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5 days ago · As he approached Turn 4 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Johnny Rutherford gripped the steering wheel of his McLaren M16C tighter, his eyes focused intently on the road ahead. On that turn, the Midwestern wind blew fiercely through a gap in the speedway’s old wooden grandstands, threatening to push his 882-pound racing car off course. To ...
Jun 2, 1980 · Three against one was the Penske strategy, his plan for beaching the Yellow Submarine, as the vivid yellow Chaparral driven by Johnny Rutherford had been dubbed. Penske allowed that it was a "pain in the tail" to prepare three new ground-effects cars, but, he added, "that was how to win."
Mar 12, 2017 · Johnny Rutherford is a former American racing driver who won the 1980 PPG IndyCar World Series and scored three Indianapolis 500 victories in 1974, 1976 and 1980. He raced until the age of 54. His nickname was 'Lone Star JR'. Johnny Rutherford is one of ten drivers with three or more Indy 500 victories.
Jun 24, 2023 · Rutherford’s wife, Betty, was a nurse who had worked at IMS, and she noticed that Pollard had the symptoms of a bad cold. “She wonders if he had sneezed” before the crash, Rutherford said. “It takes a second to sneeze and in a second, you cover a lot of ground here at Indianapolis.
May 28, 2021 · These days, Rutherford prefers a blank canvas of behind the wheel. Rutherford's artwork will be featured on the cover of this year’s Indy 500 program. His drawings depict the three, four-time winners of the Indy 500: A.J. Foyt, Al Uncer and Rick Mears. “Each had their own particular car that they will be remembered for," Rutherford said.
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Apr 3, 2016 · Johnny Rutherford won three Indianapolis 500s, which puts him in some exclusive company. However, despite is three victories in six years (1974-1980), Rutherford spent a lot of time chasing ...
May 27, 2016 · Johnny Rutherford is more than happy that he’ll forever be linked to the Indianapolis 500. That’s just the way it goes when a driver wins the prestigious event. That’s just the way it goes ...
