1989 Indianapolis 500 | Full-Race Broadcast 1080p

The following is a special presentation from ABC Sports around the world. Racing drivers dream of having their names engraved on the Warner Trophy board as Indianapolis 500 champions. The idea started 80 years ago. A model

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track dug into Indiana farmland. Carl Fisher's dream. From the ultimate testing ground for the 23-year-old auto industry, the vision became a reality: a 2½-mile, brick-paved rectangle destined for history, but history would prove that the track could give and take Chloe Meyer back home in victory lane in Indiana no one has ever wanted to three times before choosing T on the track can convey the ultimate euphoria but from those same people the track can demand the ultimate price in the 500 mile

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some men achieve what for others it's impossible The Indianapolis 500 a great comeback after last year's disappointing season for him, three cars, well, when the Indian F was in the 500, it was an incredibly exciting ending, it's on the race track , destinies are determined in the blink of an eye, is breaking the Indianapolis 500, yet it's not just about men and machines or winning. and losing it is a stage of human emotion great victories great defeats is truly a human spectacle a spectacle of words the pursuit of speed has unquestionable danger it also has incomparable rewards a year of planning and a lifetime of preparation comes to an end While thirty-three teams have been waiting for the green flag since 1911 580 men and one woman have begun the evening path to glory 143 have led only 52 have won today one man's vision has grown to become the dreams of thousands the Indianapolis 500 race today, May 28,

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, is the greatest spectacle in racing, the 73rd running of the Indianapolis 500.

Racing fans began lining up outside this largest stadium in the world last night. At five in the morning aerial bombs went off and the gates were opened under a crisp, clear blue Indiana sky and a chilly breeze flowing across the grounds and fans are now taking their seats. It is expected that by the time the green flag flies there will be almost half a million people here to watch the Indianapolis. 500 Hi, I'm Paul Page and it's just 7 47 minutes until the engines start and we're standing right on the main straight where everything is electric and exciting as people prepare for the crowds of 500 mile race fans.

Everyone here ready for race number 73. Today we have a lot ahead of us, a great promise, for example Al Unser jr. AJ Foyt, a four-time winner, will likely be a five-time winner before he is done this day and Rick Mears, the defending champion, has three wins under his belt, will he join the four-time winners? Emerson Fittipaldi, two-time world driving champion. Will he become the fourth former world driving champion to win the Indianapolis 500? And then, of course, there is Allen zur jr. He has never won on an oval, will this be his first victory on an oval and his first victory in a 500 mile race?

And then looking further down the field, there's Danny Sullivan, he's driving with a broken arm in the 500, will he get his second 500 win? There is so much promise to look forward to, but today there are other stories: let's go to my colleague in the pits, Jackaroo Paul, one of the determining factors as to who wins and who loses this race, perhaps these tires will now the teams have the option to choose between two compounds. The course of the event may be changing back and forth depending on how the car is driven. The tires are now radials for the second year in a row and some of them have developed a vibration, so we'll be keeping an eye on that story.

Also now if you change tires you will do it on pit road and for more information on pit strategy here is Brian Hammonds Jackman. The work starts here on pit road. It's going to be more important than ever for these guys, the pit crew, to do their job. as fast as possible if the speeds they will run here today, every second lost in the pits translates into over a hundred yards lost on the track, these guys could win or lose the Indianapolis 500, now let's go to dr. Jerry gave Brian a good whack, among the many recent improvements here at the Brickyard, not if it heralded anything more than the repaving of pit road, the old corrugated and wrinkled concrete is gone and has been replaced by a silky smooth stream of asphalt.

Now Paul is looking for many of the drivers. I agree that although approach speeds will be considerably faster, the increased visibility and better contact of the car with the surface should make pit road much safer for everyone involved. Thanks Jerry, the cars are now lined up on the home stretch, silent for the moment, but very soon. will roar to life, let's take a look at the 11 rows of three that will move towards the green flag on the pole. Defending three-time winner Rick Mears broke his own 1/4 lap records here two weeks ago and qualified. the first man in Indianapolis to take the pole five different times along with Alan, has won four times, will turn 50 off the track tomorrow, likes snowmobiling in Chama, New Mexico, outside is Emerson Fittipaldi, now two-time world driving champion from Brazil.

He lives in Miami and loves speed on land and at sea. The second row inside is the Scotsman Jim Crawford in a car he crashed ten days ago. He is still in physical therapy for an 87 accident. Center Mario Andretti is his 23rd 500th but only a victory, but this will be his day. He loves everything mechanical. Scott Brayton is single. He once held the record here. He runs a cement business in Coldwater Michigan. Inside row three is Bobby Ray Hall, the 86th winner in a two-time national champion, father of Michaela. Jarrett and Robert Allender Jr. He starts in the center, highly requested by the press, he is even occasionally interviewed by his wife Shelly, the Brazilian Raúl Boys, he starts outside for his fourth Indy 500, he is an accomplished horse jumper.

Fourth row inside is four-time winner AJ Boyd in his thirty second 500 horsepower AJ loves racing Randy Lewis is in his third 500 has a degree in marketing and is a connoisseur of California wines John Andretti began racing in midgets and is the son of Mario Andretti's twin brother Aldo the fifth row poppy tails. The rookie pole-sitter from 1983 here is from Milan, Italy, where he prefers family life with his wife Gloria. Gary Bettman, the father of the home, grew up here. Gary is a versatile driver. He lives on a farm a few miles from the Speedway. The Dutch re lion Dyke is the 85th rookie in the championship.

The year he stays in driving shape by swimming and exercising daily on the sixth row is Carol Pomeroy, finless rookie Scott Pruett and Ludwick, I'm Ralph junior, seventh row inside is rookie Didier Taze from Belgium, has been constantly gaining positions. wheel experience is a former ARS champion another rookie Bernhard Jourdain from Mexico is in the center of the row he plays soccer to stay in shape and Michael Andretti Mario's son starts outside row 7 he and his son Marco spend time outside the rink watching hockey in row 8 Tom's FIBA, two-time 83 winner Gordon Johncock and Irishman Derek Daly in row 9 John Jones is the fastest rookie in the 500 field.

He is a former MC champion and GTO. He comes from Thunder Bay Ontario Canada. Danny Sullivan is the winner of 85. he drives with a cast on his right arm due to his accident in practice here two weeks ago Kevin Cogan is outside row nine twice finished second lives on the edge of the California desert row ten is Rocky Moran in an AJ Boyd car Dominic Dobson and Billy book events grandson of two-time winner and eleventh Davy Jones veteran Pancho Carter and Rico Vogler a USAC and sprint champion 33 of the world's best drivers ready for the green flag and the starting field has a record average speed of two hundred and sixteen and a half miles per hour, the giant oval that is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is seconds away and right in the center of the oval is the garage area, the old alley of gasoline, while most of the cars and teams are On the straight in the garage area some of the drivers are still waiting for the start of the race, this is Alan, our junior, a few last words with his team before they are Ready to go out on the line, they try to remain isolated until the last possible moment. second on the track, although the clock continues, the county will be live again at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with 37 minutes until the engines start.

These are two corporate VIP suites outside the fourth turn on the circuit. The candy belongs to Roger. Penske had a lot of fun this morning as they prepare for the 500 people in this suite, like former baseball commissioner Peter, who left and joined the race from here this morning. At the invitation of Rick Mears, we were able to follow the pole winner as he started his day and stayed at the Speedway Motel located on the grounds of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He was able to sleep quite late this morning. He is an expert at this. Her wife Chris, who picked up breakfast for her and Rick, brought it to the hotel. room very early and then it wasn't long until they both began the trip, actually only a quarter mile from the Speedway motel to the start/finish line in the garage area.

Rick Mears was ready for the long day of his, now let's go. They go to the garage area and Jack Arute Chris Meers says that a wife probably knows her husband's mood better than anyone what Rick's mood is this morning. He's a little calmer than usual and I also noticed that she didn't really know. He has a big appetite, usually he eats a pretty good breakfast and this morning he just played with this food and started eating it now that we are only 35 minutes away from the order to start engines. What's on your mind? I am nervous.

I'm very nervous, but once I get in the timing booth and I have to do everything you know, my job of timing and scoring, my mind stays focused on that and I don't have to think about anything else and that really helps me. I'll be fine once the race starts Paul she's definitely looking for the green flag so Rick Mears and Chris are ready for the 500 mile race here on the straightaway they've started warming up the finish it's the last time. they'll roar until we're ready to race now, driving the pace car today is our buddy, three-time Indianapolis 500 champion, Bobby Guns, so you'll join us in the

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booth, but the first few laps of the 500 What do you think the big story of the year here in Indianapolis, of course, is the pavement dropping and it's increased speeds like about five miles an hour around the track, so we're going to have a quick race for that?

What I see is in the front row are the three teenagers from Penske PCA who are McNair, my brother Al and Emerson Fittipaldi, they are going to be incredible, fast. I think what you'll see is the Rev guy and the bloodhound from the beginning with Rick. the beard is the rabbit, as is the dog, and never forget that Emerson Fittipaldi will also appear. I think you really have to look at Fittipaldi in the first round. Now most of the cars left are Lola chassis, what about them, Lola like you? I can't count at all, number one, you better look at Michael Andretti.

Mario Andretti and Alan are juniors and right behind them, the guys will keep them, it will be Bobby Ray Hall and he will do it. I think we will do it today. We're going to see the best, fastest race we've ever seen in his booth, so Bobby Unser will be joining us with the coverage here at the track today. Now we will cover from that

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booth at the top of the paddock grandstand with a view. The home stretch and up there is our other broadcast colleague, Sam Posey, the view is great and the wind is starting to die down, which is good, Paul.

I think we have all felt that this race could be a crossroads in India. There is agitation, if Al Unser wins, he will. he has, like you said, five wins, AJ Foyt will have four and Rick Mears will seem far behind with only three, but Rick wins and he has four and a draw and I think the momentum is really shifting towards him, he's only 37 years old and it's easy to see that in the next few years he could win two or even three more races and become Indy's unrivaled all-time champion. It's certainly possible, you know, they're all very similar in their approach to racing, but I think in their approach to racing. race today, that may be a subtle difference.

Rick is going to try to win this race and Al has to try to beat him well. There are only 33 minutes left before the signal to start the engines. Al and Rick, of course, both drive. for the Penske team that sometimes seems to have the best of everything and earlier this week Bobby and I took a look at two other key components of the Penske organization: this is the Penske Indy car known as PC 18. PCIt means very simply Penske. cars roger penske looking for the edge, the special edge he looks for in business, in fact, in everything he does, he decided years ago to build his own cars here in this factory in England, no matter how expensive it is, no matter how much effort it requires , he would have what no one else could have done, that's his style, the cars were good Indy winners, national championship winners until three years ago, when the factory released its only real lemon, the PC 16, Penske reacted quickly by firing the designer and hiring this man, Nigel Bennett, who happens to be the designer of Lola, pence T's biggest independent rival.

Some designers are innovators, others like Bennett are men whose genius is attention to detail and recombination of existing elements to produce a car that appears to finish faster than the sum of its parts, then it's meticulous. The approach was fine with Penske, he works that way himself. It was no surprise that Bennett's first car for Penske, the PC 17, was evolutionary rather than revolutionary. Bennett's development of successful cars for Lola was led to victory at Indy by Rick Mears and the National Championship by Danny. Sullivan, the new Penske, was a resounding success and not only was it a great car, it was a great car that only Penske had ever had.

The 17 was followed this year by the PC 18, another evolutionary design from Nigel Bennett, a few kilos lighter, a fraction lower, a little thinner, slightly more aerodynamically slippery. is like all Bennett creations very fast and very beautiful Chester's Pinsky starts a special advantage in the chassis department, it was natural for him to gain an engine that gave him an advantage also for years all, including Penske, the Cosworth car, it was very reliable, very powerful and relatively cheap and available to anyone who wanted one and that was precisely the problem with the Cosworth because in Pinsky's mind anyone could have it and he didn't like that.

Then along came Mario Iliyan, a Swiss engineer, with the proposal for Penske to build an engine boost to the Cosworth just incorporating all the latest developments and design technology again, this was the Penske stage, nothing radical, just something that would dominate his forties.

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y computerized pounds, but it creates more horsepower and over the last year has become the dominant force in IndyCar. I feel that the Bennett designed Penske chassis, the Chevrolet v8, was a huge success and in an Indian only it was his third tribe, unlike the Penske chassis, however the engine would have to be shared, but only with six teams, much to the disappointment and aggravation of the rest for Penske.

Even sharing with a limited number of teams perhaps too much means that Roger may one day look for another engine, one he can call his own, well we'll just wait and see the Chevy engine is definitely a dominant powerhouse, these are the teams that hold up. those engines most experts believe that the victory of the 500 mile race will come from one of these teams because of that engine the skyline of the city of Indianapolis you know that the race is actually a three-week affair in the middle of the month May Jack Arute reviews the month at Indy there have been many moments this May like Rick Mear's record-breaking fifth pole position with his Penske pc 18 heartbreaking moments like last week eliminated by Jim Crawford after leaving his car in the inside of the road to Crawford's accident and creating a Cinderella month of May for the friendly Scott, nostalgic and yet sad moments, as this three-time 500 winner, Johnny Rutherford left the field in the last 10 minutes of the standings and then took the reins from fellow Texan AJ Foyt's backup guard and beat all six. on the qualifying deadline only for his engine to explode after a lap of over 217 miles per hour, but the man of the moment all month has been Danny Sullivan.

A freak accident during practice left the 85 winner with a concussion and a broken right forearm. While his team prepared a backup mount, Danny went under the knife to prepare for the race, doctors removed bone from his elbow, combined it with a steel plate and created a brace to withstand the rigors of Indy Sullivan. Indy Sullivan's moment came eight days ago when he was placed. At the test, a rating of over 216 earned him a place in the race and left the team very relieved, if only for the moment, but the many moments of May pale in comparison to the moments of today, the 73rd edition of the Indianapolis 500.

Well, speculation over, the question for Danny Sullivan is: can his right arm turn 800 to the left? Well, we hope so, dr. Pamel just came and redid it and put all the sensors and everything because I got a little electric shock from a TENS unit, she said, for the last two and a half hours or five hundred miles, whatever it came first so we're going to give it our best shot. we Vincente modifications to your steering wheel what has been done there well, we shaved the right side to make it a little thinner so I could stick my hand in there with the brace and grab it.

Around the steering wheel we put a ramp on it so it had something to against push and then tilted the steering wheel up a little more so I didn't have to bend my wrist at all to get around it. Roger Penske is confident. that Danny can go the entire distance, there is no relief driver waiting here today for approximately 26 minutes until the engines start, now is one last chance for racing fans to return to the gift shop and purchase their souvenirs last minute before this. The ring will be live again in Indianapolis, with approximately 23 minutes before engine start, pole winner, defending champion Rick Mir, heads to the pit area.

I'm Danny Sullivan, very nice there. Al Unser, could it be? a five-time winner before this day is over is very likely to start in the center of the front row the cars sitting on the straightaway and among them is Gary Benton's race car disheveled as they prepare for their 500 mile race many great families are here the answers the Andretti houses and of course the Benton houses are a brave clan still living the legacy of Indianapolis in the 1950s the Indianapolis 500 was contested by a generation of drivers for whom courage meant more that races were won not so much by technology but by sheer force of personality, it was a time when postwar America was looking for heroes and found some of them behind the wheel.

One of those men was Tony Benton House, of German descent, he had four children, a daughter and three sons. the eldest of whom Gary was a teenager when his father was in his prime Gary remembers that his father was the type of person who after winning a race or even if he blew up on the first lap would sit there until there was no a fan who didn't want him, I mean, until everyone was gone, if there was someone who wanted his autograph, they stayed until dark and I think that's why BAE 1961 was so popular in its 13 starts, Tony had fled to 500 but he had never won at the age of 40, he knew he didn't have many chances left and winning Indy became an obsession.

He called me at noon and how they were fixing some brake shoes for one of the tractors or the combine or something like that and asked me to call to see if they were ready, that was known who 10 minutes after Jeff Beck they called me and already He had gone, they had not killed him in his own car, but testing a car for a friend, he was not successful. win Indy and he left that legacy to his children to hope

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y do what he couldn't do and I seem to remember when I started we all had in mind that we would win the first one for Tony and then the second ones would be for us so it was something What we wanted to do for him.

Tony's death was to be a harbinger of frustration and misfortune. Garry would lead 500 to be on his way to victory and fulfilling his father's dream with just 17 laps to go, his car slowed to a stop, then Merle crashed in Michigan, his right arm trapped between the car and the wall was torn off and then in Syracuse, New York, a high speed car accident in which Gary's left arm was paralyzed for about 10 minutes. Let's say the first three days after the accident I was in the hospital and I thought there had to be a better way to make a living.

You know what this family has to do to realize there's a better way than racing cars year after year Gary? and his brother Tony returned to Indy always with the obsession, never with the tools to win, they were fighting against a tide of technology and a lot of money, the values ​​that their parents defended no longer won races, family pride was mixed with bitterness and frustration , the most important. in my dad's life was winning in Annapolis and he never did it and they ended up dying there and if it happened to me and it is the most important thing in my life I think that without a doubt we have given too much and it is almost too late to resign now, I want That is to say, you have to move forward because of what we have been trying to do for so many years and we are running out of time.

I realized I'm in the twilight of my career, there's Tony and That's it Tony doesn't have kids and my two kids will never drive Gary Benton Housen. Will the dream come true today? Now he begins to move towards his racing car supported by his brother Merle, the rest of the family begins to gather together with the team. To give some moral support, crows walk past Peter to Polo's Duesenberg and out to the pit area. Now there are only 18 minutes left until the engines start. We'll be back at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where we're just counting down the final moments. before the order to start the engines and the atmosphere here on pit road changes as this crowd of over 400,000 people begins to separate from the crews and drivers as they begin to concentrate on the task at hand looking at the crowd, they are ready. to entertain themselves and the drivers are ready to do that a little differently than in previous years, but now is when we start to get serious about it, now is when the greatest spectacle in racing takes on a whole new importance for those who are new to the Speedway , it is something indescribable.

It started with Purdue banned from the national anthem to be sung by mr. Tom Patna, oh tell me, can you see by the door? We return to the line from start to finish as the combined US Armed Forces escort stands firm. Here's John Totten for our next presentation. Now, ladies and gentlemen, our invocation today from the Most Reverend Edward T. O'Mara Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Adina is race weekend once again it is also God's weekend it is our country's memorial weekend there are tens of thousands of us together this morning in this stadium we are from every state and many countries in the world in the way our conscience tells us let each of us pause to offer worship and praise we thank you God for the blessedness of being human we are sisters and brothers for each other help us to respect each other and treat each other with gentleness and without violence our world more peaceful God make us restless until our hostages are free to move to live their lives and freedom and gather as we do today help us be aware of those who have died for our country from its beginnings in 1776 to the sailors who perished so recently on the battleship Iowa, hold them all in the hollow of your hand, bless those who have suffered unfinished deaths in the service of our country and are its survivors of the conflict wounded in body and spirit, ease their pain and help them know that all of their fellow Americans are grateful to them because it is race day to watch over our 33 skilled pilots and brave, your mechanics and your crews and one more thing, dear God, help us all to enjoy the day, return safely to our homes and work and continue Bless us with this glorious sunshine.

Amen. Jennifer loved it, ladies and gentlemen, would you please stay standing this Memorial Day weekend? We pause here in a moment of silence to pay tribute to those who have selflessly and fearlessly given their lives to make it possible. So that we may witness as free men the greatest sporting event in the world, we also pay tribute to those men who have selflessly and fearlessly given their lives to make racing the most spectacular spectator sport in the world. Yes, now Dave Calabro, for this introduction to racing fans, another great tradition here at the Indy 500 it's time to get back to singing annually at home.

It is my privilege to leave them to you, the man who sings so well, mr. Jim Nabors and see I can see, hey, it's Jim Nabors and the SIA balloons and the Purdue University band comes out of the start/finish line and now we turn our attention to the head of the starting field and wait for those magic words in this final. Moment of anticipation Danny Sullivan issitting ready in his engine position in 26 places behind Mary Fender Coleman ready to give the order to start the engines as a formal ceremony ladies and gentlemen, we are at that time of day for the order that will start race number 73.

Of this event and here to deliver the traditional keynote remarks is the president emeritus of the board of directors of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Mrs. mary pendrick Palma rick mears the pole winner now so completely isolated with his own bus just for this moment only for the next few three hours Mario Andretti, would this be a second victory for him? He has tried so hard and for so long. The balance is so great. There is a lot of promise in the 500 mile race, so much so that these drivers could anticipate Jim Crawford, the power of the Buick behind him as the crews a final handshake, an engine honk, more than 25,000 horsepower roar, the challenge of the mainstretch now and in just a few seconds, the field will begin to move away, teams will raise a hand to indicate that their engine is on and they are ready to race the Indianapolis 500.

The great champion, the boy AJ, the most victories in IndyCar. Young Michael, one on other tracks. he is number one, but this behaves like a continuation of his family's legacy, what must be going on for this man with a broken right arm, so slightly clear, with the exception of cars, and they are starting from and now the field begins to move away from the 11 rows of 3 Bobby Unser is in the pace car with perhaps the best view of the entire movie, yes, it's part of the people standing around, everyone is waving a can, now we're going south at 40 miles per hour, but the guys warm up the transmission oil. oiled engines routers clapping too loud I can barely hear myself Bobby unser works through the south chute there's a shot of Bobby Bobby you'll pick up the pace to about how fast when we get going okay as soon as all the cars start, they'll be running at About 80 miles an hour, we want to stop in front of the front row and they don't get any spark plugs.

We want to make sure the path is clear, make sure there's water or something like that. So Bobby Guns is in the safety car and makes his way into the first corner. Now you can see the Corporate Suites. One car still has problems and now shoots. The entire field is ready to go. Scott Gration Walter for a moment. I know there is a here. car with a problem car 33 of course belongs to Rocky Moran let's take a look at this starting field one last chance to check out how the Rosealinee works the first row of corn smears unser Fittipaldi promised the second row gym progress reading Scott Brayton the third Bobby Rahal Al Unser jr.

Raul boy leaves Brazil the fourth row AJ Foyt Randy Lewis John Andretti the fifth row behind Bobby with the power of Porsche Gary Benton's house and car Eli and I go Hollis the sex car from Finland the car for the rookie Scott throat and the limbic days of Didier and Bernard both using the seventh row the Rays Tom Stephen Gordon Johncock and the Irishman Derrick daily out the ninth row the fastest rookie on the field Danny Sullivan the tenth row Rocky Moran if he can get to the starting position Dominik Dobson and Bill book of itch the third and final row Davy Jones Pancho Carter and you say goodbye and goodbye the sprint and champion bootlegger Danny Sullivan makes his way down the track, let's get an update on his fitness here Terry Paul 17 days ago Danny Sullivan he was lying on an operating room table and the nearby Methodist Hospital his shattered right forearm being rebuilt by this steel plate ooh these metal bolts now Sullivan has been cleared to drive but must wear a specific special splint that will limit the use of his right arm now what you can do you can't extend your hand at the wrist just a couple of degrees to grab the steering wheel, what you can't do is rotate your white bar in or out which can create a problem.

He tries to get in and out of pit road and this A few moments ago, while getting into the car, I had the privilege of having a conversation between him and towards the fetus. Terry travel, he asked a very simple question: what can I expect? travels responds with one word paid, he said as the afternoon progresses, that right forearm will begin to swell inside the splint will begin to throb and Paul claims the pain could become almost unbearable. No one, not even Danny Sullivan, though the central man, all of those questions and many more will be answered in just over three hours.

The second slide calls everyone. Okay, so we'll be keeping an eye on Danny Sullivan, Michael Andretti's number six car, one of the other cars will be keeping an eye out today as he starts in 21st position. It's very hard to tell his car from his dad's, but Michael has the black one. . number six in his car and drives to Penton House and with his problems already beginning, he has begun to slow down and stops in the home straight, the field has now started the second of the two laps of the parade, but Benton Housen has a problem no.

It appears to be under power and appears to be stalling, his team may be able to come out and restart it, that's just a matter of conjecture at this point. Gary Benton stops the nice bright white car with the red number that belongs to Mario Andretti the way he now begins to move down the stretch AJ points four time winner the familiar solid black number 14 AJ makes his way could it be a five time winner? Well, there are AJ fans here who think that's very, very It's possible that the front row moves back and forth, that yellow car that used to belong to polesitter Rick Mears, and then, too close, the tentacle cars belonged to Al Unser and Emerson Fittipaldi, number 25 and number 20, Bobby Unser, while you work in the field, how is that?

Racecourse more Bobby unser How is the racecourse? Ha ha, right now I'm seeing all these people cheering and carrying on. I wish I was in a PC 18 on the front row starting this race. It would make this Pontiac look slow, but there is a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. What you have to see today is that the rest of the competitors are behind the safety car, let's go to the pits. Brian Hammond, all because of the way they qualify here at Indianapolis, is an interesting mix of cars and drivers at the back of the field, specifically in rows 6 and 7. & 8 there are several drivers with very little to no Indianapolis racing experience , Michael Andretti and Tom's Neva, so when the green flag flies everyone will have to be very careful because the first two corners could be a real adventure.

Paul, with you again. Well, Brian Hammonds, of course there is some concern about this car, the 99 machine belongs to Gary Fenton House and the team went out into the straight and recovered it. They have a big effort to get it back to their actual pit area, where they can do it first. apply the tools and start putting it in order and hopefully in this field Brian Hammonds points out the difficulty at the back of the pack, you know most drivers will plan exactly what they are going to do in the first couple. of corners and sometimes that planning can be a hindrance and unexpected things start to develop an accident starts to develop incidentally some practice speed from three days ago when the cars last raced on this track Alice 2:17 remember this was in race mode, no In qualifying, Mario Andretti was second fastest, Rick Beers third fasted, and Crawford, who of course started from the second row, was quite slow, so it's a pretty volatile situation, even at the front, as the pace begins to quicken as does the rest. at the north end of the track we look back from Bobby Rahal's car as they begin to flow towards the green flag the safety car is off the track the field runs towards the green one line now and the green flag is flying and we are running in Indianapolis as the front row heads into the first turn side by side and Emerson Fittipaldi sweeps from the outside but runs ahead of Rick Mears and Al Unser and then his synthetic Baldy takes the lead, by the way, at some practice speed from three ago days. when the cars last raced on this track 2:17 remember this was in the race not qualifying, Mario Andretti was second fastest, Rick Beers third fasted and Crawford who of course is starting from the second row , it was pretty slow, so it's a pretty volatile situation. even at the front because time starts to speed up just like the field the field up at the north end of the track we look back from Bobby Rahal's car as they start to race towards the green flag the safety car is out of the track field running towards the green one line now and the green flag is flying and we're running that Indianapolis is the front row, heading into the first turn side by side and Emerson Fittipaldi sweeps from the outside but brushes the front of announcer Rick Mears and Emerson Fittipaldi takes the lead at the first turn the Indianapolis 500, the 73rd race is underway Emerson Fittipaldi in love and Emerson Fittipaldi crossing the solution and flowing over the start/finish line and look what a tremendous distance he extended to Through the line years from Alan to senior, the front of the grid was already looking significantly backwards along the track, defines Rick Mears, who was running in second place in front of his huge and proud mirrors clearing the turn towards there and You see the other two cars right behind him, Paul. so that's Emerson Fittipaldi up front this is the second third and fourth junior challenger to fifth right now while the Indianapolis 500 is far away and running safely and look there, that's Emerson Fittipaldi look at the tremendous distance he's already put on him to the second place car here now the fight for third place begins while the analysis tries to stop the charge against Mario Andretti the fight is for third place the second round They will go at 200 points seven miles per hour already in the poorest base being sent here at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway there is all Anticipation that there will be a new record, as Bobby Unser said, the truck can almost move by Mario there, it is very, very fast, the temperatures are cool, the wind is no longer a factor, we could have a very fast speed here.

Mario continues to worry below the top level in a battle for third place leader bill Emerson now Mario enters and Mario passes, he does Mario Andretti makes his way past Al Unser two great veterans, both with a lot at stake here, taking on the battle from the beginning, no I'm not at all surprised that Mario and an accident an accident the car 11 which is Kevin Cogan sideways in the pit area a serious accident in the pit area but look at Cogan the car cut in half the car in half but Kevin Hogan comes out this accident that occurs at the head of the pit area, the teams are there, there is no fire and once again a tribute to the safety of these cars Kevin Cogan comes out of his machine broken and broken a tremendous impact against the wall coming out of The yellow flag is flying, there is debris on the main stretch, what a hapless man on this Speedway Kevin Cogan is.

We think about the past, of course, now, at the end of the pit lane wall, which we think he may have hit, that's why the car broke down. Half as dead as the firestones years before, here he is, you can see the scratches on the side of his helmet when the car slid to the side Kevin Koch and being treated by the medical experts here is the car, engine disconnected as you look from guard against the fire which is actually at the north end of the pits now here is the situation coming from the fourth turn Hogan hits the outside wall, the inside wall and then the end of the pit wall now there is a barrier faded out right there at the end of the pit wall there's also an ABC Sports camera right at the end of that checkpoint, the field now very, very slow behind the safety car here's that camera at the end of the pit wall, you see Cogan sliding down now what Kevin Cogan impacts the end of that attenuated barrier that absorbed a lot of the injury and the energy in that impact, so we're under yellow at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with four full laps.

The leader is Emerson Fittipaldi. We'll be back with more Indianapolis coverage. 500 after this message and a few words from our ABC station should go back to explaining why you are here yeah okay yeah scoring ladies if you can keep a little control it will help us when there is action there. I know it's hard, just try to be Judy's Judy's. Super Judy, stay as far back as you can, except when you need to look. Judy one, Judy two, yeah, he's at the top of the corner, yeah, yeah, show me one more time, show me one more time.

It's just that he is right there. okay, okay, I'm trying to do it, the machine, I'm having trouble with the machine, yeah, I'll have to do it, yeah, go ahead, this Bobby one two three four five this is Bobby, we're back live at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the 73rd running of the Indianapolis 500, the pits are full of emergency crews right now clearing up the debris caused​​When Kevin Cogan lost control exiting turn four, he hit the outside wall, the inside wall and then the end of the pit barrier now there. It's Sam Posey's car, you can see it was high going through turn four, Paul I went a little out of the slot and hit the wall right there and starts towards the inside of the track turning backwards, this may have saved him life because it hit back. when he hit very hard for the first time, now of course he hits the end of the hole wall and now, sliding towards the inside of the hole wall, the newly resurfaced one had been left there, I saw him coming to arrest.

I said he was betrayed here. As we look at it from another angle, same thing from our camera that was located at the end of that pit wall, I say he was there, but I think he's out of commission now. Kevin, of course, crashed here just after the start in 1982 when driving for Roger Penske, which sparked an incredible controversy from which his career never recovered, almost winning the race in 1986, only to be beaten on the restart by Bobby Bobby Ray Hall with only two laps left, it's funny how all the events of fate have occurred. Kevin Cogan affected here at the circuit has happened right on this exact part of the track okay let's get an update Brian Hammonds all Werth Andy can a Penske, Kevin Coke's team manager and have you been in contact with him?

Alright? If I. Did I just talk to him while he's sitting in pit row? Here he is fine, he is coherent and he has spoken complaining of a little pain in his neck. They put a neck brace on him, put him on the board and took him to the hospital just for observation, but he is. alert and he doesn't seem to have anything broken, did he say what happened? Well, my spotter in turn four we have one up high on radio communications. Phil Roth told me that he was leaving the flat, hit the wall, spun around and backed away. on the railing at the pit entrance he hit it pretty hard, the good news is that Kevin Cogan seems to be fine, so Kevin Cogan makes a trip to the track Medical Center, but he seems to be fine, six laps have already been completed in the Indy 500.

Emerson Fittipaldi leads and we are under yellow. I'm going to live at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway where under yellow, the pits are still closed. That's why they continue to pick up small pieces of debris as a result of Kevin. Cogan's accident, his life will surely be saved thanks to the safety designs on the car and the attenuated barrier that is allowed to collapse at the end of the pit wall on board with Michael Andretti, who has had a pretty good race so far in this race , he started 21st. Now he's 13th and he did it in two laps under the green flag, now we have eight laps in the record book and Emerson Fittipaldi is out front but of course running under the yellow flag you can see the rest of the field, the line just in front of michael andretti, of course, we had talked about record speeds which are not possible when the field runs under yellow, if the race is filled with incidents, then of course the focus is in the work of the pit crew and it is always very important. here you see Gary Benton's house and now, being pushed back into the garage, he had started from the middle of the fifth row, his best chance in years for the Benton house to be an obsession that long-running saga certainly continues without resolution Today, this is what Gary Benton's home looks like terribly.

Disappointed he returns to fifth once an IndyCar has arrived behind the pit wall, the day is over, they can't make repairs in the garage area and get that car out, ironic isn't it Paul? Look how calm all these cars look. virtually flaunting this in contrast to the savage severity of that accident -Kevin Cogan I saw him there by the way with his wife Tracy, so I know she knows she's okay now. Throughout this race we will use several different racing terms and we have prepared a small glossary to help you understand them. Here are simple terms that express much more complex ideas, for example we can say that a car is pushing, pushing or understeering, it is the automobile's tendency to continue immediately after turning the wheels.

Busch's best example came last year with Danny. Sullivan watched his hands as he turned, the car went straight and pushed into the wall, the opposite of pushing loose or oversteering when the rear of the car tries to slide out once the wheels turn last year Scott Brayton got loose and the rear deviated. he overcorrected, bought the car and lost due to the loose condition. We also refer to stagger settings. Staggering makes the right rear tire a little larger in diameter than the left rear, it helps the car turn left easier because the right rear is driving the car. the curve, the short sections are straights that connect between the first and second and the third and fourth curves in the race will refer to the passing flag.

The starter will show this flag to warn the driver that another car is following him. nearby, sometimes a driver will be black flagged which means reporting to his pits where a race official will check his car for safety or reprimand him for an infraction. The Indianapolis 500 is 200 times around the slightly banked two and a half mile track. with two straight lines five-eighths of a mile long. At lightning speed, Bobby Unser takes us on a tour of K-Pow. We'll start by going straight down the front, across the start/finish line and into turn one, putting three g's aside to swerve across the short slide wall and into. turn two again, move the three g's forward, it's very important how quickly we get out of that turn to go down the back, as fast as you can, nothing to obstruct your view down here, but the driver will get very close to the wall when entering the curve. three dive back to the white line and literally swerve north, walk down the short slide into turn four and Horton again, how fast would you go out on this turn because you're going to be running about 230 miles per hour down the frontstretch. the racetrack moves like giggles to the start/finish line, but not at speed right now, right now it's behind the safety car.

Bobby unser is no longer involved in driving a pace car. Don Bailey now has the wheel and will take it. any chance there is a caution flag here he is on board with Michael Andretti now remember he started 21st this is at the beginning of the race and maybe we will get an idea as we watch this and how Michael was able to work his way through the pack to the number position 13, that's the Te'o Fabi Porsche that's right in front of Michael as he makes his way into turn three, he goes around the Porsche and now looks a little higher up, you can see how everyone is racing for the other guy trying to figure out where the other guy is going to be and that's exactly what Michael is doing sometimes he goes on the right side of the car, sometimes he goes on the left side of the car in front of you.

The biggest problem is those guys who are in front right now because of all the traffic, they can't look at Michael, they have to worry about what's in front of them and Michael knows this now, something I'm sure you were seeing. Sam Posey, there is a rule here now that says you cannot drive continuously with all four wheels below that white line. Michael did it in two corners. That's going to be a tough decision for the officials when they have to decide yes, so we're under yellow. In the Indianapolis 500 race, #73 Emerson Fittipaldi is still at the front of the field after Kevin Kogan's crash.

Jerry hits and we're with dr. Henry Bach outside Hannity Mergency Medical Center in Henry. He just checked out Kevin Kovac. Now, after his incident on the track, he was awake and alert. He complains of pain in his neck and right arm. We will send him to the Methodist trauma center for further evaluation and treatment Henry, you were able to see the accident on those monitors and there you probably, like many of us, couldn't believe that he could walk as well as he did. I guess we've seen him before Jerry and he continues to surprise us, but we're very happy for him to come out this way.

Another tribute to the safety equipment of these cars. Let's go down pit road towards Jack Arute. Jack Jerry. It's a very quiet gas alley for Gary Benton and Gary's house. It's supposed to be your year and you know what happened, we don't know something, I think the cam broke or something, only first gear got hot and suddenly the engine made a pop and your feelings, even though you know are you. I had really aimed for this one and felt like it was the best opportunity you've had since probably the mid-1970s. How do you feel now?

I can not say it. I am here disappointed. You know, I really felt like I had a chance to do it. Run up front today and with a little luck maybe even win a race because it's a two hundred and twenty mile per hour race car. You said it before when we did the story about the Benton casings, you don't know how many more. years that this family can give this place any idea now that I have to start counting the days again seems like a long time until next year well it's the 35th year in the Benton house let's go back again on video take a look on board Michael Andretti's car as it approaches the accident scene debris all over the race track, look at that, to the left, pieces of Calcutta Kevin Cogan's broken race car scattered all over the track, there's a wheel on the right, You can see them working in the pit area. a very, very devastating accident, many pieces on the track, now let's move on to Brian Hammett Paul.

I am very pleased to have the Vice President of the United States, Dan Quayle, Sr., here with me. Vice President, he has been in this race so many times, but I understand that it took some juggling with the schedule to get there this year, it did take some juggling with this schedule. I wasn't scheduled to come here and all of a sudden I said, look and I always go to the Indianapolis 500, there were some concerns about safety, but everything went well and we're thrilled to be here. I can't imagine missing my first race in Annapolis as vice president.

If you said you've watched this race more than 20 times, have you picked any favorite drivers over the years? Well, go back to the Parnelli Jones years, of course, Mario Andretti and AJ Floyd have been here for a long time, now you have the Penske cars dominating the front row. Look at those cars, but it could be a very interesting race as that's usually who picks here today. I don't have a favorite option, it will take someone very special and very skilled to beat that front row, sir. . vice president it has been a pleasure enjoy the rest of the race thank you very much let's get back to you okay dan quayle Petties got a little better seats this year the hosts Anthony Wood in the past but you know, he said it would take a lot to beat that front row how about superstitions you realize that the number four that is Rick Mears his number has never won a race in a year except one that ends in zero and you realize that no one has won from the middle of the front rows like Mario did It's not 69, that could bother a jerk.

What about Emerson? His problem is that he has too many letters in his name, believe it or not. Donald Davidson, the great historian here, pointed out that in the last twenty years or so you have to have a short name. like mirrors or voice or unser to win this, the field makes its way down the homestretch again completing lap number fourteen, all but 12 of those laps have been done under yellow, 12 under yellow and 2 under green, it is now on lap 15 as the leader. meets that dismayed day that he is still the race leader he has led in three different 500 mile races and now they are reporting that Kevin Cogan will, in fact, be taken to Indianapolis Methodist Hospital where he will be examined to make sure everything be fine.

The medical center here, while very good for immediate trauma, is best used only for immediate situations. Let's take a look at this accident again because it reminds me of 1964, when Dave McDonald made a very similar spin and crashed into the inside wall. He burst into flames but did not have the advantage of being caught by the outer wall of the law and stood in the path of Eddy Sacks. He took both their lives. Look how much better the security was in one day. Now the field begins to accelerate as they advance. They arrive at the fourth turn, the safety car that is at the top of the track dives into the pit area and Emerson Fittipaldi takes them back to the green flag, they fly down the main stretch, here comes Mario trying to get in and Mario , secondly, Rick Mears, took drugs a moment ago.

A bit, Mario Andretti, there's no doubt that Bobby can get hot, he wasn't a pole contender, he didn't focus much on Mario Michael's father-son relationship, surprising Danny Sullivan and his arm, and Rick Mears getting pole, so I think Reddy's finish stood. They themselves planned very well throughout the month.Look carefully at this moment and it's easy to see that things are going well for this game. You can see them. Mario knew that the green flag was going to come out. Let's go to the demo. I think Kendall saw what was happening. is in range Mario appears, we are trying to run a little towards him, he approached the safety car, in fact, they had moved away from the safety car to hit, he started dancing, but Mario still managed to pass in second place , the car of 20, Emerson.

Fittipaldi is leading the Indianapolis 500, we'll update a couple of drivers for you. Rocky Moran was finally able to take advantage of that yellow and get going. Remember that he had trouble starting his car when he was given the order. Well Go Rocky ran after eight laps under yellow he was able to get into the Indianapolis 500 and Jim Crawford who started in fourth position fell back a little bit and is now running eighth at the front of the field, he's still tied even now . followed by Mario Andretti with my risk runs in third place to unser jr. is in fourth place and his father is in fifth place.

What you see now, Paul, is that some of the cars are separating a little bit until they can feel each other, apart from the past that we saw of Mario, that's all, Danny Sullivan. he is playing very carefully. We're on board with Bobbi Ray Hall right now as he makes his way around this great Black Ray Hall. You know, you once told me that emotions are the enemy of the racing driver. You try to keep your emotions under control. but you know, on a beautiful day like this with a giant crowd like this, if your car is running good and Bobby's car is running good, it's hard not to feel a sense of elation, Bobby, you've been out front most of the time , so back, yes.

You've been out front in this race, did you feel a layer of excitement going into what you were doing? Sam, I was talking to Ray, he pulled out the starting line right before the race started and he's the coolest cat you've ever seen. He was describing how he got there. here, his rookie year, he walked it through the garage area, looked at this crowd and said, oh my gosh, could you guys look at it all? He says he didn't even know if he should be here now, here is a car to go to the pits. it's the 91 Gordon Johncock car and the way he pushed it and the way the team is approaching and it looks like it may also be done for the day definitely a terminal pause now Bobby, something we'll have to keep an eye on as we watch . they take Colleen's back from Gordon Johncock's scar.

What is the situation with this white line rule where they can't continually run below the white line? What is your understanding of someone or using it for security? The problem with this, of course, is in addition to the book, they can apply them as a stop and start penalty, which is good, in fact, the cost of the race has already been completed 21 laps of the 200 here in the 500 Miles from Indianapolis and Emerson Fittipaldi begins to close in on the slower cars in the field by working his way up. In the first corner he is a great two-time world champion, he really knows how to handle himself on this racing circuit, but like all people are subject to nerves, we asked him how he handles his nervousness.

Me with the years of experience that I achieved. I could sleep if I found a place where I could lie down and sleep. I would love to do it and I see that it is a way to remove all this pressure, like a balloon in which the oppression accumulates, which is there and then this balance. I started to go down and I can, I will verify it with the doctors. I can get my heartbeat almost normal by the ways I can get down to 65 beats per minute right before the race and I think that's when Feeling really good, Emerson Fittipaldi leads the slower cars down the stretch just ahead to the inside now and the pace that he maintains here will be vitally important for him to make sure that they don't go through the bars on time without arriving on time. involved with the pace of battle is important, as speed has become a factor to a large extent.

Emerson did a lap: he does laps when he was free of more than 218 miles per hour, which is faster than anyone last rented, as they say in horse racing. The track is playing fast right and Emerson Emerson Fittipaldi has certainly become a good. There was a question about Danny Sullivan's right arm. He should disappear at least in a moment. Danny Sullivan, who started 26th and is now up 11 spots and running 15th. Put him on board with his nephew Al Unser Jr. You can see all the dirt coming out of the other cars that the first day we see on camera, it's all debris from the track.

You, who are pleated on this race track, yeah, that doesn't quite get there, won all three downtrodden on the left, one just down the frontstretch, now junior and took third place from Rick Mears while doing it, so the little owl moves into third place as Rick falls. a little further back in the shadow field during the middle of last year, is there a management problem there or is this strategy of Rick's just staying in touch with the leader? Well, when you talk about last year and we see the little owl emerge from the most educational last few days, he is laughing.

Hi but the point is last year and last year at this point in the race Rick Mears was ready here is Bobby in the pits tell Bobby the Porsche has a problem he slowed down on the track after moving up to 12th and Gordon Johncock is out of his car and out of the race, let's go to Brian Jordy, what was it that kept you out of the race? Evidently something happened to the Indians going down the backstretch, it just blew up on a hot sunny day, what are the track conditions? The track conditions are really good and have never been better.

Time of Jean Cocteau. The winner did it today. Paul Thiry John hasn't finished the 500 mile race here and look at Rick Mears as Al Unser passes Rick Mears and takes a position as well and Bobby Rahal is. There too, Ray Hall is really trying hard right now, you see it in the center. Great battle, of course, each of these men has won the Indy 500 and one thing about having won this race once you've tried it: Rick, here, it's right in a hole inside there are ducks under that line try to catch Bobby Rahal can't do it yeah there Paul that's the white line we land on the white line trying to pass Ray Hall now that's totally legal there's a patented beer attempt from Rick as he drinks he almost hits the grass in the homestretch and prevents Ray from stopping again now, what is that raw power that is a Chevrolet against the Cosworth?

Now, Rijo, heaven, mind. I agree at home, Riho, she runs in sixth place now. Rick Mears was able to get to fifth place here. Danny Sullivan and Emerson Fittipaldi come to check on Sullivan and Sullivan now goes to the corner, better than Danny not? Beth, so the simple green flat demo just goes through the straightaway, so Emerson Fittipaldi is leading the Indianapolis 500. We're seeing some great battles in the top six as we continue here from Indianapolis we'll be back we're back live the Indianapolis 500 a tremendous fight for fifth place with junior Salinger on the outside and senior Michael Andretti on the outside Michael.

Andretti comes in, they have been fighting alongside Bobby Ray Hall in that fight as well as my first artifact 21. Brett is advancing this field doing an incredible job. Michael Andretti may be the second fastest racer on this track right now. Chamber Green followed closely by Bobby Ray hard with Bobby Ray. One interesting thing about Al Unser Sr., he told me at the 500, is that it's hard to prepare to run in traffic and again he's done absolutely beautifully. Today watch you go fast in this news lane, you can judge your braking distances much more accurately than in the old days, so Big Al hits the pits, started front row, front row center, team Penske gets to work. in that car and as leaders, a throw wheel changer helmet as he goes around the car and I'll go here is the leader Emerson Fittipaldi and Jack Arute are there.

The team led by Pat Patrick of Emerson Fittipaldi has gotten to work now they are going to go to the harder tire we alluded to because the temperatures rose from Hualapai, all the leading teams in a park enter this sequence of pit stops already selected to go with the harder tire, the oval stalls the engine, but he starts it again and comes back out. the racetrack back to the fight on board with Bobby Ray Hall now when he stopped there is the loudest exit right now Paul he's been on had his stop everything he's done to the green flag so far has a car we have a car on its side and a mascot You got a glimpse while we were doing things, that's car 70 which of course belongs to John Andretti when it went on its side in the pit area and the crew came out to give it a hand and put it back on in place, but its polish is There is no problem with the pit lane, the problem is that someone leaves when someone else comes in and positions themselves right there.

Bobby, there was some concern. This is also a newly repaved pit area here. They've covered the old concrete with asphalt and made it very, very smooth, but some people thought, well, maybe it's going to be a little too fast now, Ron Bartek doesn't have it. The answer to that ball is that it won't be too fast. Everything is going to be there, Michael enters it. launch now look how smooth it is this will give us an example we're talking about but the bears stay on the ground now so they can stop they keep the engine revving around 5,000 rpm wallet stop and then they crank it up to about 9,000 a 4 way now that is Mario Mario Andretti who looks a lot like the cars are his teammates, of course Mario you can tell the difference because he has the red number 5 and on the right the red dot on the nose now here is Michael as he leaves the it stops after that stop, so it is Mario Andretti and Michael, both members of the team, who make the stop; there's michael you can get over the line the short shot come on now he called the medium grassy ride working to play so michael andretti under the green flag makes his way around the

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motor speedway running in fourth place the leader still is being scored as Emerson Fittipaldi we will be back 40 laps or 100 miles of the 500 mile distance are already complete the top five Continuing to be led by Emerson Fittipaldi after the first pit stops, there we go looking at 6 to 10, nice in the battle going on right in sixth place right now, the lion tiger, Hall Bozell, Jim Crawford, rounding out the top 10, is Theresa Fittipaldi, her husband, leading. the Indianapolis 500, the entire Fittipaldi family is here, they've had a great week with their quiet shirt right now, as Emerson Fittipaldi for the fourth time in his life leaves the Indianapolis 500, car number 2 belongs to a Junior lunger of which he has been a part.

In an ongoing fight that has revolved around 3rd 4th 5th 6th place, the race began with Emerson Fittipaldi jumping into the winch and a few laps later, his hem Hogan hitting the wall taking out the yellow during almost 18 laps and then when they were green again, Emerson They retreat, the fight developed behind him, let's go to the field. Jack Arute, please Jack, a root on pit road and there is a problem that has happened to Danny Sullivan and Team Penske. They came to a regularly scheduled pit stop about four laps ago. They changed tires, consulted with him and asked how his arm felt.

He didn't even mention it, but they brought the car here on pit road and they're focusing on the back and it looks like they may have had it. a problem with the rear end maybe the ring and pinion Sullivan has turned off the engine he is consulting with his team at this time he has raised the race visor to score his second fall of the Indianapolis 500 faces Danny Sullivan with a terribly long shot but We keep seeing this fight between little Allen Rick Mears. Yes, I did, Paul. I just saw mr. They abandoned some guy and continued to watch as Rick Mears made his way down the track trying to hold off Al Unser Jr. now to the final stretch Al Unser jr. trying to take 4th place from Rick Fehr, there was no problem once he got there, it seems like Rick just isn't making his excuses for now, Pasady always does better in the race and doesn't do Pinsky on the other better tracks, just It's a bit mo Bobby, that seems to be true for a lot of drivers who run much faster than they practice or qualify, look at our slope below the white line, they really don't know exactly what it's going to be like because they're so much fun. jr. once you are able to get faster grip firmly away from this mountain and Riviera continues to fall back a little bit but let's remember it was a year ago but Rick Mears is behind the race at this point and then for supposed. he won again is at the time during the race that the track will get a little slippery but the mistake just hit thecamera windshield, it's a little slippery, so let's say you're in your car, go away, the track will come back again.

You will see much more difficult career problems today, yet they continue; apparently you plan to put that tire back into action. Penske's attitude is that if you can make it work, do your best and even if they are down a lot of laps, they can get Danny back. On the track you know we see his girlfriend with Al Unser Jr. here upon rejoining the gala team which is the tv drive for now after an absence of three years he is like that and with the chemistry at the moment he really returned as the leader of the team below he is only 27 years old he has a considerable self -esteem is being vindicated right now, you can see how even though he was running on the track, Sullivan got back on the bus at 10:30 at least it solved his problems quicker, maybe it got him a co-ed club, but it doesn't seem to be a I'm in a real hurry to see you all now while the unser jr goes down well. continues to go around in the speech in court we asked him to be a racing driver that what you have become I had not become a racing driver I would be inclined to fly jets fly airplanes I would not like I would like to fly the The airplane most technically advanced there is is the one I'd like to fly, you know, a favorite little expression of Alice's is the word eat when things are going well, she says.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if he wasn't saying that to himself, right? Now, since things are only going for a few hours, you're right, it's an insurmountable pace. Bobby Unser had also said it because of the way Danny Sullivan was in the pits for 3 minutes and 13 seconds on board with Michael Andretti now as he starts to close his dad has second place just ahead of him so it's an internal team battle for second place. The Agretti family in some lines is everywhere, but the setups on the Penske cars, for example, on the Penske team and on the Emerson Fittipaldi, he has a real little dickricker peak of the rear wing on the back there danny sullivan of new in the tits then the other car from emerson fittipaldi like the big wing with a small cold wicker beak two totally different concepts entering this race michael has to try so bad there in the final stretch michael enters the inside, a whole row of cars right in front, Michael has to forcefully lower the folders, the third turbine, Michael catches it, he had kept hitting that car, which was running into him, Michael Andretti, then, well, old man, he sells right next door, that is.

It's not a position because Michael has second place right now. The car in front is 25. Emerson Fittipaldi, who will now set his sights on 50 laps or 1/4 laps. I think Michael has probably been the better handling car so far than us. I've seen, besides Emerson Fittipaldi, Michael's motor pass card, you could just go inside and cross the short chute here, just drive to the right. A few moments ago we said that Danny Sullivan was in the pits for three minutes and 13 seconds in today's terms, that means he fell, you know, it's interesting as we watch Michael destroy your father and fight here.

This is the fight for third place between Mario Andretti and Little. Really about the father being a scientist is because Mario let Michael pass completely. There is a layer of junior classic battles between all these great drivers. The interior can be seen that it gets difficult when you go down from that line. Another reason not to drive there. The track becomes flat once you are there. Mario just screams. Here it comes. a little owl coming towards the high side slurring at Marv just ahead, a little owl trying to walk now looking at his beers to see where Mario, if Mario is there, as they continue on their bike around the first bend trying to avoid that . a slower seat in the car decapitates the cars less, I'm actually quite worried, but they're having the week back, the real tight oval metrans, the midgets and the sprays, he really knows how to get away around an oval, ya that Little Al continues to work in his own way. bottom card tassels around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Mariana up in a lot of traffic Bolger has had some problems here with traffic the last few races he ran here, but he always stays for now you know, it's interesting about the father and son, well, it we will get it, we will get it. to that in just a second because Jack Arute is down with Danny Sullivan Jack and Sam.

I'm sure Danny Sullivan is somewhat relieved to have this May in several countries, yes, I just lost all the drivers who just left immediately. I hit the gas and just turned, so I figured I wouldn't spin the wheel at that speed. The Chevrolet wasn't that strong. The question about the arm didn't stay with him for long, but how does it feel? It feels good. I did it. There doesn't seem to be any problem, we had just started tuning the car, we had a problem with the radio. I didn't like losing the laugh at first, but now we'd be fine. 14 Penske, there doesn't seem to be the domination we've seen.

In other years Fittipaldi has come to the front, if maybe Team Penske messed up a little bit in the setup this morning, well it's a long race, we're not very far along, don't forget last year I got away early and hid and Rick and Al are back, so we'll see how to beef up that Paul page. We checked with the crew chief about Rick Mears' car and he said that's precisely what they've set a race pace for, they're not worried at all and they said wait until the second half of the event, well Rick's teammate Mears, Danny Sullivan, returns in sixth place, right now there is the leader, Emerson Fittipaldi, who led from the green flag during a 12-lap caution period and Through the first hundred 125 miles of Indianapolis, of course, we must remember that At this point in the race last year, Rick Mears was a lap down and came back to win.

Emerson Fittipaldi is out front in the Indianapolis 500. We'll be back with More Live from Indianapolis after this and it seems like that crowd is growing every year. Bobby Rahal stopped on the track and the yellow flag has been raised as a result of this situation, he will have to be towed. Bobby Rahal stopped on the tarmac. Bobby Rahal signed with that team before this year 1 million dollars, so this is a man who is paid and a leader is going to make a stop under this yellow. It comes at a pretty good time for the leaders, he actually stopped for the last time on his 34th lap.

Now we're on lap 61, it's been almost 30 laps and Emerson Fittipaldi on Team Patrick doing his time, here's Jack Arute, well , it's Chip Ganassi, use the equipment. One of the co-owners was greeting the team because there was a giant piece. of plastic on the front wing they finally removed them, they switched to harder compound tires, as we said, while Rick Mears and the outlets or senior head to Midler, all the leading cars have not changed to harder compound tires, the softer tires Yeah. now leaving aside and when we talk to the teammates here is the unser jr.

It also happens that everyone will stay with the hardest tire, so the tire story has become less important now that we approach the quarter of the race, there is a being making his stop again looking from the team game and there it is Rick. Mears coming out of the pits, the two Penske cars that were left in the race with the retirement of Danny Sullivan now make their stops and are back on the engine, it's the three Emerson Fittipaldi destroying the three in 14 and a half seconds. stops, the pit crews are reading infinity, then follow the pit crews today, push so the field now starts to form behind the safety car so you can see that most of the cars are in the participants, yes, At this point, of course, these pit stops are like foreigners. meetings, I mean, everyone is trying to decide exactly what to do.

There are so many things as you see. Mario, who stops, can see the tires being changed, of course, you see the free change there, as well as pretty standard stuff, believe it or not, so spectacular. Look what's happening, the paint is burning under the wing, so now cars number five and racing back into the action complete sixty-two laps. By the way, there's more racing action ahead in round one of this afternoon's International Race of Champions. Daytona International, as four racing series champion drivers and identical cars face each other in the International Race of Champions which is right after our live stream of the Indianapolis 500, we're still under yellow at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the trailer for Bobby Rahal and there was a problem in the Toms Nivas pit, but very quickly it went out, there was a little flash of fire.

Tom Reba's car drove away from there, apparently a small fuel spill came out of that car as the athlete who had not planned to run a full season this year, really made a decision. Tom Steve had golf and maybe only did a few races when this offer came to him, he accepted it, but it's been funny, I think it's been difficult for him. Some ways to go back to the idea that he is a full-time racing driver, but I saw right on the ground that water was poured because it would be water mixed with us, we are actually 1/3, that's how we should. to point out that you can put out an alcohol fire with water, but never put water on gasoline cars, there is no gasoline in these cars, everyone here is here with alcohol methanol, go to the back, oh well, there is the blimp America , the Goodyear blimp.

Based in Houston, Texas, this is the 25th year a Goodyear blimp has floated lazily over the Indianapolis 500. They're giving you shots like this. Tremendous shots used to be pretty and now you can see the first in second place as they go under the yellow flag, it actually becomes part of the race coverage as technology continues to improve and sports coverage of low engine yellow at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway 63 laps completed, all 63 qualifying through Emerson Fittipaldi, who jumped into the lead right at the start Bobby Rahal sits on the edge of the track waiting for his team to reach the north end of pits and take it in for service, apparently it's just a matter of it running out of fuel and running out of fuel on the track we took. a look at the conclusion that actually goes back to lap 50 in the summary at that time Fittipaldi Andretti unser jr.

Mario Andretti Rick Mears to unser re Lyon Dyke Bobby Rahal Jim Crawford then one lap behind the leaders more to the hamra Brayton Dobson AJ Foyt now two laps behind the leaders readit as does Scott Pruett running 15th then Davy Jones and then John Jones Billy Vukovich third and then down three laps it looks like I'm Rath jr. Rich Mulder runs in 20th place Didier was hit and Bernard to a gate also redesigned the race John Andretti four laps behind in 23rd place we look towards the rest of the field now 30 cars behind Bobby is running in 30th place 27 laps behind and by Of course those cars are the Indianapolis 500, which is a summary of the 33 cars in the 500 with the improved score that we have.

I think the first time we've seen the 33 in the race, I think if you have an overview of what happened, the surprise is that Fittipaldi has dominated the Penske team as much as he, in turn, the Pinskys haven't been as strong as we expected. In the end, the Reddys have almost taken Penske's place, lifting Michael Andretti, of course, from far back to second place. place so it's been a race at this point it's full of surprises again let's go back to 50 those who like to keep track of this race Fittipaldi the leader of the race and fifty laps an average speed of one hundred forty-eight point three miles per hour almost a pretty close record last year in space was almost identical to last year a warning that was the Kevin Cogan situation how is the registration warning notice?

Bobbi Ray Hollis' boys are out of the race. I think the problem is that he is ready to be eliminated from the Indianapolis 500. but now the safety car goes off the circuit once again Dwayne Sweeney, the starter has the green flag and Emerson Fittipaldi roars past the danger of 59 cars and continues to lead here in the Indianapolis 500, but it will be a battle up front of the field because there, since Michael Andretti jumped behind the leader, the shot and Mo, when they gave up, turned down the front straight, very good today, Michael chasing, there was a little bit of quality, some bad luck, Chris Maston, Jim Crawford, who was slapped by the leaders, is going down, he just did it. laps before the yellow flag came out he stayed ahead of Mo on the track but Mario could have told me Michael is no more patient than me, he has always done well, he deserves the best, but if there is a flaw in everything ago is quite impatient, he wants to move quickly, he may not be able to catch up with Emerson,but if he does, it will be interesting to see how much he has done.

Michael's boyfriend. Michael has a trip down this track that together is totally standard. like Rick, there's or now our group, michael andretti, makes his way around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and goes a half mile in second, that's the leader Fittipaldi ahead as you ride aboard with second place, the car is so close to the pavement and there is senior Al entering the pits Jack Arute is there as Al Unser goes down to the Penske pits for service. Let's go with Jack and Paul. The report on the radio is that senior Al Unser, like his teammate Danny Sullivan, is experiencing a clutch problem.

Rick rides it. in the team's crew chief looks at him as the team six six men on the wall try to make an adjustment but so far it's been two no from hell they're not taking fuel they're doing nothing more than trying to adjust the back of the car now , this again will certainly put you out of contention to win this event, can be heard as you try to pull the clutch back to get the car into drive and it doesn't seem to be working as well as it would. The problem with that call is that the clutch is shear.

Look, they're trying to do it to give you more free range. Some stiffened others, perhaps the hydraulic pressure and built up some heat that expanded causing the clutch, but at least just a little, this would be disastrous if we can't fix it in a 28 second stop while Roger Penske keeps a good eye on his Team Penske, more than anyone, approaches this almost militarily, who knows what strength in numbers means. He started the race with three cars, in fact, he has. Now he only has one left. Rick Mears in this race isn't even halfway done so this isn't the type of race Roger likes to see unfold and he's still going down the track trying to pick up speed but it's not turning fast the clutch keeps going.

With a problem that would leave Roger Penske with only one hope, Rick Mears' number four car is currently in fourth place. Could it be that all three are going to have the same problem that the last one probably had? year with the wings breaking the printed wing support, that may be what's important about the Indianapolis 500. It's the first 500-mile race of the year. The longest distance these cars have seen in head-to-head combat has been 200 miles, so once. they go further, there the view of the great Indianapolis Motor Speedway first and second made their way through the short shoot at North End Fittipaldi leaves Michael Andretti running in second, then Little Al, then Rick Beers, the hope of Team Penske and then Mario Andretti.

We'll be back with more Indianapolis 500 coverage after this message and a few words from our ABC statements. We're back live at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. You can watch Allen Sirs' team work on the car from the crew camera on Rick Linement radio. The girls are still sitting in the car apparently there is an opportunity to repair this car and get it running again. I'm Paul Page with Sam Posey and Bobby unser Roger Penske Mays and Rick Mears have been mostly worried about that car but of course he's worried about the threats. to this car in the entire team one of his cars Danny Sullivan's is already there it is Penske's record so far in the Indianapolis 500 the owner with the most victories now ahead of perhaps his eighth 500 mile race Indianapolis win his eighth yes, but at this point Last year, although Rick had problems with his car, they were able to fix them and he was already moving forward, they already had two opportunities with the adjustment car in this race and it is not moving Patrick running stable while making your way with a bottom line around this force 210 200 is establishing Torah stuff since then, utmost respect to Dave Morris from 90's England, like many of the other mechanics and engineers, but it takes an office different and all, and during the configuration of this card it is not like that. a pit to see what the pins could be before they get their way, and as we see it now, it seems like his decision to leave was a fun one.

I don't think last year at Emerson Fittipaldi was a psychologically prepared fighting paradise. He had not been world champion twice. This place seemed to everyone when he was second last year to definitely open the door. Big drink on that vodka mixed with orange and lemon juice, by the way, when they put the car under the front row of the grid for two weeks. A while ago they celebrated with that break this team is putting together a cake who knows how far they can go back okay let's go to the court now Jack Arute is with Roger Penske well a couple of seconds ago we went to talk to Roger and he said goodbye to us and I think It's a good indication of how worried you are about a situation right now.

Two of his best cars already have clutch problems, but we checked with Richard Buck, who is this year's crew chief so far. Rick Mears. He continues to set the pace that they set yesterday in a meeting at two in the afternoon, meanwhile the senior is out of the car so they are two of the three Penske team injuries that remain out of this seventy-third race in Indianapolis. 500 so Team Penske in the last 12 years here in injury Penske cars have six wins here fourth place is occupied Mario is closing all the bright heads and the Penske teams will gather for all the house cars to clear the mascot ball they are I'm also trying to figure out what they can do with the Toon Rex car during the next few pit stops as the race goes on to try to make it more competitive with Emerson Fittipaldi, so Roger isn't the type to person who gets upset for not doing it.

Well, it's okay about Margaret Thatcher in Time magazine last week, she said, "You know, she's someone who offers deals that he was circling, she started bigger." about four-tenths of a second-class man, it certainly will be. We have a story for Brian Hamilton's pit right now in the tire belt. Bobby, the last time Macario and Michael went into the pits, his right side tires were very blistered and they didn't change them. the harder compound single tires, all they did was adjust the tire pressure, so they really liked the tire, but they don't want to switch to what might be a little bit slower tire on the Hubbard compound.

Now Mario has another problem when he backs away. The throttle in traffic has a misfire, but is otherwise fine. I come back to the tire concern every time here, but they seem to be performing their assigned role before we continue to see defending champion Rick Mears. Mario continues on what Rick Pierce's car is like right now. As we look at it, they obviously see him outclassed by a team with an identical car. The Emerson Fittipaldi team is not affected by this, I doubt it. Very good, let's go to the pits. Jack Arute is with us now as we had reported that the faulty plushies put Danny Sullivan and now you Mr Alan out of contention for today's race and out of it, can you do it when?

You have a situation like that, well, it's heartbreaking for me and for the team and for Marlboro. You know we hate it, but something happened to the clutch and everything is fine, but as soon as you got out of the car, they rushed. You're down here, where Roger Penske has sat across from Rick Mears. Now, what conversation do you have with him? Because we were the ones who had to try because we had two cars that came out with the same father to see if he could say it. anything to tell you, Rick Mears continues his fight, excuse me, I don't want to interrupt, but we have a good fight on the race field right now, Brickbeard continually fighting with Mario, let's go back to the pits again with Paul as we were. talking to Alan, sir, senior Rick Mears is still battling with Mario Andretti, but is there anything this team can do now to tune up Rick Mears' car and maybe save that clutch?

The only thing you can do is be careful with him, you can't. He can't abuse it when he makes these little stops. I didn't think he did it. Now the senior says that the most important thing will be that he will come into play when they enter and leave the pits and that now they will have to treat him very carefully. Paul Page. Of course, now the prospect of many becoming the first five-time winner here on the circuit won't happen this year. Rick Mears at Coors Field, currently in fourth place, has a chance to tie Allen, sir, still in fourth place.

They're still chasing him right now, by the way, his feet are off the clutch paddle, just hold it down on most of the brake pedal. You don't care about the hydraulic clutch, the mechanism works properly and probably just doesn't have enough free travel, adjust the clutches, that's the problem. they're having this right now, okay, Rick Mears makes his way Scott Pruett manages to get between him and the free car of Mario Andretti, who had the problem with the start of the race as we take a look at Rick Mears scorching this track. and Mario Andretti continues to chase him in the fight for fourth place at the front of the field, it is still Emerson Fittipaldi and Michael Andretti and Al Unser jr. are chasing him.

Back live at the Indianapolis 500 and somewhat slowly Mario Andretti enters the pits. He was running in fifth place as now the Newman/Haas team gets to work on that car and it came rolling in halfway right at the end of its fuel tank because it was just crawling as it reached its hole, that's very possible, call, you don't know, this early in the race, you're not getting good mileage readings, okay, let's go to that hole, Brian Hammond out of power, that Mario Andretti is sitting in. what is now a dead race car they are ready to take off the hood they will probably change the spark box that is the first thing they change the problem Emerson Fittipaldi the race leader also made a stop while doing it under the green flag handed him the lead to Mario's son, Michael Andretti, Alan's son jr. fell to second place then Emerson Fittipaldi came back out in third place Rick Mears continues in fourth place but here he is on pit road and rolling towards Richard Baca the king of Penske Gordon's bathroom Penske service already knows that they have less problems than They're going to be very light on the clutch, possibly leave it, you're trying to give it a little more free play, don't be a side load, they can handle that, it doesn't look like they're going to do it now, they can't take the It's time to do it right now, they have to bet on leaving and they said the car came out of the pits pretty strong, a 14-10 pit stop as Rick Mears returns to action and they like that the clutch is at least still engaged. we are on board with the leader ready at this time the

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500 a new leader for the first time in the race Michael Andretti taking the lead but he still has to be when he does it is very possible that Emerson Fittipaldi will assume the lead once again We assume, Michael, that he may have one or two more laps in the lead, but it's a tough experience leading this race, even if it's because we were running in fifth place when he came to stop his Buick engine still running for him.

There are question marks here too as we see Crawford second, Al Unser jr. comes into the pits spinning his engine was running in second as he came in make a quick comment about the way Al just came into the pits very organized very calm they will never have to rush into the pits and his game plan michael andretti to the head of the race, let's get Brian to get some more new tires, he already has a full load of fuel, so let's hold him for just a second so the last of the few goes and the tires don't seem to work.

Be blistered exactly which county Michael Andretti is in, his visor is still up, he should reach up, he closes it as he reaches the end of pit lane the first time Michaels led at Indianapolis since 1986, when he dropped out 42 laps, but since he was in the pits Emerson Fittipaldi passed and took the lead again, let's go to the first of the leaders to enter pit road and in contrast to the way Al Unser jr. I entered the pits and came in a little hot, blocked the wheels and skidded to a stop. The domestic chip was a little off, but the currents didn't make any adjustments to the car except the fuel. wife without adjustments Emerson is very happy with how the cars are going, we are going according to plan, we are half the distance here and there is a lot of racing left, are you thinking about that, winning right now or do you just not want to?

I'm not talking about that at all we have a lot of racing ahead of us here I've been here many times Jack there's a lot of racing ahead of us well that's the story of the Fittipaldi pit but they certainly have more than what they've seen at the start of this race okay , Chip Ganassi, here now as a car owner, as a racing driver for several years, Emerson Fittipaldi is leading the 500 again, you know,Paul you mentioned that Mike has been for three years Michael Andretti runs second in third places Allen is our junior let's be quiet for a moment and let's listen and ride with Michael Andretti with michael andretti currently running second behind the race leader, two-time world driving champion emerson fittipaldi in third place is alan to jr.

Rick reflects on the range in the port we will be back live at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Beautiful blue skies over the pylon that marks the cars at the start/finish line. Drivers actually use it as a reference point. Look up and see what position. are being scored and when Emerson Fittipaldi looks up, he is shown in the number one position, the leader of the Indianapolis 500, expending a dominant force as he watches from the blimp and making his way around this circuit in the Motor of Indianapolis. Speedway, the average speed of the race at the halfway point of 100 laps just two laps ago was 160 seven point nine miles per hour, well the ironic thing about it is that it has a series of pit stops and yellows.

Emerson Fittipaldi really raised the price of Poker Racing. White has been running 17 and 289 laps and that is incredible at this point in the race. Emerson Fittipaldi was not expected to dominate the race as he has now, but you believe that the long and fascinating light of this man in some respects really is. In fact, Emerson, socialized in the sense of separate and successful, lives his first course and the one that is perhaps best known to this day was his, a Formula One driver, he was a racing prodigy and developed as quickly he won the first of his two.

World Championship when he was only 26 years old here he is winning that first championship in Monza in 1972 his second life was as a retired racing driver a budding businessman this is a two hundred thousand acre orange plantation in our center of Brazil a Mercedes -The dealer Benz and the automotive accessories company followed. He may not be a threat to Roger Penske yet, but he is a very rich and successful man and I quickly say that his third life, of course, is as an Indy driver and you see the two people who support him. The most important thing is that his wife Teresa and the owner of his car, oilman Pat Patrick, the question Bobby, which has been bothering me for the last few laughs, we know that the clutch system in two of the Penske cars of two PCA teams has had a problem.

It hasn't manifested itself on Rick Mears' car yet, but if it's a design issue, then does the same design exist on the leading PCA team? Well come to think of it, I don't really believe it now because we have two of them, they had the problem. no one, it's a design issue, I think it's a simple matter of fit and hydraulics, there's 1986 IndyCar Rookie of the Year Dominic Dobson making his way around this track, what a great story it's been today, he began in 29th place and is now running. in 9th place, 20 positions to go down, watch out for Dominic Dobson in the next few years, he is someone who is on every top car owners list, the drivers they would like to hire if one of their key men retires.

Dominic Dobson Stuttgart Germany has a great future on this board he is a very sensible man he has a background in engineering he stays calm in almost any circumstance great future military men his parents warned about inspecting art I spent a little time in the car my dad was also in the army and many of us spent Now in Stuttgart, Boris, it is that area where the Porsche comes from. We take a look as Dominic Thompson runs the main stretch of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. We had a great race in Phoenix earlier this year. He's really excited about this.

We will continue our eyes on Dominick Thompson 29 years old The leader of the race remains Emerson Fittipaldi Second place is Michael Andretti Al Unser jr. He's in third place but he's one lap behind the race leader, let's go to the pits. Jerry hits Paul. It's a pleasure to report a good report on Kevin Kobe. A few moments ago I spoke with Katharine Wash. Miller had not been to this hospital. of Indiana and Kevin Cogan, 33, has been cleared, now has abrasions and bruises, basically bumps and bruises, it was all a miracle when his March Cosworth was cut in half in turn four, although Kevin Coughlin Billy makes just a few moments, Paul, that's absolutely amazing.

The same accident 25 years ago would have resulted in a real tragedy, that's right Paul, and if you remember seeing that gunshot that happened earlier in the show, the engine completely lost the transmission. Kenneth, the car almost came in and hit him in the cabin while the The car was against the wall, so it's nothing short of a miracle that, given what happened last night, I was at the motel during the day of many of the drivers and They asked me what's up with the fast speed of the race. There's Paul Newman as he watches Michael. and Mario Andretti, of course, is one of the co-owners along with Carl Hassan.

He was asked how fast the fastest lap of the race will be. Take a look at Emerson Fittipaldi. I guess it was 221 miles per hour. He just laughed. He was running outdoors when he got back into traffic and his lap speed dropped to 216 miles per hour, but they are setting incredible pace in the Indianapolis 500. Now the record up to this point is Bobby Rahal's 1986 record of around a hundred. and seventy-six point two miles Fittipaldi drops low to pass eighty-eight guys 176 is the record there, just nine miles behind that right now, but they're running very clean right now and we may see a record run, it's Something incredible.

You know you just have to lead this race, but just being in the running to be a driver in the Indy 500 puts you in some pretty exclusive company. You estimate that there are six hundred and twenty-four players playing right now in the big leagues, while since the first race here. from 1911 until now, in the entire history of this event, only 580 and only one woman have competed 580 Merson Fittipaldi makes her way at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the key factor in the Indianapolis Five in the final stretch, who really concentrates In your career, concentration is so critical. We asked them how difficult it is to stay focused.

My Sandi is a challenge to yourself with times of experience and knowing exactly what we are doing and the pressure that you can concentrate without being nervous. I think that's a big The only difference is the focus and the pressure to not be nervous and as long as you can separate that, I eat recently under pressure, I do the best I can and a lot of pressure and I think with more pressure I have, I can exactly what what you asked me for Focus more and focus more Emerson Fittipaldi now focused on a pit stop Jack Arute Is he there?

Patrick the team has gone to work. They are getting out as much fuel as possible. They have given him the signal to leave the pits. A very good stop here. Before the stop we were listening on one of the Cossack radios and there was talk about whether Fittipaldi would be warned about going under the white line. So far, no one from USAC has come to this team and formally filed a complaint about it, but in USAC monitoring they are also somewhat concerned about it because they heard USAC officials talking on the radio and see michael andretti take the lead of the number six race car there when emerson fittipaldi made his stop and of course we mentioned that white line is a real concern, officials don't want competitors routinely and continually racing below the white line, so so they will be very careful to observe these cars.

There you see Michael putting four wheels under the line. Your wheels are how many they have. Only now has this race passed the halfway point, 113 laps have now been completed and they are starting to pick up the pace. Now let's go back to the start of this Indianapolis 500. which started with incredibly beautiful weather here, race number 73 of the 500 as smoke shows on the back of Rick Mears' car, Penske's last hope now shows smoke on The back of the car in which he was running in fourth place is his wife. Chris Meers in the scoring booth she's in radio contact he can hear what Rick is saying now and he's reporting a situation in that car that's not going to please Roger Penske's driver, I can't be sure right now but most likely so. to be an engine problem, it is definitely a serious problem because let's go to the field Jack Arute well, the report is from Dan Luke, a mule who is the director of information, is that Rick Mears may have lost the Chevrolet engine and is driving the car to the pits.

I walk and it doesn't work, he's smoking, raise the visor, they're going to take the hood off, but it's over for Rick Mears and also for Team Penske in

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. Roger Penske talking to Rick. Rick getting out of the car. the team gets to work, it won't be a Team Penske car in victory lane today, it could still be a PC 18 if their leader, Emerson Fittipaldi, continues his lead, but it was a terrible disappointment for that incredibly intense man , Roger Penske, his three cars were definitely the benchmark the fastest cars in the sport first second in this standings the three orders well, we talked about this whole situation right at the beginning of our broadcast here today, could this man score again and get a fourth 500 win? happened or will have happened for Al Unser entire team Penske is out of the 500 race Michael Andretti still has the race lead with Emerson Fittipaldi running from second place well we will be back with more coverage of the Indianapolis 500 just After this message and the news from our ABC station we are back at the Indianapolis 500 Kathy Penske Rogers' wife's family has gone from being participants to observers in the Indianapolis 500, as she said, some are watching the team , there's Roger, the rest of the team, Rick Mears.

Dan Logan Buell Peter Gibbons all discuss what happened to their race cars today. You realize that Paul, you don't really see much status in Rogers' face, he really is dead inside, but he knows this is just another fitter, he lost the race. Back to action after that, plenty of time with frontman Michael and Paul Michael for questions yet to be answered. Now we have seen a Chevrolet racing engine in this car. We have seen two teams make mistakes. Capaldis bar, is currently running in second place. Alan for junior we also have a Chevrolet engine Jim Crawford with the Buick engine it's two laps off the pace guys hell with the jet engine it's for the lap back for history 500 certainly is but it's a waste of the finish line, no doubt. coming in at fifth, but the most important thing to remember today is Oh Al Unser jr. enters the pits he was running in third place at the time he led the team very methodically, very carefully, but very quickly he gets to work on the car he grew, won the pit stop contest there, very good seventeen seconds and medium and Allen is her. junior and back to the fight, his three cars come out with the team powerful and ready, one of his two crippled by Ray's hole, the one to be careful, you see Michael Andretti, the threat of Carson, the constant calluses, Michael showing us still punching in the air. not too bad considering he's running over 200, he's in the pits, the race leader goes down, he makes you stop rolling towards the pit area, you see the vent valve in front and Emerson Fittipaldi comes back and takes the lead . the race while Michael makes this pit stop, the team is already in the back of the car Michael looks, she is not steering well, that swore to be dragged by the way she jumps and gets back into action, so Michael Andretti gives up the lead. to Emerson Fittipaldi when he makes his stop put your hand over the short edge so that Michael returns to the action he stays in second place let's go to the pension jacket the third and final member of the Penske team who is out of the race and the engine expired Rick oh yeah I'm still not sure what Fletch is or whatever but everything was working pretty well we had a down valve and I was only able to run about 43 44 inches of boost that's all we've had for the entire day.

I got up at this beginning. but you know they're dead, the car was actually running pretty decent, we were going to start making some little adjustments and from there we found a 217 left there, so what's wrong with Roger? What a difference a year makes last year there. It was a big sin for Buell at the end of the race and now you have three guys that are out of the event just after the halfway point, well I guess we have a route forever so now on our chassis but these guys did Great job, I guess it's one of those years with the clutches and we don't know what happened to the engine.

Evidently it just blocked, but Rick was saying it looks like we have a problem on the frontstretch when we were in the middle. Talking to Roger and he turned around and looked like he was our lion Dyke,Is it possible Roger? Is it possible that Fittipaldi could experience the same type of problem? The rest of the teammates seem to have experience. Not really. I know everyone builds our car differently, they have a good team and a lot of experience and he is driving a tremendous race. The cars run well after the weights, it's a long race, as you know Paul, we checked with Mon about the designer of the car.

Emerson Fittipaldi, I mean the makar mechanic who drives the DeMars at Fittipaldi and he said that they have made some major modifications both inside the capsules in the way they hang bits and pieces on his PC 18. We will try to check with him to see if he could having included the clutch in everything re lion Dyke was running in fifth place when the engine came loose in the main stretch now it's at the back of the dash, let's see it come out there's water, oil, everything again the short stroke pop just like it we had in okay, the Flying Dutchman is lying because his engine died now he is out of the race and that will bring out the yellow flag in 128 laps while they take Mari off the race field, let's go back to the first lap, the start of the 500 Indianapolis when the green flag came out, it was Emerson Fittipaldi, the charge from the outside swept the front of Al Unser and Rick Mears and took the lead and then started to pull away in the 500. one mile race this is before this is one hundred and twenty-eight ago laps at the beginning of the race Fittipaldi was not going to be caught in the final stretch, he was incredibly fast even pulling away from Rick Mears' car in second place and then on lap number two, coming out of turn four, Kevin Cogan lost control, he slid into the wall, crashed into the inside wall, and then abruptly stopped in the pits after hitting the end of the pit wall, now despite what you're looking at. here the report on Kevin Cogan is that he's actually okay, he struggled to get out of that car, they threw water to dilute the methanol fuel so there would be a normal fire and Kevin Cogan went to Methodist hospital in Indianapolis, but they say he's going .

He's going to be pretty sore, but he's going to be okay, he should be and I was really happy to see the water go through what he went through, I think it was a miracle, and seeing them look at the engine just completely separates him. A big part of it is the transmission and engine together, they rolled all over the place when he went into the last part of the wall engine. Almost Eddie was very lucky, but the lines that connect the fuel tanks, the oil tanks, the engine and all the coolers are designed to come loose without spilling any liquid.

Arie Luyendyk is now getting help from safety teams as they will try to get him back to the pit area, but we've already seen that sign of steam at the back of the car and not that engine. restart I think there's still some kind of problem with the new Cosworth engines, but they'll be up and running in no time, and just a few seconds ago while we were reviewing the race, Emerson Fittipaldi came into what should have been a routine stop, and here's Jack. Arute who was there and Paul what happened was what seemed like a normal pit stop turned out to be an excessively long pit stop, thank God it was under the guise of a caution period because the team had to go out and change tires because They discovered near the end of their stop, a right front tire had blistered.

Emerson Fittipaldi liked the car's setup and begged them not to make any major changes to the mount, but when they saw the blister and it was very small, they elected to have all four tires changed, so it was an extraordinarily long pit stop. of 37.2 seconds, but it was under yellow flag, so he is still out of this race, so Emerson Fittipaldi came out of the pits just 18 laps after his last stop with 130 laughs, that gives Michael Andretti guidance we will return with more live from Indianapolis Jack will be watching the other cars now to see dream towards the green flag once again the safety car in the pits michael andretti sees the green as Michael Springs crosses the line I can see Emerson studying back there, but it looks forced to pull in next to a slower car as they go through the first corner.

Emerson Fittipaldi pursues them. You know, last year, Emerson, the razor fork, respected it for a minute and 40 seconds and felt it in the past. Patrick's team is not in business at all in the pits, but we saw a problem there that I just mentioned so far, bad and the feel of the tires was not changed at this stop because they did not roll, they have heart, the car really did not did. wet Lester until the restaurant's pit man, founder Emerson Fittipaldi, makes his way around the track, the difference between the two tires, Bobby, and this situation unfolds, what does it mean for Coppola?

At the beginning of racing month, with such cold weather. a little harder in a hidden way, that means that if Michael were able to push him very hard, he could minister tiredly in the other car. Well, Michael Andretti is in front, wait look back and then 42 seconds behind while Allen is our junior in the field below. all of those positions are very far from the leader page, for example, Jim Crawford's fourth place bar is now three laps behind the top three, the fifth place car, that's why ol boy cell is now five laps behind behind the race leaders and sixth place.

The car that belongs to the dominant option that we showed you earlier is also five laps behind the leader, so the fight is at the front of this field, no one else at this moment is in context, now Michael has run out of clean air and expensive, now there is no traffic. gap between him and Mo now cases of Emerson Fittipaldi and, in fact, getting close to Mike every 500-mile race has one or two key moments where it seemed that, when you look at it a year later, it was when it was won and walking, not I'd be a little surprised if we're not looking at one of them in and around now, what's going to happen in the next few minutes Sam, this will be your biggest test between them to see which one is really good at the moment Emerson Fittipaldi chasing Michael Andretti , who can see that the distance between 100 and 36 turns is complete.

Michael Andretti has been lapping 200s and it should be noted that the cars are not hypnotized by simply following the car while the crowd in the background watches how much ground they cover. We are really leaving 19 after this racist, if so, he certainly he is planning an excellent career for the family that is not prepared at this time. Leron also had a couple of wins there and then stepped away from the Indy cars for a while, if indeed we can see that again. I went down to the pits again, this is what we were talking about about the BC18 with many problems they have had.

We checked with Morris Nun who is one of the designers that rented ears on Pat Patrick's team and he said that they had in fact made some adjustments to the rear of the car specifically with the clutch as well with the ring and pinion. I asked him what they were and he said those are my secrets. Now I also check that blister. Bobby knew it was a very small blister. It was only the size of this one. hole right here there was an eagle ID remember you noticed it remember you didn't change tires at the last stop so it's not unusual especially with the ambient temperature here as high as it is let's check further up on pit road and Bryan Hammonds Bryan during Michael Andrade's final pit stop changed a soft compound tire he had been playing with all race by changing the air pressure, which he eventually walked away from and didn't like that setup.

He switched to the hard compound tire. The team asked him if he wanted any changes to the wings and he said don't do it, it's car, if this car is perfect, then Michael Andretti loved the way his race car is fine, Brian in the race car career. 15 Jim Crawford, the Buick engine, the man who has a Running here last year, the car that was badly damaged, shipped to England, brought back to the United States on Wednesday afternoon, completely reassembled after his body was completely repaired, it now reaches the side of the race track. It was running and ahead, but the engine is still in front. in the Indianapolis 500 with 139 full laps is Michael Andretti and we have an indication that Emerson Fittipaldi, the second place car, is heading to the pits once again, he stopped on lap 112 again on lap 129, this is lap 139, since both Michael and Emerson Fittipaldi are running under yellow, that is why there has been an incident in both and Freddie and Fittipaldi are taking advantage of the yellow flag situation.

You see Emerson there in the pits at the south end, just beyond the entrance to castle a knobby and now it's a pit race when Emerson Fittipaldi comes out and right behind him is Michael Andretti, so the pits are where the teams can be so critical, proper pit position placement and quick team work Patrick and Emerson Fittipaldi is back. frontMichael Andretti hides in second place that's how quickly the positions change in the Indianapolis 500 race we are under yellow once again there is no indication for yellow it is certainly not an accident so it must be debris that the few noticed second servers at the racetrack michael andretti rise tries to think what he can do now to get back around emerson fittipaldi some people might wonder why emeril came so fast, the father made a very quick pit stop but he was there right before Bender was doing the sequences so they will be in the right place at the end of the race the blimp grandstand behind us under the yellow flag once again in Indianapolis we will be back right after we are back live at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway we finish to see some cool pit stops, of course, that's the key to changing positions in the Indianapolis 500 when the driver can't do it, the Patrick team just did it for Emerson Fittipaldi earlier in the week a competition was held of pit stops Here in a business where success is measured by speed and split-second timing, Indy Car pit crews quietly serve as hidden sports heroes, their efforts can sometimes be obscured by the excitement of the Circle of Fame.

Victory, but his skills are on display here annually in the $50,000 Miller Indy Pit Stop Championship race this The senior announcer of the year's first semifinal bid driving a Penske backup car against his son Al jr. The contest rewards the team that completes a simulated pit stop in the shortest time and Little Al's team did just that to advance to the finals in the second semi-final. Mario Andretti in the right lane faced Emerson Fittipaldi, the Andretti team led by Colin. Duff was the winner with a 9-second stop of 13.6, setting up a shaky and ready finish with both crews confident of victory.

Little Al's crew got to work first when their driver reached the stop markers and the ready team then headed to work. Unser's team used split-second timing to finish their tasks. Meanwhile, Mario's team faltered with trouble tightening the left rear wheel feeling the wind was within their reach. Jr smoked the tires and crossed the timing lights with a timing of fourteen point seven one six seconds for Team Dallas led by Owen Snyder and team members Paul Marcus Jake Campbell Kyle Moyer Mike Arnold and Gary Armentrout it was a moment to enjoy truth for them today was a day to step out of their roles as hidden heroes and enjoy the applause and rewards that really The champions deserve $25,000, which is better than what many races pay to win the view of the two and a half miles of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from the Goodyear America blimp based in Houston, Texas.

Don Macduff, the captain on board today, helps give you some of the beautiful Indianapolis 500 coverage shots and some action shots, as well as a giant crowd here, almost half a million people, Emerson Fittipaldi circles rounding out the lap 144 under yellow in the lead. We'll be back with more from Indianapolis live at the Indianapolis 500. mile race still under yellow emerson fittipaldi leads 145 full laps next saturday on abc sports professional bowlers spring tour high rollers will be in las vegas nevada for showboat pba doubles classic now bowlers will team up to win big money, it's the final stop of the spring tour and the action begins Saturday on ABC Sports and then at Wide World of Sports you will see a unique combination of gymnastics and figure skating for the first time accomplished athletes like Ryan Bart Conner Robin present and more showing off his skills at the caress symphony of sports truly special event on Saturday in the wide world of ABC and the field still behind the safety car making its way around the track the professionals and the safety team try to clean up the last few minutes bald whosehusband is leading this event today and Teresa, you said right before we went on air I think today is Emerson's day, I think he deserves it, he's very excited every time it happens, you rested here on your perch, they haven't moved it and When it happens, you take your hand and just do it like this.

What is it about? It means positive energy using some energy. There's another story that every time Emerson comes into the pits you whisper something to him even though you're 15 feet away from him. What's that? Good luck, good luck, and they certainly hope so. I have enough at least for this race Paul page now let's talk to Brian Hammonds who was with Carl Haas Carl Haas is sitting on the scoreboard Stan plotting the race for his drivers Mario and Michael Andretti Carl you have To be happy with where you are sitting with Michael , we had some problems with Mario, which is not very good.

Michael is not sitting in a bad place. Obviously it's Philip Paul. He may run a little faster, but I think we still have a fighting chance. A little luck, I hope we can hold on and have a chance in the end. Michael is happy with the way the car runs. Wow, I guess he's pretty happy with the way it's a little bit more speed, but that's okay. now your drivers take second place now we go to Jerry, well gentlemen, an anxious wife waiting here in the Allen True Jr. tone, that's Shelley, answer and Shelley, if you have seen this act so many times and how the scene will end.

I know Laos is one on road courses and street courses because you have to get that first win on the oval track. I know, can you wait? Over the last 55 laps, the answer was at least we got our lap back on track as the leader, so we'll have to wait and see what happens. You're on the radio with Rick Callas, the owner here, and the rest. of the team, do you think it's not enough? I'll have some left, he can handle them, oh I don't know, Emma is running awfully fast, but I never know what's going to happen in this race, and you know there are so many things that come into play, fuel and tires. and I just got back here keeping lap charts, so I couldn't be able to tell you anything about that Chile unserer with his heart racing watching her husband delay the start, sir, well, when they get back Al Unser jr. has ten cards between him and the second place car, Michael Andretti, we will be back with more Indianapolis 500 coverage after this message and a message from our ABC stations, we are back live at the Indianapolis 500, the green light just flashed.

Once again, an Emerson Fittipaldi has jumped to the front again now that the white debris seen on the track is part of the reason the yellow is very long. Not a problem on the Emmos car, but there is some oil grime at the end of the race boards. to get the oil out of the circuit and make it sure great, everyone wonders if it's slippery or is it easy to get it, it's definitely slippery, look at the second place Michael Andrew, but it's not that slippery and the wallets, Delphia, the youngest of both of us, we'll designate the drivers and let him start Michael Andretti, dry white oil for the second corner, let's just watch while he rolls.

Michael was too short to name it and put up the scorecard that cleared all 100 125 miles in the Indianapolis 500. left to be tested here at the Brickyard the two and a half mile Speedway Allen is our junior running in third place he is six seconds behind the leader he had ten cars between this machine and Michael Andretti's he is trying to reach that distance all the passing cars They really hurt a little because Emerson Fittipaldi right there on this train is in green areas but he has an LCD screen on the dashboard in front of him. Drivers here at the 500 for the first time actually have a speedometer.

You could look down and know exactly how fast you were going in the past, they only had tachometers, they would give you a relative idea. Look, that's your speedometer, which is now a graph on the car that shows exactly how fast the engine is spinning, that's part of a system. call that gives you complete information about anything you want to know about this car it's the new era of computers from an idiot well in fact here we have a diagram of the dashboard of Lola's car that Michael Andretti drives it has a kind of star wars Look at it, the key is that it's computerized, it has digital readouts instead of content, conventional analogue instruments, things that look quite attractive and you don't really look at them.

Bobby, have you determined if there is a preference for this or the old analog dial system when they used to point? the dials so that when everything pointed up everything was perfect everyone would like the hand but they can't get as much as their fuel it's a complete computerized system for the car michael andretti now closing in on leader Emerson Fittipaldi and overtakes Michael Andretti takes the lead of the Indianapolis 500 Emerson seemed to miss by just a second and slowed down a bit, so now here is Michael coming to the line led once again, he just made the final lap at 215 miles an hour and has taken the lead and You can see that Mo seems to be falling a little behind, there has to be some reason for him to appear in a short time without saying that Michael is not going fast, he has been one of the best handlers. all day i feel a little shy on speed compared to emerson fittipaldi watch michael andretti pass leader emerson fittipaldi again the battle is at the front of this 500 mile race most of the top 20 aren't really racing each other Yes we will keep our eyes open for battles between the group.

Let's go back here a couple of laps and take a look at Michael Andretti as he closed in on the leader. Emerson Fittipaldi. Here they come Bobby. MO will most likely remember that he just got a new one. tires while in the back he most likely has his dagger a little bad and doesn't handle as well or maybe Michael has his dagger good and is working better than before Michael Andretti here is the onboard camera view of the same situation a couple of laps ago when Michael had just entered Emerson Fittipaldi and right at the turn and in front, let's go to the field and Jack Bobby, I'm sure you're absolutely right about the stage situation in the Emerson races.

Fittipaldi developed a slight push, the first he had all day, so he had to ease off the gas a little and that explains Michael Andretti's pass. These cars are tilted when they remove this dagger. There is a little bit. There is nothing. you can do it on the stagger now what's happening is they're going back to the beginning of this race we talked about this type of companies showed you definitions stager means the right rear tire is rightly loved one minute bigger than the rear left, but They can still increase that, trying to make it grow a little more, it helps to stagger, then the car turns a little badly, according to the definition we had before, that is, the rear wants to turn completely, absolutely well.

Paul, that's a good explanation because he's crying now. A driver can only do so much in these cars when you have that push condition, you just have to hold on until the next pit stop. It's very frustrating for him. He has a desperate bet. The devil is going to come out, we were also talking earlier about the PCA kits and the fact that three of them are already available and the design problems that may exist in some exist in others. You must remember that it was the Patrick Racing team that was the first. identified the possibility of Colleen having a real race, as happened with Danny Sullivan, they changed the fasteners to avoid it, apparently they also noticed other situations and made improvements in them, so in the Indianapolis 500 we saw them turn the table around Emerson Fittipaldi's 216 miles per hour is no match for the 218 he ran before, so Emerson Fittipaldi is still chasing Michael Andretti in the Indianapolis 500 as they went back and forth in the lead, we'll be back with more in the 500 Indy miles, race number 73.

After them, we return to the Indianapolis 500, Michael and is in the lead, just like his father several years ago, the engine has come loose, he stops on the track from the leader Michael Andretti out of the 500, that's another problem for Chevrolet. but those engines for Dave Crawley, you can see it, this boat comes out the exhaust pipe, that's when you know water and oil comes out, anything that has the engine right, we talk about what's dad, since here comes Emerson Fittipaldi running towards the dove. We will have to watch and see what he does, although he is no longer so critical because now he has a big advantage and his main rival is Al Unser Jr.

Sam, which in turn will cause a yellow to come out, which in turn will come out a little bit, okay, I'll catch it again and still put two cars together to take the lead. Yes, the team took their time carefully and watch this as the Steam from that engine laughs over the front of Michael's car and watch him, he hits the steering wheel in frustration as Emerson Fittipaldi pulls out in just a few seconds he will pass in front of Michael Andretti. Safety is with Michael. He talks about what children inherit from their parents. what skill what attitude what about what kind of luck did michael andretti have going out to indianapolis the way his father has done it so many times here before look at the stare in Michael's eyes the disappointment loafers to help them tow the car back to the pit areas I miss how much it is Today's proceedings take on an additional wisdom that accompanies such a severe disappointment that fans wish so badly for the Andretti family and has once again arrived for this time, although it surprises Michael that so many people I want to see Michael score his first 500 in Indianapolis when I thought maybe this was the day now with Emerson Fittipaldi Jr launching to the front of the field and under the yellow flag and Lao will be scored to the front of the race, the Little Al still has to make his pit stop and there's Michael. elen the road on the way to the pits and his day was over now, he ended up on the front straight where this situation, the first car developed looked so good and so fast that his car was moving down the main stretch about halfway right on the line now the engine came loose right in front of the giant grandstands that line the homestretch five-eighths of a mile long on the track and it skidded to a stop on the homestretch the crowd greets them now Allen is our junior arrives to the Mets as Michael rules his way in the field under yellow and determined and blown in and they want to once again review this race field good chance, let's go down to the pits Friend Alastor, you're walking away and that was a toss-up ball given that they were I'm not sure if they could go the distance on fuel eleven point three seconds without changing tires fuel only we should just get a quick comment to cause calluses well they can't make a bandage like Ricky is here Tony Ricky follows the rest of the way you fuel it is the risk the way you fuel it cuts you can make it the rest of the way with fuel Rick walked away waiting and saw a big smile from the owner of the car Rick galas were rolling the dice trying to decide when to bring Man, they said wait, wait one more lap, no, wait two more laps, they hope there's some yellow flag left, but I think they think they could make it.

Paul not Bobby, they stopped at 165 laps, 200 laps like the distance we are at now. one hundred miles from the end of the Indianapolis 500 oh, the disco ball will be a story again in the end the big hits were just stories now let's see if they stay yellow baby it doesn't go for the green flag it comes out one more time this time It will be the little one to the unser jr. He is the leader of the race itself when they cross the line. Mo now takes the lead as a result of that stop and Mo leads the field into the first and second turns.

Little Al is now six seconds behind and a lot of cars have done it. being overtaken before he could really get the attack off the ground, which is a low in the first race at Indy in 1983, his best result today has been poor. Remember that Sam was getting knee-deep in fuel, as we see, he has so many runs that it allows him to when he uses less. fuel than mo evel's in clean air in real life, the little house should be able to gain a little hidden mileage due to traffic, while mo will be stepping on the gas the entire time because he is Emerson Fittipaldi keeps the pace down like Michael Andretti walks through the back of the pit area back to his garage his day is over 167 laps now complete 211 points two miles per hour speed Emerson Fittipaldi finds the final lap now the question of course is fuel there are 40 gallons of fuel in each of these race cars when they are pulled and taken a distance that, by my calculations, Bobby gets him to the right topic on lap 200, what do you think?

Well I think they'll really deal with it, the mouths will be a little better Mo is so far away, ironically they are full, just look like a house on fire, go in and try to make it splash on cue, let's get an update now ofJack Arute. First, he looks at Emerson Fittipaldi's fuel tank, there's about 60 gallons. Left a lot of fuel to go the distance we checked with the team and the think tank here says we're going to stop for a while somewhere around 12 to 10 laps to go in this event, that's their planning right now, but for so many.

On the occasions we've seen here at the Indy 500, those plans can come via a yellow flag or something happening on the track dating back to 1982, when the Patrick Racing team did the exact same thing with Gordon Johncock. how many gallons did it take to get to the end of the race they calculated the flow of fuel in the hose they decided they only needed a certain number of seconds I think it was seven or eight and as soon as they got to seven seconds someone reached out with a stick He hit the refueling in his helmet, he released the hoses and Gordon Johncock in a tight panel with Rick Mears won by 14, they need a lot of time because all they need is either one of them and probably three easy gallons of alcohol and they could beat the winner , so Emerson Fittipaldi is running laps faster than Al Unser Jr.

Fittipaldi is out front running 214, 10 seconds back, his little owl running 213 laps, this Indy 500 isn't over yet, we'll be back, we're back at the Indianapolis 500 and there's Michael Andretti's car in the pits at silence. your day is over, let's go to Brian Hamish Michael Andretti his wife Sandy Michael what was that day of the interview? Wow, the engine went out at any point. You were running so well at any point during this race. Were you thinking to yourself that my father won this? 20 years ago and here I am leading Indy. I guess I inherited more than just driving.

I think I was lucky in this place because you know the car was very good, I just took my time, you know, a good conservative pace, not trying to take anything away from it. But obviously I think we got too much out of it. I don't know where for a while today. Michael Andretti really covered it well. A good pilot. A nice man outside of the 500 mile race. And the pits here are Raúl, so him. It's the third place car but it's five laps behind the leaders, only two tires drifted in the corner. Emerson Fittipaldi and Al Unser Jr.

The last star of the port is Mario Andretti, but he is six laps behind the leader. The boy will have to use one of the Judd engines. My cell is moving away from the traffic and here is car 22 and it has a problem now that it was running. fourth place before he came in for this pit stop, but now there's obviously a little problem with that car, a long stop, but they turn it on one more time and his ghosts are back in action too, but the distances between fourth place The car here has a break and the others are great and can afford a few seconds here, really the leaders who can't afford anything every second, quality and Al Unser jr. there is the leader Emerson Fittipaldi 177 twenty-two twelve thirty now let's go with the pet he seemed very calm well, it's time for waiting men here in the islands they are doing with their pets, they have been calculating a lot here about fuel consumption and Rick Gallus 35 laps eighty-seven and a half miles, can you do the rest the way we'll see?

Today you backed down a little, be conservative, he will back down from anyone. I mean, we're trying. as hard as we can and we're five laps up from third place, so let's go for it. I mean, the only good chance of winning this sector would be, so we'll do the best we can. I think that puts it into perspective. They fell if they really want to get here, the buttonholes they're doing, you think they can go all the way, Rick, the gallows, boy, is that aggression or what I like, that's good, you can tell Rick to the two runners, which is the competitive one there, no.

Do you think there's a chance to win this sucker? I like the combination of cars with engines. I started this race, only two left and one and two placed. Mario's car in fourth place in the routine pit service, plus this is 178. Mario should be able to go with everything. the road to the end with him still racing the Emerson Fittipaldi 400 mile race Fittipaldi still running up front there's PJ, the guy Jake right behind there the number 14 car right behind his team swinging on the carburetor ran a Mario right there AJ Foyt second race runs in fifth place the first four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, so now we enter the final laps of the Indy 500. 20 more to go now that Emerson Fittipaldi is the junior leader.

We're back live at the Indianapolis 500, a wheel came loose coming out of turn four on the main stretch, it belonged to Carol Pam Roth's car, the crew stopped it before it got back into the traffic lane. We are under yellow. taking out the yellow is going to be another change in strategies now let's go in the hole to take a dip now we're going to have to see what the hell he's going to do he won't have enough fuel to race very hard go to the end Emerson Fittipaldi falls under this yellow flag to make a pit stop, he sits in the pits and our junior continues to work on the course, it seems certain that Fittipaldi will complete his pit stop and get into action before the small result five.

The little owl as Emerson Fittipaldi Chuck stands a little away, horrified. He was having some trouble escaping. Now the little owl may catch it on the first bird. He said if Baldy is taken behind a security vehicle and look how close they get. We go out together Fittipaldi is just a car that he had in there and the little owl sees it and knows that with Bobby he is very close to the wolves here, although women, yes, it could be now. Owen well, it would have been happening before, so he would have had it. I was going to the end now everything has changed.

Campbell feels and looks good, jeez, ooh, stuff and low gear to compete with him, can't do anything under Yellow Al Unser jr. That's the tactic now, 18 laps from the end of the Indianapolis 500 we return to the situation the cause is the yellow Tero popper off you see it there now only with three wheels the Finnish driver a gentleman does not hesitate to say that he bought his Rod By the way, today was his birthday, he is 36 years old, some mechanic is going to be in trouble because soon it seems that entire lives have probably gone. Luckily he didn't hit another car.

Another car hit him. Terrell Palmas went down to the pit area without any problem. another more serious constant does very well to greet him in Finnish I would say SEPA Huff is coming car that means very good, okay Emerson Fittipaldi with his hand raised high in the air on the final stretch walking in second place, he is lined up just behind mo on the track, it should be a sprint to the finish, we're back live at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in our sixth caution period of the day, let's go to the pits here with Brian Hamish Paul, this yellow flag is really helping Allen or your child at these low speeds. he is able to conserve fuel Rick Gallus, the team owner says we have enough fuel now that we are going to race towards the finish line.

Thanks Bobby, the tactic on that is what you would have done is put everything on turtle or team and just leave it. everything goes to the end because we already know that the ammunition has enough fuel to do it if it doesn't break, it's going to be very hard. The little house has a lot of work ahead of it. Wow, second place, Emerson Fittipaldi wanted fire right in front. They're lined up behind the safety car, the fuel gets about twice the mileage, can you imagine a safety car or excuse me, the yellow flag laughs, oh, to be about twice the mileage you get under the green, they're running like in second or third gear, not really. getting super good insight about double what they normally get, we mentioned that third place where the old guys sell is five laps behind the leader now, if that's a situation for him, the way they played this race gives Wes the home advantage because they are going to mark the race at 200 laps so that any of the cars that are running too far behind the leaders can Joe go as fast as they want now, absolutely fine, but I think most of those cars from back, like for example, guys, now there's a good one. all day I think he's going full steam ahead anyway, but you're right now Scottie Brayton has place right now thirty of his words pretty good day for him no matter how you look at it and Scott Pruett who started in 17th place , is now in eighth place, so Let's take a look at the situation regarding the owl.

He never won on an oval. He certainly never won the Indianapolis 500. Emerson Fittipaldi, two-time world champion, also did not win in Indianapolis. In fact, there are only two men in the top 10 who have completed this race first, that's Mario Andretti as Teresa watches Emerson Fittipaldi go down the short slide at the south end of the track to the second turn now and little Alice He pursues her, he could be the competition, the real show, and he doesn't allow that. Just stay with Shelley in time. Little Al has irritated the kids. The cell separated five laps behind the leader and there was a flash of something at the back of the car there for a second.

Hell no, I think it's from the hotel car. You can see it. Leaving the rear of the car, that could indicate that the engine is ready to come loose, whatever it is, it will cause little to lose some ground there in Bose. By the way, someone who drives a sports car part of the time is very aggressive. The driver is a great guy, but he is an aggressive driver and it is not easy to get under Bobby. If you have that indication, would you want to place it too close to the back of that dirty car?

Yes, as long as you spray like this, he will get out of line. a little bit down, you have no choice, it's only been frankandcharlie behind, it's just a question about both sales cars still running and losing control, but what would happen if the engine came loose and sprayed oil in there a little bit, instantly would you break down in tears? It already happened they both look at the smoke coming out of the Dale boys' car at this moment scenario oh boy Cell running in third place but starting to show problems gives a chance to Allen or junior to continue moving forward he has a job ahead of him and mo has a good cleaning tractor rental that's where luck has so much impact in this 500 mile race coming here sometimes you get out of bed on the right side sometimes on the wrong side Shelley is ready disappointed you can see Al Unser jr.

Of course, he was taught by his father, Bobby, your brother, in racing, but I think in the way of dealing with the press and being a wonderful, open person, he is Al Unser Jr. I think Shelly had been very affected by Shelly, do you believe that assessment? Oh, she has been a very good girl and it showed by her actions in the pits. Fittipaldi's car is now just 1.8 seconds away and here comes Emerson Fittipaldi zipping by to complete the 100 and Latias laughs and look at her this confused energy those fingers of energy coming out towards Fittipaldi he's counting the laps you saw her now in the history in the Indianapolis 500 as a mountain finisher in front, the most recent of course, Kevin Hogan with ten wickets to spare lost to Bobby Ray in 1983.

Al Unser led for 190 laps, but Tom takes one if Emerson You can win. The career that Mario Andretti will continue in was done in the other order: receive a wish about that great energy. It should be noted that Emerson eats a very special diet of food grains and does a lot of aerobic exercise, so energy really means something in that. 191 laughs from the place 1.6 seconds behind, small al crying the second way 192 in 1982 years versus athlete at this point rick mears was trying to plot the same position two tenths of a second back home stretch again a little more Slow right in front of him is the tension is incredible then horrified he says no he laughs the go channel unser jr.

Do it, this time it's a drag race with three leaders, Al Unser jr. takes the lead the question now is the fuel under back and forth on the main stretch he was trying to make it to the end now with four laps to go he's trying to break this when AJ boy, it was AJ's first win on pavement - at This point Rick Mears was trying to chase now little Al is in the same position two tenths of a second again in the final stretch Mario Andretti just ahead lies before the tension is incredible small impulses that a defective says there is no missing five laps to the end channel until you do it this time it's a drag race scarf three the leader Al Unser jr. take the lead the question now is fuel back and forth on the main stretch were you trying to get to the bottom now with four laps to go?

He's trying to break the screen when AJ guy because AJ's first win on the pavement comes in little now a drag stops in the back again slower traffic moves to the right he can fit a mantle to pass little he lowers it low they touchlittle while under the wall Fittipaldi continues little while hitting the wall while Emerson Fittipaldi protects towards the white flag the yellow flag comes out Allen is a junior with Emerson Fittipaldi they are on the main straight now but his Fittipaldi's car Fittipaldi tried in the third curve the white flag is how 199 laps are completed the yellow flag flies Theresa kisses Pat Patrick and you Imagine the desperation because for the second year in a row it is okay.

Little Al gets out of his can and walks away from the safety cruiser. For the second year in a row the Indianapolis 500 will finish under the yellow flag, but this time it will be a new one. The name will be two-time world driving champion Emerson Fittipaldi, former world driving champions who won here Jimmy Clark Graham Hill Mario Andretti and now the names have been shocked, evil laughter and I have to go Al Unser jr. is at the edge of the racetrack towards the edge of the track now the pace car will lead for Emerson Fittipaldi just as it did last year for Rick Mears before the checkered flag, the 73rd Indianapolis 500 is coming to a close and Emerson Fittipaldi under the yellow flag has achieved victory in Indianapolis Emerson Fittipaldi, but now he is allowed to get into the ambulance.

The fan was not injured in the accident despite a very strong impact with the wall. The Patrick Racing team now begins its celebration at Emerson Fittipaldi waves to the crowd in the final stretch for the first time as winner of an Indianapolis 500 race only to see exactly what happened that the car's camera actually showed the joke that little God put you in the corner here we go Bobby unser in the final stretch like a little owl in the race up close All in all, a view of the situation it simply looks like Endl drifted away, he has a little house in the back left with his right floor, he did something about it that was very similar to an accident, it was not a stock car thanks to me, so Emerson Fittipaldi with an accident here, let's take a Look at it again I've been horrified.

I walked away from the little owl. I tried to get into it. The two cars are neck and neck in the corner traffic just ahead. They touched the wheels. Little Alwyn slid against the wall. Fittipaldi was able to maintain control. He accomplished a similar feat. but in Toronto, he had been healthy for years, he spun on the last lap and was able to continue. He has done it again this time. He paid off with a victory in the Indianapolis 500. Let's take a look aboard the saloon car. The same situation when we have the opportunity. Emerson Fittipaldi, the winner of the Indianapolis 500, now we go down to Victory Lane, jackaroo, wow, it's incredible.

Victory Lane here, Emerson Fittipaldi has brought his car here on stage, we're going up in the air right now, they're trying to try, trying to move the car here a little bit forward while they're trying to unbuckle Fittipaldi from everything. the gear he's wearing now that he's getting out of the car and of course there was a bit of controversy when the yellow light came on. talk to him about that too when you're done, he's accepting the congratulations, he's just leaning back. Pat Patrick is here, pat pat, congratulations, thank you very much, jack, we were sweating, as you well know, co-owner now Chip Ganassi, your first time in Victory Lane was also quite exciting.

Jack Everson did a world class driving job. He's never seen it take so long to take off his helmet, though I think he's trying to regain his composure. Emerson finally received the tearful kiss from his wife. Theresa has ever seen that you are a mess here, beautiful. Oh, what a race, Emerson, you're the 1989 Indy 500 champion. Well, I can't believe it was the team that did the great job. You know everyone. Fat without fat, would you Maggie? I want to have sex with everyone. guys and it was an amazing race what about the contact between you and Al jr?

What happened back there was going inside turn three and he was on the inside because of traffic and he tried to sidestep with a Cheerios and I almost went out of his size and he lost. You've won two world driving championships, but this is your first time winning at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in what they call the greatest spectacle in racing. What do you think now? You know, Jack. I can not believe it. He dreamed so much that he saw it when he was a child. Well, I think Paul Page. That certainly tells you how important this career is to you, Emerson Fittipaldi.

It's just amazing that he ran so well all day and then came up to you and was really worried about fuel when you were. Scott was much faster on the track. Straight and lucky, I got the traffic and did it. They want a moment to share. Ranchers are Branson welcoming, but I was there today, don't worry guys. He just said the interview of him on victory lane to the people in Brazil who are watching this live. Emerson Fittipaldi second last year first this year he wins the Indianapolis 500 race. There's a lot more to talk about, although we'll be back with more coverage on the Indy 500 after this message and a few words from our ABC stations live in Indianapolis. 500, the 73rd race is now complete and Emerson Fittipaldi is a new champion at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the crowd stands watching the ceremonies.

Here is the view aboard Al Unser jr. when he reached the homestretch, now Emerson Fittipaldi was maneuvering to the left at this point, he was almost directly next to little, now he looked up to see Fittipaldi there, he kept his foot on the ground, entered the turn, turned and it stayed well above the line, but then it was. Fittipaldi touched him and crashed into the wall, fortunately Alain Mr. Jr. He was not injured in this accident, in fact, he jumped out of the car almost immediately and cannot believe the fortune of him here today, that he was shocked to be down.

Now consider the ironic situation here that, at the Meadowlands, last year, these two were fighting. there too and they hit each other only in that case it was Fittipaldi who was in front but they allowed him to go to the inside, they hit each other and it was Fittipaldi who came out as the loser, let's go to the pits Brian Hammers and Ricky Alice can still achieve a Smile even after coming very close to winning the Indianapolis 500, Rick, what you think is good, you know, it was very exciting to lead it there at the end because we thought we had a chance to win, but I want to congratulate Patrick's team and Emerson.

They did a fantastic job and held on all day and were fast and we were trying to catch it all day. We did everything, but you know, throw a net in front of it, so I want to congratulate my crew and I want to thank you, good year, for those fantastic tires that they gave us, but you know, I'm happy that it was good and I couldn't ask for more. to a driver. I mean, he drove his heart out while you talked like an owl, okay? I spoke to him on the radio and he said it was fine and you know he gave me the thumbs up and we are very proud of him.

You know we really weren't, we were hanging around all day and no one talked about it. month of assists we knew they had a pretty good race car, so we did the best job we could, I'll tell you Paul, the results are not official at the moment, they will be official tomorrow morning, but at the moment it is Emerson Fittipaldi who proves it. as winner of the Indianapolis 500, the desperation little Al feels will return, we're back live in Indianapolis, the view from the Goodyear America blimp parked in Houston, Texas, as the giant crowd for the most part still decides that they will stay here the blimp floats so lazily so peacefully over the Indianapolis Motor Speedway it's quiet now that the race is run emerson fittipaldi is the winner but the situation developed in the final laps of the race emerson fittipaldi the 20 allons our jr car. the two cars heading into the third corner MO went way below the line fighting without now here they come here they go straight out the little owl is gently in front of him oh no, sorry, the Memo animals car we are looking at now to see if he actually maybe fell on the grass and that helped push him.

I don't think so, it's too wide for that guy. Look at the wheel reference to the right or the white light. I think it was the extremely low line that Fittipaldi took that inevitably led to him. outside i dont think its not getting into the grass look how wide the knee is in comparison look at the white line you will get the emmos right front tire that will tell you sir now alice is more parallel to alice in the prime minister line, he's on the full run line, yeah, Moe has to get out, he can't stay down there, so a little al khums for our normal apex taps wheels with emerson fittipaldi.

I'd say it's incredibly lucky that little al wasn't released. in the air and just slid against the wall he's in the hospital now a cursory exam at the track medical center we're trying to get an interview with him as soon as he's released how many major auto races are going to end this way confrontation between the two teams so Emerson Fittipaldi is now enjoying the fruits of the victory in the Indianapolis 500 we will be back with more we are back in Indianapolis we look at lap 198 again Bobby unser this is where it starts to get touchy in the action he had little Alice the spicy pace is moving towards the bottom below the white line now she can't stay there, it is simply impossible for her to run so low in every way they are coming out of turn number three, she is deviating a little as she is already in the light, it's one of those agreements where you can't do anything but call a race accident, two cars can't be in the same place at the same time, so just like that you're saying it's nobody's fault, It really isn't.

The way I see it, it's no one's fault, it's just one of those things we call a racing accident. Emerson Fittipaldi, having fallen so low only by the laws of physics, had to be taken very high. Lamberson Fittipaldi continues the celebration of him at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The winner. of the 73rd running of the Indianapolis 500 will return with more coverage after this news from our local stations, we are back at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Pat Patrick Emerson Fittipaldi and the team enjoy the victory with a ride in the race car safety below. although in ABC Sports' Round 1 of the Daytona International Race of Champions, that series that pits some of the best drivers in IROC racing in even-matched cars just after its coverage of the Indianapolis 500, now Let's go with Jerry's hit, Paul, we are. standing outside of Hana Medical Center with Allen, senior sir, and Al, have you been inside to check in a little bit on how he's okay, just these feelings of pain?

What did you say happened there? Did he tell you right? He really didn't say it? just what I saw in the movie that looks like Tim will run out of room, they touched and that's all it takes the rollercoaster of emotions for him and for you he was sitting in the RV with you with two laps to go you got on bike headed to pit road hoping to greet his son in victory lane, but it wasn't going to be four-time Indy 500 winner Allen, his senior steps away from the spotlight of the frame still waiting for her son Allen to go out to dinner, this was Shelley Unser when she realized what had happened to her husband in the Indianapolis 500, the victory was not going to be Emerson Fittipaldi is the winner, we will be back, well, It is not official at the moment, it will remain that way until 8:30 tomorrow morning when the official results are published. will be published, but it seems certain that there is no doubt that Emerson Fittipaldi won the Indianapolis 500 race.

We take a look at old Cell's unofficial results with his best result in IndyCar today. Mario Andretti and the fourth AJ enter and their last top- five finish with 10 years ago Brayton Jones Fogler Bernard Jourdain we look down 11 to 15 Jones book of a time Ralph Lauren diary Palm Rob Michael Andretti Dominic Dobson Jim Crawford idiot A are a lion Dyke look or Carter Rick now we are under John Andretti Bobby Rahal Tom stiva Danny Sullivan Randy Lewis follows Bobby his 30th Gordon Johncock Kevin Cogan House of Gary Benton and the unofficial end of the Indianapolis 500 we look forward to speaking with Al Unser jr.en just a moment, as Emerson Fittipaldi continues his celebration at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Alex is stepping out of the spotlight of the frame, first of all, how did you hit a ton there in turn 15, turns three and four, are you okay, yeah , we are?

Well, I think the cars are fine. We didn't hit that hard, but we hit hard enough to not keep going, so what really happened up there is laughable, but I have to go and you and Mo are fighting for the lead. What happened? Good. Basically what happened is we got into return traffic and left at 2:00 and that messed me up a little bit and I couldn'tout of the turn too and that allowed Mo to slingshot me and we got sideways. next door there and I was going under another car back on my right and Mo was on my left and they're halfway there.

I started to be able to gather ammo, so I went ahead and got in there, you know, in front of him and and then because he was, he was so tight in the corner that he just couldn't turn enough and I was as high as I could to give him room. and it's me and I'm turning well, we're on the treadmill of your car turning there, everything could be this, but it's been avoided, I don't think so. I think I wanted the race as much as I did and when you got to the race car drivers they wanted the Indy 500 as much as we did at the time.

We're both going to go to the corner and only one man is going to come out and this time it was the one who came out of the big disappointment being a lap and a half away from winning your first Indy 500, you know? I think they're races and the Indy 500 is our biggest race, but again it's another race, so they're all disappointments when things like this happen and you know, that's the way things are going, so it burns a lot of energy. driver, but also on the wife and Shelly's side, you were jumping up and down pit road waiting for Al to come last time and he didn't come, when did you find out about the accident?

I saw, I looked at Rick Galas and he crashed. finery I noticed for him and then I heard Tom Carnegie say he had crashed and Big Al, your dad just got out of the motor home, got on the bike and ran a qualifying lap through the garage area to get to his pits and try to be there when you took the checkered flag, but it wasn't to be. Not today for the answer. Let's go back upstairs with Paul Pate. Oh to the unser jr. He will still finish second in the Indianapolis 500, which by the way is his best finish here.

Next up will be the champion's international career. The race has been run safely. Emerson Fittipaldi is the new champion, but he is already in the garage. People in the area began to dream about the future of next year, with the 74th edition of the Indianapolis 500, a year away, on May 27, 1990.