1972 Indianapolis 500 and 1973 Indianapolis 500

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Difference between 1972 Indianapolis 500 and 1973 Indianapolis 500

1972 Indianapolis 500 vs. 1973 Indianapolis 500

The 56th 500 Mile International Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, on Saturday, May 27, 1972. The 57th 500 Mile International Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, on Wednesday, May 30, 1973.

A. J. Foyt

Anthony Joseph Foyt, Jr. (born January 16, 1935) is an American retired auto racing driver who has raced in numerous genres of motorsports.

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Al Loquasto

Albert John (Al) Loquasto (Jr.) (June 21, 1940 – July 31, 1991), was an Italian-American racecar driver.

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Al Unser

Alfred "Al" Unser (born May 29, 1939) is an American automobile racing driver, the younger brother of fellow racing drivers Jerry and Bobby Unser, and father of Al Unser Jr. Now retired, he is the second of three men to have won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race four times, the fourth of five to have won the race in consecutive years, and won the National Championship in 1970, 1983, and 1985.

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Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com LLC is a privately held online company based in Lehi, Utah.

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Arnie Knepper

Arnold A. "Arnie" Knepper (October 10, 1930 – June 6, 1992), was an American racecar driver.

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Art Pollard

Art Lee Pollard, Jr. (May 5, 1927 – May 12, 1973), was an American racecar driver.

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Bentley Warren

Bentley Warren (born December 10, 1940 in Kennebunkport, Maine), is an American racecar driver.

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Bill Puterbaugh

Bill Puterbaugh (June 6, 1936 – October 9, 2017) was an American racing driver in the USAC Championship Car series.

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Bill Simpson

Bill Simpson (born March 14, 1940 in Hermosa Beach, California), is a retired American racecar driver, but is best known as a pioneer in the racing safety business with his company Simpson Performance Products.

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Bill Vukovich II

William John Vukovich II (born March 29, 1944 in Riverside, California) is a former driver in the championship car division of USAC and CART series.

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Bob Harkey

Bob Harkey (June 23, 1930January 16, 2016) was an American driver in the USAC Championship Car series from Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Bobby Unser

Robert William "Bobby" Unser (born February 20, 1934) is an American former automobile racer.

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Broadcast delay

In radio and television, broadcast delay is an intentional delay when broadcasting live material.

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Chris Economaki

Christopher "Chris" Constantine Economaki (October 15, 1920 – September 28, 2012) was an American motorsports commentator, pit road reporter, and journalist.

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Chris Schenkel

Christopher Eugene Schenkel (August 21, 1923 – September 11, 2005) was an American sportscaster.

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Color commentator

A color commentator or expert commentator is a sports commentator who assists the main commentator, often by filling in any time when play is not in progress.

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David Hobbs (racing driver)

David Wishart Hobbs (born 9 June 1939 in Royal Leamington Spa, England) is a British former racing driver.

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Dick Simon

Richard Raymond Simon (Dick Simon)(born September 21, 1933 in Sandy, Utah) is one of the oldest men to ever have raced in the Indianapolis 500.

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Donald Davidson (historian)

Donald C. Davidson is the historian of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the only person to hold such a position on a full-time basis for any motorsports facility in the world.

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Downforce

Downforce is a downwards thrust created by the aerodynamic characteristics of a car.

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ESPN on ABC

ESPN on ABC (known as ABC Sports from 1961 to 2006) is the brand used for sports event and documentary programming televised on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States.

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Firestone Tire and Rubber Company

The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is an American tire company founded by Harvey Firestone in 1900 to supply pneumatic tires for wagons, buggies, and other forms of wheeled transportation common in the era.

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Gary Bettenhausen

Gary Bettenhausen (November 18, 1941 – March 16, 2014) was an American auto racing driver.

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George Snider

George "Ziggy" Snider (born December 8, 1940, in Fresno, California) is a retired American race car driver.

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Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is an American multinational tire manufacturing company founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling and based in Akron, Ohio.

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Gordon Johncock

Gordon Johncock (born August 5, 1936, in Hastings, Michigan) is an American former racing driver, best known as a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 and the 1976 USAC Marlboro Championship Trail champion.

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Historian

A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past, and is regarded as an authority on it.

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is an automobile racing circuit located in Speedway, Indiana (an enclave suburb of Indianapolis) in the United States.

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network (known typically as the IMS Radio Network), is an in-house radio syndication arrangement which broadcasts the Indianapolis 500, the Verizon IndyCar Series, Indy Lights, Big Machine 400, and Lilly Diabetes 250 to radio stations covering most of North America.

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Jackie Stewart

Sir John Young "Jackie" Stewart, (born 11 June 1939) is a British former Formula One racing driver from Scotland.

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Jerry Grant

Gerald Wayne "Jerry" Grant (January 23, 1935 – August 12, 2012) was a driver in the USAC Championship Car series.

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Jerry Karl

Jerry Karl (April 29, 1941, Manchester, Pennsylvania - February 16, 2008, Baltimore, Maryland), was a driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series.

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Jim Hurtubise

James Hurtubise (December 5, 1932 – January 6, 1989) was an American race car driver who raced in USAC Champ Cars (including the Indianapolis 500), as well as sprint cars and stock cars (USAC and NASCAR).

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Jim McElreath

Jim McElreath (February 18, 1928 – May 18, 2017) was an American racing driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series.

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Jim McKay

James Kenneth McManus (September 24, 1921 – June 7, 2008), better known by his professional name of Jim McKay, was an American television sports journalist.

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Jim Nabors

James Thurston Nabors (June 12, 1930 – November 30, 2017) was an American actor, singer, and comedian.

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Jim Rathmann

Jim Rathmann (July 16, 1928 – November 23, 2011), born Royal Richard Rathmann, was an American race car driver who won the Indianapolis 500 in 1960.

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Jimmy Caruthers

Douglas "Jimmy" Caruthers (January 18, 1945 – October 26, 1975) was an American racecar driver from Anaheim, California.

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Joe Leonard

Joe Leonard (August 4, 1932 San Diego, California – April 27, 2017 San Jose, California) San Diego High School was an American motorcycle racer and racecar driver.

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John Mahler

John Mahler (born November 16, 1936, Alpha, Iowa), is a former open wheel race car driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series.

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John Martin (American racing driver)

John Martin (born March 30, 1939, Long Beach, California), is a former driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series.

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Johnny Rutherford

John Sherman "Johnny" Rutherford III (born March 12, 1938), also known as "Lone Star JR", is an American former automobile racing driver.

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Larry Dickson

Larry Dickson (born September 8, 1938, Marietta, Ohio), is a former driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series.

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Lee Brayton

Lee Brayton (born August 13, 1933) is a former American racing driver from Coldwater, Michigan.

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Lee Kunzman

Lee Kunzman (born November 29, 1944, Guttenberg, Iowa), is a former driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series.

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Len Sutton

Len Sutton (August 9, 1925 – December 3, 2006) was an American racecar driver.

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Leon Sirois

Leon Duray "Jigger" Sirois (born April 16, 1935) is an American former racing driver from the small town of Shelby in northern Indiana.

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List of Indianapolis 500 broadcasters

The Indianapolis 500 has been broadcast by ABC since 1965.

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Lloyd Ruby

Lloyd Ruby (January 12, 1928 – March 23, 2009) was an American racecar driver.

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Lou Palmer (motorsport broadcaster)

Lou Palmer (born Louis A. Perunko Jr. in 1932 in Wheeling, West Virginia - died January 19, 2008 in Indianapolis, Indiana) was an American broadcaster best known for his work at the Indianapolis 500 on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network from 1958 until 1989.

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Mario Andretti

Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940) is an Italian-born American former racing driver, one of the most successful Americans in the history of the sport.

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Mark Donohue

Mark Neary Donohue Jr. (March 18, 1937 – August 19, 1975), nicknamed "Captain Nice," and later "Dark Monohue," was an American racecar driver known for his ability to set up his own race car as well as driving it to victories.

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Mel Kenyon

Mel Kenyon (born April 15, 1933 in Dekalb, IL.) is a former midget car driver.

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Memorial Day

Memorial Day or Decoration Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces.

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Mike Hiss

Mike Hiss (born July 7, 1941) is an American former driver in the USAC Championship Car series.

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Mike Mosley

Mike Mosley (December 13, 1946 – March 3, 1984), was an American racecar driver.

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Parnelli Jones

Rufus Parnell "Parnelli" Jones (born August 12, 1933 in Texarkana, Arkansas) is a retired American racing driver and race car owner.

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Peter Revson

Peter Jeffrey Revson (February 27, 1939 – March 22, 1974) was an American race car driver and heir to the Revlon cosmetics fortune.

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Purdue All-American Marching Band

The Purdue "All-American" Marching Band (or AAMB) is the marching band of Purdue University and the main source of auxiliary entertainment for Purdue Boilermakers football games.

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Rick Muther

Rick Muther (August 13, 1935 in Alhambra, California - March 12, 1995) was an American racing driver.

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Roger McCluskey

Roger McCluskey (August 24, 1930 – August 29, 1993) was an American race car driver.

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Salt Walther

David "Salt" Walther (November 22, 1947 – December 27, 2012) was a driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series.

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Sam Posey

Sam Posey (born May 26, 1944, in New York City, New York) is a retired American racing driver and sports broadcast journalist.

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Sammy Sessions

Allen Dale "Sammy" Sessions (September 10, 1935 - December 17, 1977) was an American racecar driver.

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Sid Collins

Sid Collins (born Sidney Cahn Jr.) (July 17, 1922 – May 2, 1977) was an American broadcaster best known as the radio voice of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network from 1952-1976.

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Speedway, Indiana

Speedway is a town in Wayne Township, Marion County, Indiana, United States.

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Spoiler (car)

A spoiler is an automotive aerodynamic device whose intended design function is to 'spoil' unfavorable air movement across a body of a vehicle in motion, usually described as turbulence or drag.

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Sports commentator

In sports broadcasting, a sports commentator (also known as sports announcer, sportscaster or play-by-play announcer) gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast, traditionally delivered in the historical present tense.

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Statistician

A statistician is a person who works with theoretical or applied statistics.

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Steve Krisiloff

Steve Krisiloff (born July 7, 1946, Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey), is a former driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series.

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Swede Savage

David Earl Savage, Jr. (August 26, 1946 – July 2, 1973), nicknamed "Swede", was an American race car driver.

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Tire

A tire (American English) or tyre (British English; see spelling differences) is a ring-shaped component that surrounds a wheel's rim to transfer a vehicle's load from the axle through the wheel to the ground and to provide traction on the surface traveled over.

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Tom Bigelow

Tom Bigelow (born October 31, 1939 in Whitewater, Wisconsin), USA, is a former driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series.

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Tony Hulman

Anton "Tony" Hulman Jr. (February 11, 1901 – October 27, 1977) was an American businessman from Terre Haute, Indiana who bought the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1945 and brought racing back to the famous race course after a four-year hiatus following World War II.

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United States Auto Club

The United States Auto Club (USAC) is one of the sanctioning bodies of auto racing in the United States.

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Wally Dallenbach Sr.

Wally Dallenbach Sr. (born December 12, 1936) is a former Indy car driver from East Brunswick Township, New Jersey, USA.

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24 Hours of Le Mans

The 24 Hours of Le Mans (24 Heures du Mans) is the world's oldest active sports car race in endurance racing, held annually since near the town of Le Mans, France.

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