Terms of Use. 22. But part of what makes the 1967 field so exceptional is the drivers who weren’t in it. 32. There were nine 500 champions and six Formula One drivers who had a combined 10 world championships and 10 Monaco Grand Prix titles. MURPHY EAGLE/FORD DRIVEN BY MARIO ANDRETTI, #41 GEORGE R BRYANT B.R.P./FORD There also was little reason to think it would be his last appearance in the 500, but he finished 31st in the race, and was killed while racing less than a year later. 2. He drove, among others, a Lotus, a Coyote, an Eagle, a Parnelli and a March — and raced in the engines of Chevrolet, Buick, Offy and Foyt. 26. That said, he would post two more top-10 finishes and took 11th in 1967. But with the yard of bricks in sight and his third Indianapolis 500 victory nearly in hand, Foyt made a startling decision. Not only did the Englishman and 1962 world champion conquer America’s biggest open-wheel race on his first try in 1966, but with the 24 Hours of Le Mans and Monaco later in his career, he’d accomplish something no other driver before or since has done. The 1967 race featured Indy car champions and midget car champions, stock car champions and sports car champions, sprint car champions, dirt car champions and even a motorcycle champion. DRIVEN BY JIM CLARK, #32 CLEAVER-BROOKS GERHARDT/FORD … His car wasn’t too good, but he ran a hell of a race. The controversial STP Turbine could maintain higher speeds longer, and the four-wheel drive provided Jones better handling than the competition. Wouldn’t that be nice? DRIVEN BY BOBBY GRIM, #40 STP OIL TREATMENT GRANATELLI/PRATT & WHITNEY 27. DRIVEN BY DAN GURNEY, #98 AGAJANIAN’S REV 500 SHRIKE/OFFY Ayello, Williams and Spears write for The Indianapolis Star, part of the USA TODAY Network. Returning to Indy, the future 10-time USAC midget champ and Motorsports Hall of Famer finished 16th, crashing after 177 laps. The front page of The Indianapolis Star, the day after the 1967 Indy 500. But he was knocked out of the race after 160 laps. In 10 of his his next 11 tries, his races would end early. 28. Johnny Rutherford: After missing the 1966 500 because of a devastating crash at Eldora, he was more than ready to get back into the race. Crew members push the STP-Paxton turbine-powered car of Parnelli Jones before the 51st running of the Indy 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana on May 31, 1967. DRIVEN BY DENIS HULME, #74 WAGNER LOCKHEADBRAKE FLUID EAGLE/FORD This wild finish was perhaps the greatest field in the Indy 500’s 101-race history. Foyt, Andretti, Jones, Rutherford, Leonard, Stewart, Johncock, Clark, Hill, Gurney, Yarborough, the Unsers. Dan Gurney: By 1967, this motor sports innovator was well on his way to changing the way that the world raced open-wheel cars. (AP). Larry Dickson: The 500 was never his forte, though he’d make a respectable 15th-place finish in his Lotus Ford in this race. “The way I look at it, in all of the years I ran against Formula One guys, I think in my lifetime the best driver was Jimmy Clark,” Foyt said, citing Clark’s versatility. Product prices and availability are accurate since the date-time indicated and so are subject to change. “It’s not like it is today,” said Foyt. Together, they made up the greatest Indianapolis 500 field of all time. They were all there. Indianapolis Motor Speedway historian Donald Davison said some consider Ruby the greatest driver to never win the 500-Mile Race.

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