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Winners of
Races for Championship Cars, 1970-1979
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Photograph by Bob Sheridan
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Al Unser, Trenton, N.J., 9.23.78, Chaparral/Cosworth
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Driver of the Decade:
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Al Unser
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25 Victories
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Car of the Decade:
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Eagle/Offy
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31 Victories
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Rick Graves/Racer magazine, May 2000
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When this car, the Colt/Ford in which Al Unser won the 1970 Indy 500, was offered for sale at a Christie's auction in New York in 2002, a Christie's man was overheard telling a prospective buyer: "You've got a lot of land up there in Greenwich, maybe you could let your son drive it around the place."
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| National Champion |
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Milwaukee, June 7,
1970. Mario Andretti on the pole, next to A. J. Foyt. Joe Leonard
won from the ninth starting position. Armin Krueger photo.
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| 1971 |
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| Joe Leonard |
| National Champion |
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A. J. Foyt in Gasoline Alley, 1971.
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Indianapolis, May 27, 1972. Mark Donohue wins.
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Photograph by Bob Sheridan
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Detail. The Penske McLaren at Macy's in New York, May 2010, part of the Izod Indy display.
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Photographs by Bob Sheridan
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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.
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| Joe Leonard |
| National Champion |
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Armin Krueger Photo
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Milwaukee, June 4, 1972: John Martin (89), Mario Andretti (9), Mark Donohue (66) and Gary Bettenhausen (7). Donohue finished second in the 150-miler, and Bettenhausen third. Bobby Unser won.
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| Roger McCluskey |
| National Champion |
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Indianapolis, 1973: Three major figures of the 1970's, Peter Revson, Andy Granatelli and Johnny Rutherford.
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| 1974 |
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| Bobby Unser |
| National Champion |
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| 1975 |
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| A. J. Foyt |
| National Champion |
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Photo
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Bobby Unser wins the Indy 500 for the second time, May 25, 1975.
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| 1976 |
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| Gordon Johncock |
| National Champion |
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Photograph by Bob Sheridan
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Danny Ongais, Pocono, 1977
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Foyt pits at Milwaukee, 1977 (June? or August?)
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| Tom Sneva |
| National Champion |
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Photograph by Bob Sheridan
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Roger Penske, Pocono, June 1977
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Photographs by Bob Sheridan
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Pocono, June 26, 1977. Janet Guthrie, first woman to drive in the Indianapolis 500.
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Left, at Trenton, 1978. Right, with car owner Dick Simon after qualifying at Indianapolis, May 22, 1977.
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Photograph by Luke Sheridan
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Guthrie at the 2010 National Auto Racing Memorabilia Show in Indianapolis
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Photographs by Bob Sheridan
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Mario Andretti, Trenton, 1978
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Mario Andretti
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| Tom Sneva |
| National Champion |
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Photograph by Bob Sheridan
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A. J. Foyt at Trenton, April 1978
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Photograph by Bob Sheridan
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Johnny Rutherford, Trenton, 1978
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| 1979 |
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| Rick Mears, CART |
| National Champion |
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| A. J. Foyt, USAC |
| National Champion |
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