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1975 Indy 500 Winner #48
Bobby Unser "Jorgensen Eagle"
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 For
the 1975 Indianapolis 500®, Bobby Unser stayed with
Dan Gurney's All American Racers, chief mechanic Wayne Leary,
and an Eagle chassis
built in 1974. Bobby
Unser qualified on the outside of the  front
row with a speed of 191.073 mph. At the start of the race, Gordon
Johncock took the point from A.J. Foyt and Bobby Unser, before
Foyt passed him on the ninth lap. Johncock went out on Lap 11 with
a broken gear. Rutherford and Wally Dallenbach joined Foyt and
Bobby Unser in the lead pack, which began pulling away from the
rest of the field. Bobby Unser was racing patiently, conserving
fuel and keeping close to the leaders.
Bobby Unser took the lead for the first time on Lap 124, but
he soon relinquished it to pit. Dallenbach led most of the way
from the 59th to the 161st lap, but he
retired on Lap 162 with a blown piston. Then Rutherford led, until
he pitted on Lap 165, and Bobby Unser ran in first for only the
second time in the race. Dark thunderclouds suddenly appeared out
of the southwest, and a sprinkle began on Lap 173, turning into a
downpour a lap later. Several cars wrecked on the wet track, but
Bobby Unser kept his Eagle straight, and the red and checkered
flags were displayed after he had completed Lap 174.
Bobby Unser
won the 1975 Indianapolis 500® with an average speed of 149.213
mph, ahead of Rutherford and Foyt, the only two other drivers on
the lead lap, with the rest of the field at least five laps
behind.
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