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First wings at Indy, with Mario Andretti and Bobby Unser

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First wings at Indy, with Mario Andretti and Bobby Unser

By Marshall Pruett - Dec 30, 2019, 12:57 PM ET

Racing legends Mario Andretti and Bobby Unser take us back to Indianapolis in the late 1960s where wings were first allowed at the 500. Uncle Bobby would win his first of three Indy 500s in 1968, the last year without wings, and Andretti followed in 1969, winning 50 years ago...

REAR VIEW: The neutered turbine

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REAR VIEW: The neutered turbine

By alley - Dec 1, 2016, 9:01 AM ET

When: 1969 Where: Indianapolis Motor Speedway What: Qualifying Who: Al Miller & Jack Adams' turbineEven though Parnelli Jones and Joe Leonard fell agonizingly short of Victory Lane, their turbine-powered cars scared the hell out of the United States Auto Club in 1967 and 1968. So by the time 1969 rolled...

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