Gerhardt-Offenhauser 27 laps/accident
31 95 24 Carl Williams City of Terre Haute Eagle-Offenhauser 15 laps/piston
32 4 20 George Snider G.C.Murphy Eagle-Offenhauser 68 5 laps/accident
33 5 8 Mario Andretti STP Oil Treatment McNamara-Ford 0 laps/electrics
Lap Leaders: Bobby Unser laps 1-3,80-96
Mark Donohue laps 4-52
Al Unser laps 53-79,97-119,127-160
A.J. Foyt laps 120-126
Joe Leonard laps 161-200
Non-Qualifiers
97 John Martin Agajanian Faas Brabham-Offenhauser too slow
Bill Simpson too slow
Sam Sessions too slow
56 Jim Hurtubise Miller High Life Mallard-Offenhauser FE too slow
Pole Speed: 185.004 mph
3 October 1971 - Trenton: 300 miles (1.50 miles x 200 laps)
FP # SP Driver Car Name Chassis-Engine Time/Speed Pts
1 2 1 Bobby Unser Olsonite Eagle-Offenhauser 71 2:07:51.65, 140.771mph 600
2 5 13 Mario Andretti STP Oil Treatment McNamara-Ford 198 laps 480
3 15 11 Joe Leonard Samsonite Colt-Ford 197 laps 420
4 32 10 Billy Vukovich Sugaripe Prune Brabham-Offenhauser 197 laps 360
5 9 15 A.J. Foyt ITT-Thompson Coyote-Ford 71 196 laps 300
6 66 2 Mark Donohue Sunoco McLaren-Offenhauser 71 194 laps 240
7 20 4 Steve Krisiloff STP Gas Treatment Kingfish-Offenhauser 193 laps/accident 180
8 31 14 Greg Weld Federal Engineering Gerhardt-Offenhauser 193 laps 150
9 22 12 Wally Dallenbach Sprite Kuzma-Offenhauser 191 laps 120
10 70 19 George Eaton Fejer Brothers Colt-Ford 191 laps 90
11 21 26 Cale Yarborough Gene White Firestone Mongoose-Ford 70 189 laps 60
12 23 21 Mel Kenyon Sprite Kenyon-Ford 188 laps 30
13 40 25 Denny Zimmerman STP Keep-Kool Treatment Kingfish-Offenhauser 184 laps
14 4 16 George Snider G.C.Murphy Watson-Offenhauser 174 laps
15 39 28 Don Brown Seymour Enterprises Seymour-Chevrolet 162 laps
16 42 5 Swede Savage Olsonite Eagle-Offenhauser 70 145 laps/accident
17 1 3 Al Unser Johnny Lightning 500 Colt-Offenhauser 134 laps/radiator
18 35 23 Eldon Rasmussen Federal Engineering Gerhardt-Offenhauser 134 laps/accident
19 29 24 Bill Puterbaugh MVS Cecil-Ford 100 laps/accident
20 8 9 Art Pollard Gilmore Racing Scorpion-Ford 70 93 laps/valve
21 79 27 Tom Sneva Kramer Kramer-Chevrolet 91 laps/spindle
22 6 18 Roger McCluskey Sprite Kuzma-Ford 87 laps/turbocharger
23 12 17 Lloyd Ruby Utah Stars Mongoose-Ford 70 85 laps/piston
24 16 6 Gary Bettenhausen Thermo-King Gerhardt-Offenhauser 77 laps/throttle linkage
25 10 7 Dick Simon TraveLodge Sleeper Lola-Ford 17 laps/spindle
26 95 22 Carl Williams City of Terre Haute Eagle-Offenhauser 15 laps/turbocharger
27 3 8 Jim McElreath Patrick Petroleum Eagle-Offenhauser 0 laps/engine
28 28 20 Bill Simpson Wynn's Kwik Kool Eagle-Offenhauser 0 laps/engine vibration
Lap Leaders: Bobby Unser laps 1-70,81-200
Al Unser laps 71-80
Non-Qualifiers
18 Johnny Rutherford Patrick Petroleum engine
73 Karl Busson Cavanaugh-Tomlinson Gerhardt-Chevrolet crankshaft in qualifying
Pole Speed: 158.781 mph
N.B. - Race originally scheduled one week earlier, delayed one week due to rain.
Qualification from earlier event cancelled, all drivers re-qualified.
23 October 1971 - Phoenix: 150 miles (1.00 miles x 150 laps)
FP # SP Driver Car Name Chassis-Engine Time/Speed Pts
1 9 3 A.J. Foyt ITT-Thompson Coyote-Ford 71 1:21:18, 110.333 mph 300
2 6 15 Roger McCluskey Sprite Kuzma-Offenhauser 150 laps 240
3 32 17 Billy Vukovich Sugaripe Prune Brabham-Offenhauser 149 laps 210
4 5 9 Mario Andretti STP Oil Treatment McNamara-Ford 149 laps 180
5 16 10 Gary Bettenhausen Thermo-King Gerhardt-Offenhauser 149 laps 150
6 3 12 Jim McElreath Patrick Petroleum Eagle-Offenhauser 148 laps 120
7 10 19 Dick Simon TraveLodge Sleeper Lola-Ford 148 laps 90
8 2 1 Bobby Unser Olsonite Eagle-Offenhauser 71 148 laps 75
9 8 16 Art Pollard Gilmore Racing Scorpion-Ford 70 148 laps 60
10 15 11 Joe Leonard Samsonite Colt-Ford 148 laps 45
11 7 22 Wally Dallenbach Vollstedt Enterprises Vollstedt-Ford 119 laps 30
12 28 14 Bill Simpson Wynn's Kwik Kool Eagle-Offenhauser 95 laps/oil leak 15
13 11 23 Sam Sessions King O'Lawn Lola-Offenhauser 93 laps/loose fuel hose
14 31 20 Greg Weld Federal Engineering Gerhardt-Offenhauser 69 laps/turbocharger
15 40 6 George Snider STP Keep-Kool Treatment Kingfish-Offenhauser 65 laps/ignition
16 66 2 Mark Donohue Sunoco McLaren-Offenhauser 71 48 laps/engine
17 95 21 Carl Williams City of Terre Haute Eagle-Offenhauser 42 laps/engine
18 70 24 George Eaton Check Oil Treatment Lola-Ford 40 laps/dropped valve
19 4 5 Mike Mosley G.C.Murphy Watson-Offenhauser 33 laps/dropped valve
20 20 13 Steve Krisiloff STP Gas Treatment Kingfish-Offenhauser 28 laps/rear end
21 1 8 Al Unser Johnny Lightning 500 Colt-Offenhauser 15 laps/accident
22 18 4 Johnny Rutherford Patrick Petroleum Brabham-Offenhauser 15 laps/accident
23 42 7 Swede Savage Olsonite Eagle-Offenhauser 10 laps/cam gear
24 12 17 Lloyd Ruby Utah Stars Mongoose-Ford 70 4 laps/oil line
Lap Leaders: Bobby Unser laps 1-26
A.J. Foyt laps 27-90,108-150
Roger McCluskey laps 91-96
Billy Vukovich laps 97-99
Mario Andretti laps 100-107
Pole Speed: 134.932 mph