2007 Release
1975 Indy 500®
Driver: Tom Sneva #68
Order Item #4810

McLaren began the Wing Era at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway® in 1971, with a then-revolutionary design of front and rear wings and side radiators that is still the accepted form of open wheel racing cars thirty years later. McLaren M16's won the Indy 500® in 1972, 1974, and 1976. Team McLaren - now McLaren International - is one of only four racing car constructors to ever win both the Indy 500® and the F1 Championship, and the only one to ever win both more than once.

2007 Release
1972 Ontario Winner
Driver: Roger McCluskey #14
Order Item #4824

Previously Released McLaren Models by Carousel 1
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1972 Indy 500®
Driver: Gary Bettenhausen Car #7
"Sunoco McLaren M16B"
Order Item #4823

1976 Indianapolis 500®Winner
Driver: Johnny Rutherford/Hy-Gain Car #2
"McLaren M16 E"
Order Item #4809

1972 Indianapolis 500®
Driver: Gordon Johncock Car #24
"McLaren M16 B"
Order Item #4822

1972 Indy 500® Winner
Driver: Mark Donohue Car #66
"Sunoco McLaren"
Item #4821

1977 Milwaukee 200 (USAC)
Driver: Rick Mears Car #38
"Theodore Racing McLaren"
Order Item #4808

1976 Indy 500®
Driver: Tom Sneva Car #68
"Norton Spirit McLaren"
Order Item #4807

1976 Indy 500®
Driver: Mario Andretti Car #6
"CAM 2 McLaren"
Item #4806

1973 Indy 500®
Driver: Johnny Rutherford Car #2
"Gatorade McLaren"
Item #4803

1973 Indy 500®
Driver: David Hobbs Car #73
"Carling Black Label"
Item #4802

1974 Indy 500®
Driver: Johnny Rutherford Car #3
"McLaren"
Item #4801

McLaren History The 1971 McLaren M16 set new standards for Indy cars. Designer Gordon Coppuck penned a car for Team McLaren chief Teddy Mayer with a wedged-shaped body, side radiators, and front and rear wings. Although body shapes have since been aerodynamically refined, side radiators and wings, front and rear, remains the pattern 30 years later. Peter Revson put his Team McLaren M16 on the 1971 Indy pole, edging Mark Donohue in Roger Penske's M16. Donohue dominated the race before a transmission failure sidelined him, and Revson finished 2nd. When later M16 variants appeared, the 1971 M16's were referred to as M16A's. In 1972, Donohue won the Indianapolis 500® for Penske in a McLaren M16B. Johnny Rutherford in a Team McLaren M16C sat on the Indy pole in 1973 but finished 9th in the race. Roger McCluskey was 3rd at Indy in Lindsey Hopkins' M16A, and he went on to win the 1973 National Championship. In 1974, revised rules required narrower rear wings and lower turbo boost to limit speeds, plus smaller fuel tanks to increase safety. Rutherford won the Indy 500® in a Team McLaren M16C/D in 1974, finished 2nd in an M16E in 1975, and won again, from the pole, in an M16E in 1976. After that, the M16 series was no longer competitive, and McLaren progressed to a newer design. An M16 chassis made its last start at the Brickyard® in 1979.

Chasis - McLaren aluminum monocoque with side radiators, front and rear wings, front & rear independen adjustable suspensions w/ inboard front, outboard rear coil springs.

Engine - Drake "Offy" 4-cylinder, DOHC 4-valve heads, turbocharged, 158 CID / 2.6L

HORSEPOWER 825 HP @8500 RPM
FUEL INJECTION Hilborn Mechanical
GEARBOX 3-speed Hewland LG500
WHEELBASE 101 inches / 2.57 m (variable) 
WEIGHT 1370 lbs. / 621 kg
TOP SPEED 215 mph