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Indianapolis, May 27, 1972. Mark Donohue wins.

Photograph by Bob Sheridan

The 1972 Indianapolis victory was a high point in the long relationship between Mark Donohue and Roger Penske, shown here at Elkhart Lake, Wis., in 1967. Donohue died practicing for the Austrian Grand Prix in 1975.

1972

Joe Leonard

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