Look Back Monday – the 1960s

We look back at some historic racing photos from the 1960s.

1966 Hoosier 100 winner Mario Andretti gets congratulations from the man he beat, AJ Foyt
1966 Hoosier 100 Foyt, Andretti and Branson
St. Jovite Trans Am, 1969. George Follmer (#16) and Parnelli Jones (#15) in their Bud Moore Mustangs lead Mark Donohue’s Penske Sunoco Camaro.
Mario Andretti 1968 IndyCar race in St. Jovite, Canada
1969, Ferrari Team Owner Enzo Ferrari with drivers Chris Amon, Mario Andretti and Graham Hill during practice for the 1000 kilometers endurance race at Monza. Ferrari died in 1988 at the age of 90 in Modena, Italy
Bristol 250, Bristol, TN, 1968. David Pearson (#17) in his Ford leads Richard Petty (#43) in his Plymouth.
Mario Andretti driving a Sprint Car at Terre Haute, Indiana in 1966
Dan Gurney wheeling the #121 Wood Brothers Ford to one of his many NASCAR Cup race wins at Riverside, CA
Jim Clark at Indy in 1964
Daytona 500, Daytona, FL, 1968. Cale Yarborough (#21) and LeeRoy Yarbrough (#26) battle for the lead.
Mario Andretti in his USAC Champ Car at Duquoin, Illinois in 1968
Mario Andretti at Indy in 1967 in his Brawner Hawk
1968 USA GP at Watkins Glen – Mario Andretti talks to Lotus team owner Colin Chapman after putting his Lotus on pole in his very first F1 race
1967 Indy 500 – Graham Hill with Parnelli Jones and Jim Clark
1961 Indy 500 winner AJ Foyt
Foyt, 26, poses in his winning car the day after a tough battle with Eddie Sachs. Foyt claimed his first of four Indy 500 victories on May 30, 1961. (INDYCAR Photo)
AJ Foyt – 1965 or 1966 Indy 500
1965 Indy 500 Rookie of The Year Mario Andretti – started 4th finished 3rd
1967 Daytona 500 winner, Mario Andretti
1968 Bruce McLaren in his McLaren F1 car
AJ Foyt races his USAC Champ Car on the 1-mile Trenton, NJ oval in 1963
24 Hours of LeMans, France, 1967. Carroll Shelby with the race winning Ford Mark IV driven by AJ Foyt and Dan Gurney.
Parnelli Jones 1967 Indy 500
1969 Indy 500 practice – Mario Andretti. The Lotus was later withdrawn (defective wheel Hub design) and he drove the Brawner Hawk Ford to victory
1969 Indianapolis 500 Front Row: (From top) Bobby Unser (1), Mario Andretti (2), and A.J. Foyt (6) in action, leading field during start of race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Andretti won race. CREDIT: Neil Leifer (Photo by Neil Leifer /Sports Illustrated/Getty Images)
1969 Mario Andretti and Colin Chapman during Indy 500 practice
1967 Indy 500 – Parnelli Jones and his STP Granatelli crew and Turbine powered car
1968 – Mario Andretti racing to pole for USA GP at Watkins Glen
1968 Italian GP at Monza, Mario Andretti and Bobby Unser
1968 winning Indy 500 team – Bobby Unser driver and Bob Wilke Team Owner
1968 Indy 500 – Dan Gurney
1968 Sacramento, CA 100 – AJ Foyt and Mario Andretti battle
1968 start of USAC IndyCar race on the then 1-mile Trenton, NJ oval – Al Unser and Mario Andretti on front row.
Mario Andretti gets air at the 1969 German GP at the on the 14-mile Nurburgring
Mario Andretti winning Pikes Peak in 1969
Mario Andretti leads the 1969 Indy 500
Mario Andretti driving the 4-wheel drive Lotus 63 F1 car in 1969
1969 Bruce McLaren and daughter Amanda
1967 Indy 500 pole winner Mario Andretti
Mario Andretti at Indy in 1967. That’s Clint Brawner and a young Jim McGee examining the right rear wheel
1967 Dan Gurney in a 4-wheel drift in his Eagle F1 car
1967 Indy 500 – Parnelli Jones pits his STP Turbine car from the lead
Race winner #11 Mario Andretti runs the high groove in the 1967 Dayton 500
1967 Daytona 500 winner Mario Andretti
Sebring 12 Hour, Sebring, FL, 1967. Bruce McLaren (left) and Mario Andretti (right) pose with the race winning Ford Mark IV.
1967 Daytona 500 Mario Andretti leads David Pearson and Richard Petty
1966 Daytona 500 – Richard Petty
1966 Indy 500 – Jackie Stewart waves to the crowd after falling out
Mario Andretti, 1965 USAC National Champion shown here in early 1966
1966 Phoenix 200 IndyCar winner #1 Mario Andretti
1966 German GP – Dan Gurney gets air in his Eagle Ford
1965 Indy 500 winner Jim Clark and his Colin Chapman Lotus Team
1965 USAC IndyCar race at Langhorne – Andretti battles Marshman
1964 Indy 500 winner AJ Foyt
1964 Goodwood International Meeting.Goodwood, West Sussex, England. 30th March 1964.Jim Clark and Colin Chapman hold the ‘News of the World’ winners trophies, portrait. LAT Photographic.

 

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