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Jul 7, 2014 · Johnny Rutherford was sure his drives at McLaren and with Jim Hall would garner success. They did – with three Indy 500 wins By Gordon Kirby. One of Indycar racing’s greatest stars of the 1970s and ’80s was Johnny Rutherford, who made his name in the early ’60s on dirt tracks and won the Indianapolis 500 twice with McLaren in 1974 and ’76, and once in Jim Hall’s Chaparral in 1980.
Race car champion driver Johnny Rutherford's car sits ready for the start of the 1981 NASCAR Firecracker 400 at the Daytona International Speedway on... 1981 Firecracker 400 Race car champion driver Johnny Rutherford talks with friends in the Daytona International Speedway garage area prior to the 1981 Firecracker 400 on...
May 20, 2014 · Related Stories Johnny Rutherford and Bobby Unser drove in and out of the inferno. Parnelli Jones glanced across the infield, saw the dense smoke hovering over the front straightaway and prayed it wasn't Jim Hurtubise.
MacDonald began racing in 1956, competing in a 1955 Chevrolet Corvette on Southern Californian drag strips.. At the 1958 National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Western US Drag Racing Championships at Williams Air Force Base in Arizona, MacDonald set two standing start speed records in a stock 1958 Corvette – 104.68 mph in the ¼ mile and 123.11 mph in the 1/2 mile.
May 26, 2023 · “I refer to this race track as the ‘Old Lady,’ and this Old Lady can throw curves at you like you wouldn’t believe,” three-time Indy 500 champion Johnny Rutherford told me as we ...
was born on the 12th of March, 1938. He is known for being a Race Car Driver.He beat Mario Andretti in the 1976 Indianapolis 500. Johnny Rutherford’s age is 86.
May 26, 2014 · On May 26 1974 Johnny Rutherford won the Indianapolis 500 'Indy 500' starting from the 25th starting position. 40 years to the day the famous victory is remembered on mclaren.com. Read the story.
