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Rutherford miraculously squeezed between the crash and the wall, passing so close to Sachs' car that a lemon that Sachs wore on a string around his neck was found inside Rutherford's engine compartment. On April 3, 1966, Rutherford suffered a serious crash at Eldora Speedway. His car flipped out of the track, and he suffered broken arms, a ...
Jun 24, 2023 · Less than 90 minutes after Pollard’s fatal crash, qualifications began on time at 11 a.m. At 1:37 p.m., Rutherford took his McLaren onto the race track and his third lap of 199.071 mph was just 0.21 seconds short of the elusive 200-mph mark. His four-lap average of 198.413 mph was good enough for the pole.
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May 20, 2014 · A dark day remembered: Indy 1964. By Robin Miller | May 20, 2014 4:58 PM ET. More IndyCar! 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.
May 27, 2023 · Rutherford won the pole with a record-breaking, four-lap average speed of 198.413 mph and Johncock wound up with the first of his two Indy wins, but it was a grim across the rest of Gasoline Alley. Art Pollard was killed in a pole day crash.
May 26, 2023 · The fiery crash that took the lives of Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald during the Indy 500 in 1964 led to more firefighters being hired for races.