International 500 Mile Sweepstakes
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
133 Laps/332.5 Miles
May 30, 1973

Finish Start Driver Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Laps Status

Points

1 11 Gordon Johncock 20 STP Double Oil Filter Eagle Offy TC 133 2:05:26.59 159.036 1,000
2 16 Billy Vukovich, Jr. 2 Sugaripe Prune Eagle Offy TC 133 Flagged - rain 800
3 14 Roger McCluskey 3 Hopkins Buick McLaren Offy TC 131 Flagged - rain 700
4 19 Mel Kenyon 19 Atlanta Falcons Eagle Foyt TC 131 Flagged - rain 600
5 5 Gary Bettenhausen 5 Sunoco DX McLaren Offy TC 130 Flagged - rain 500
6 7 Steve Krisiloff 24 Elliott/Norton Spirit King Offy TC 129 Flagged - rain 400
7 25 Lee Kunzman 16 Ayr-Way Lloyds Eagle Offy TC 127 Flagged - rain 300
8 24 John Martin 89 Unsponsored McLaren Offy TC 124 Flagged - rain 250
9 1 Johnny Rutherford 7 Gulf McLaren Offy TC 124 Flagged - rain 200
10 21 Mike Mosley 98 Lodestar Eagle Offy TC 120 Broken connecting rod 150
11 22 David Hobbs 73 Carling Black Label Eagle Offy TC 107 Flagged - rain
12 30 George Snider 84 Gilmore Racing Coyote Foyt TC 101 Gearbox 14
13 2 Bobby Unser 8 Olsonite Eagle Offy TC 100 Broken connecting rod
14 27 Dick Simon 27 TraveLodge Eagle Foyt TC 100 Broken piston
15 3 Mark Donohue 66 Sunoco DX Eagle Offy TC 92 Broken piston
16 13 Graham McRae 60 STP Gas Treatment Eagle Offy TC 91 Broken header
17 26 Mike Hiss 6 Thermo King Air Conditioning Eagle Offy TC 91 Broken valve
18 29 Joe Leonard 1 Samsonite Parnelli Offy TC 91 Broken hub
19 18 Jerry Grant 48 Olsonite Eagle Offy TC 77 Broken connecting rod
20 8 Al Unser 4 Viceroy Parnelli Offy TC 75 Broken piston
21 9 Jimmy Caruthers 21 Cobre Fitestone Eagle Offy TC 73 Broken suspension
22 4 Swede Savage 40 STP Oil Treatment Eagle Offy TC 57 Wrecked - fatal
23 33 Jim McElreath 35 Norris Industries Eagle Offy TC 54 Broken connecting rod
24 20 Wally Dallenbach 62 Olsonite Eagle Offy TC 48 Broken connecting rod
25 23 A. J. Foyt 14 Gilmore Racing Coyote Foyt TC 37 Broken connecting rod
26 28 Jerry Karl 30 Oriente Express Eagle Chevy 22 Flagged - rain
27 15 Lloyd Ruby 18 Commander Motor Homes Eagle Offy TC 21 Broken piston
28 32 Sam Sessions 9 MVS Eagle Foyt TC 17 Oil leak
29 31 Bob Harkey 28 Bryant Heating & Cooling Eagle Foyt TC 12 Engine seized
30 6 Mario Andretti 11 Viceroy Parnelli Offy TC 4 Burned piston
31 10 Peter Revson 15 Gulf McLaren Offy TC 3 Wrecked
32 12 Bobby Allison 12 Sunoco DX McLaren Offy TC 1 Broken connecting rod
33 17 Salt Walther 77 Dayton-Walther McLaren Offy TC 0 Wrecked
-- -- A. J. Foyt 84 Gilmore Racing Coyote Foyt TC 43 Relieved Snider 59-101
-- -- Gary Bettenhausen 12 Sunoco DX McLaren Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Jimmy Caruthers 59 PEP Gas Treatment Eagle Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Wally Dallenbach 40 STP Oil Treatment Eagle Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Larry Cannon 59 PEP Gas Treatment Eagle Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Larry Dickson 58 Midwest Manufacturing Dura-Pot King Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Lee Brayton 61 Eisenhour Coyote Offy TC -- Spun practice
-- -- Tom Bigelow 27 Bryant Heating & Cooling Vollstedt Offy TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Bob Harkey 76 Webster Eagle Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Jim Hurtubise 56 Miller High Life Lola Offy TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Dee Jones 51 Minnesota Serendipity Mongoose Foyt TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Arnie Knepper 45 C.H.E.K. Racing X Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Arnie Knepper 58 Midwest Mfg Dura-Pot King Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Al Loquasto 86 Sunoco DX McLaren Offy TC -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Joe Leonard 41 Samsonite Parnelli Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Jim McElreath 82 Greer X X -- Did not qualify
-- -- John Mahler 35 Norris Industries Eagle Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- John Martin 92 Lodestar X X -- Did not qualify
-- -- Larry McCoy 63 Eastern Racing Associates Atlanta Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Rick Muther 97 Lodestar Eagle Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Rick Muther

23

Bruce Crower Eagle Chevy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Billy Vukovich, Jr. 29 MVS X X -- Did not qualify
-- -- Billy Vukovich, Jr. 32 Sugaripe Prune X X -- Did not qualify
-- -- Art Pollard 64 Cobre Firestone Eagle Offy TC -- Wrecked practice-fatal
-- -- Bill Puterbaugh 61 Eisenhour Coyote Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Crockey Peterson 38 Dr. Pepper King Offy TC -- Failed rookie test
-- -- Crockey Peterson 96 Dr. Pepper King Offy TC -- Failed rookie test
-- -- Johnny Parsons 58 Midwest Manufacturing Dura-Pot King Offy TC -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Johnny Parsons 94 Two Jacks Flyer Finley/Eagle Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Sam Posey 34 Norris Industries Eagle Offy TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Bentley Warren 36 Bay States Racing Eagle Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Bentley Warren 58 Midwest Manufacturing Dura-Pot King Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Bentley Warren 76 Webster Eagle Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Greg Weld 75 STP Kingfish Offy TC -- Spun practice
-- -- Eldon Rasmussen 52 Quality Racing Team Rascar Foyt TC -- Failed rookie test
-- -- Bill Simpson 17 Norton Spirit Vollstedt Offy TC -- Wrecked practice
-- -- Billy Shuman 52 Quality Racing Team Rascar Foyt TC -- Failed rookie test
-- -- Billy Shuman 53 Quality Racing Team Rascar Foyt TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Dick Simon 44 TraveLodge Eagle Foyt TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Dick Simon 61 Eisenhour Coyote Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Jigger Sirois 47 Bruce Crower Eagle Dodge -- Did not qualify
-- -- Swede Savage 0 STP Oil Treatment Eagle Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Swede Savage 42 Patrick Racing Eagle Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Tom Sneva 39 Tipke Tipke Offy TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Bruce Jacobi 78 Frantz X X -- Did not qualify

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Gordon Johncock 64 40-42, 73-133
Bobby Unser 39 1-39
Al Unser 18 55-72
Swede Savage 12 43-54