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1977 California 500
The 1977 California 500, the eighth running of the event, was held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, on Sunday, September 4, 1977. The event was race number 12 of 14 in the 1977 USAC Championship Car season. The race was won by Al Unser, his first win in the California 500. Background USAC opened their season at Ontario with a 200-mile race on March 6. A. J. Foyt won the race over Al Unser. That same day, Foyt finished third 3rd in the USAC Stock Car race at Ontario, won by Jimmy Insolo. In May, A.J. Foyt won the 1977 Indianapolis 500, becoming the first man to win the race for a fourth time. In addition to Tom Sneva, Team Penske entered a second car for Mario Andretti, who was chasing the 1977 Formula One championship. Two months earlier, Sneva and Andretti finished 1–2 in the Pocono 500. Practice and Time Trials Practice began on Sunday, August 28. Defending California 500 champion, Bobby Unser was fastest at 190.496 mph. In Monday's practic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California 500 (IndyCar)
The California 500 was a CART race held at Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California. The event represented a continuous lineage of open wheel oval racing in the Southern California-area that dates back to 1970. History Open wheel oval racing in southern California dated back to the USAC California 500 at Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, held from 1970 to 1978. The race was part of IndyCar racing's "triple crown", and at its inception, was held in high prestige. The inaugural running was considered a huge success, with 187,000 in attendance. However, it became a CART A cart or dray (Australia and New Zealand) is a vehicle designed for transport, using two wheels and normally pulled by one or a pair of draught animals. A handcart is pulled or pushed by one or more people. It is different from the flatbed tr ... event in 1979 and the track fell into financial troubles in 1980 and closed at the end of 1980. Subsequent running's were never able to match the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Unser
Robert William Unser (February 20, 1934 – May 2, 2021) was an American automobile racer. At his induction into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1994, he had the fourth most IndyCar Series wins at 35 (behind his brother Al, A. J. Foyt, and Mario Andretti). Unser won the 1968 and 1974 United States Automobile Club (USAC) national championships. He won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb overall title 10 times (13 times when class wins are included). He was the brother of Al, Jerry Unser and Louis Unser, the father of Robby Unser and the uncle of Al Unser Jr. and Johnny Unser. The Unser family has won the Indianapolis 500 a record nine times, with Bobby and Al Unser Sr. being the only set of brothers to win in the race's history. Bobby Unser was one of ten drivers to have won the 500 three or more times and the first of two (followed by Rick Mears) to have won in three decades (1968, 1975, 1981). Early life Unser was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Olivero
Bobby Olivero (born December 24, 1946, Lakewood, California), is a former driver in the USAC Championship Car series. He raced in the 1976-1978 seasons, with 17 career starts, including the 1977 Indianapolis 500. He finished in the top ten 11 times, with his best finish in 5th position in 1977 at Ontario. In 1979, Olivero was the USAC Silver Crown Series The United States Auto Club (USAC) is one of the sanctioning bodies of auto racing in the United States. From 1956 to 1979, USAC sanctioned the United States National Championship, and from 1956 to 1997 the organization sanctioned the Indianapol ... champion. Earlier in his career, he won the 1975 CRA season championship. Complete USAC Championship Car results Complete PPG Indy Car World Series results External linksDriver Database Profile 1946 births Living people Champ Car drivers Indianapolis 500 drivers People from Lakewood, California Racing drivers from California USAC Silver Crown Series drivers {{US ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McLaren M24
The McLaren M24 was a race car designed and built by McLaren between 1977 and 1979 for Indy car racing. References External links {{McLaren Indianapolis 500 American Championship racing cars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ford Indy V8 Engine
The Ford Indy V8 engine is a naturally-aspirated, pushrod, V-8, Indy car racing engine, intitally specially designed by Ford for use by Team Lotus (but later used by other teams as well), to compete in the Indianapolis 500; from 1963 to 1967. This is the engine that gave Jim Clark the victory in 1965 with his Lotus 38 chassis, Graham Hill victory in 1966 with his Lola T90 chassis, and A. J. Foyt the win at Indianapolis in 1967, in his Coyote 67 chassis. A smaller Garrett turbocharged engine was introduced in 1968, and gave Mario Andretti the win in his Brawner Hawk chassis at the 1969 Indianapolis 500. This engine was used throughout the 1969 and 1970 seasons, until 1971 (their last season), after which Ford pulled-out and withdrew from the series for 1972. They would not return to Indy car racing until 1976, with the Ford-sponsored Cosworth DFX engine. Background/History IndyCars with Ford engines first competed in 1935 using a production-based Ford V8 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coyote (chassis) Coyote was a brand of racing chassis designed and built for the use of A. J. Foyt's race team in USAC Championship car racing including the Indianapolis 500 The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, and commonly called the Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of India .... It was used from 1966 to 1983 with Foyt himself making 141 starts in the car, winning 25 times. George Snider had the second most starts with 24. Jim McElreath has the only other win with a Coyote chassis. Foyt drove a Coyote to victory in the Indy 500 in 1967 and 1977. With Foyt's permission, fellow Indy 500 champion Eddie Cheever's Cheever Racing began using the Coyote name for his new Daytona Prototype chassis, derived from the Fabcar chassis design that he had purchased the rights to in 2007. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] |
