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Gordon Johncock (born August 5, 1936) is an American former racing driver. He won the Indianapolis 500 twice, and was the 1976 USAC Marlboro Championship Trail champion.
May 26, 2023 · After battling Rick Mears up front and fighting handling issues, Gordon Johncock edges Mears at the line to win for the second time at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in one of the closest Indy 500 finishes in history.
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May 22, 2023 · Gordon Johncock, right, waves to A.J. Foyt after Foyt wins an Indy 500 race dominated early by Johncock in 1977. Johncock finished third in the 1976 and 1978 editions of the Indy 500, and had...
Apr 27, 2023 · Quiet and unassuming, two-time winner Gordon Johncock was one of the greatest in Indy 500 history and recently received his Baby Borg trophy.
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Gordon Johncock was one of the premier drivers of Indy Cars for nearly three decades, winning the 1976 USAC National Championship, and claiming two wins in the Indy 500. A native of Hastings, Michigan, “Gordy” Johncock began his racing career in Midwestern modifieds and USAC sprint cars.
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A leading super-modified short-track driver in the early 1960s, Johncock briefly participated in United States Auto Club sprint cars, setting a single-lap record of 17.18 seconds (104.773 miles per hour) at the half-mile Winchester, Indiana, Speedway in 1964.
Gordon Johncock stands out as one of American rear-engined, open-wheel, open-cockpit racing's most successful performers ever.
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