1976 Indianapolis 500 - Round 3

Name: 1976 Indianapolis 500
Start: 30/05/1976
Location: Indianapolis

Sunday, May 30, 1976
Indianapolis 500
USAC Citicorp Cup National Championship

Race Winner

Johnny Rutherford , Team McLaren

Country

United States

Circuit

Indianapolis

Round

Laps

102

Pole

Johnny Rutherford , Team McLaren

Fastest Lap

Foyt, 48.38s

1976 Season

Past Results

1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956, 1955, 1954, 1953, 1952, 1951, 1950, 1949, 1948, 1947, 1946, 1941, 1940, 1939, 1938, 1937, 1936, 1935, 1934, 1933, 1932, 1931, 1930, 1929, 1928, 1927, 1926, 1925, 1924, 1923, 1922, 1921, 1920, 1919, 1916, 1915, 1914, 1913, 1912, 1911

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Race Results

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Position	Driver	No.	Team	Vehicle	Time	Points
1	Johnny Rutherford	2	Team McLaren	McLaren M16E-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	1h 42m 52.48s	1000
2 3	AJ Foyt jr	14	Gilmore Racing Team	Coyote-Ford (Goodyear)	1h 43m 7.84s	800
3 1	Gordon Johncock	20	Patrick Racing	Wildcat Mk2-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	1h 44m 37.43s	700
4 3	Wally Dallenbach	40	Patrick Racing	Wildcat Mk2-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	101 laps	600
5 1	Pancho Carter	48	All-American Racers	Eagle 74-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	101 laps	500
6 3	Tom Sneva	68	Penske Racing	McLaren M16C/D-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	101 laps	400
7 3	Al Unser	21	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing	Parnelli VPJ6B-Cosworth (Goodyear)	101 laps	300
8 11	Mario Andretti	6	Penske Racing	McLaren M16C/D-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	101 laps	250
9 13	Salt Walther	77	Dayton-Walther	McLaren M16C/D-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	100 laps	200
10 2	Bobby Unser	3	Fletcher Racing Team	Eagle 74-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	100 laps	150
11 19	Lloyd Ruby	51	Michael Devin	Eagle 74-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	100 laps	100
12 2	Johnny Parsons jr	93	Vatis Enterprises	Eagle 73-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	98 laps	50
13 14	George Snider	23	Leader Card Racers	Eagle 74-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	98 laps	0
14 18	Tom Bigelow	24	Leader Card Racers	Eagle 73-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	98 laps	0
15 4	Mike Mosley	12	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team	Eagle 74-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	98 laps	0
16 17	Jan Opperman	8	Routh Meat Packaging	Eagle 74-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	97 laps	0
17 7	Larry Cannon	69	Hoffman Racing	Eagle 73-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	97 laps	0
18 1	Vern Schuppan	9	All-American Racers	Eagle 74-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	97 laps	0
19 10	Sheldon Kinser	97	JC Agajanian	King-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	97 laps	0
20 8	Bob Harkey	96	JC Agajanian	King-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	97 laps	0
21 6	John Martin	98	JC Agajanian	King-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	96 laps	0
22 4	Bill Puterbaugh	83	Lee Elkins	Eagle 74-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	96 laps	0
23 2	Bill Scott	28	Hodgson Racing	Eagle 73-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	96 laps	0
24 1	Steve Krisiloff	92	Vatis Enterprises	Eagle 74-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	95 laps	0
25 1	Al Loquasto	86	Loquasto Racing	McLaren M16B-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	95 laps	0
26	Larry McCoy jr	63	James C Bidwell	Rascar-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	91 laps	0
27 7	Jerry Grant	73	Fred W Carillo	Eagle 74-AMC (Goodyear)	91 laps	0
28 20	Gary Bettenhausen	45	Don Gerhardt	Eagle 73-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	52 laps Turbocharger	0
29 2	David Hobbs	33	Dayton-Walther	McLaren M16C-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	10 laps Water leak	0
30 17	Roger McCluskey	7	Lindsey Hopkins Racing	Lightning-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	8 laps Accident	0
31 22	Billy Vukovich	5	Alex Foods Racing	Eagle 75-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	2 laps Con rod	0
32 16	Dick Simon	17	Vollstedt Enterprises	Vollstedt-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	1 laps Con rod	0
33 8	Spike Gehlhausen	19	Carl Gehlhausen	McLaren M16-Offenhauser (Goodyear)	Oil pressure	0

Qualifying

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Grid	Driver	Team	Time
1	Johnny Rutherford	Team McLaren	3m 10.52s
2	Gordon Johncock	Patrick Racing	3m 10.95s
3	Tom Sneva	Penske Racing	3m 13.18s
4	Al Unser	Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing	3m 13.28s
5	AJ Foyt jr	Gilmore Racing Team	3m 14.32s
6	Pancho Carter	All-American Racers	3m 14.78s
7	Wally Dallenbach	Patrick Racing	3m 15.18s
8	Gary Bettenhausen	Don Gerhardt	3m 18.03s
9	Billy Vukovich	Alex Foods Racing	3m 18.42s
10	Larry Cannon	Hoffman Racing	3m 18.47s
11	Mike Mosley	Sugaripe Prune Racing Team	3m 11.91s
12	Bobby Unser	Fletcher Racing Team	3m 11.98s
13	Roger McCluskey	Lindsey Hopkins Racing	3m 13.03s
14	Johnny Parsons jr	Vatis Enterprises	3m 16.89s
15	John Martin	JC Agajanian	3m 17.35s
16	Dick Simon	Vollstedt Enterprises	3m 17.43s
17	Vern Schuppan	All-American Racers	3m 17.79s
18	Bill Puterbaugh	Lee Elkins	3m 17.8s
19	Mario Andretti	Penske Racing	3m 10.07s
20	Jerry Grant	Fred W Carillo	3m 16.06s
21	Bill Scott	Hodgson Racing	3m 16.31s
22	Salt Walther	Dayton-Walther	3m 16.94s
23	Steve Krisiloff	Vatis Enterprises	3m 17.66s
24	Al Loquasto	Loquasto Racing	3m 17.8s
25	Spike Gehlhausen	Carl Gehlhausen	3m 18.11s
26	Larry McCoy jr	James C Bidwell	3m 18.47s
27	George Snider	Leader Card Racers	3m 18.74s
28	Bob Harkey	JC Agajanian	3m 18.74s
29	Sheldon Kinser	JC Agajanian	3m 18.77s
30	Lloyd Ruby	Michael Devin	3m 13.05s
31	David Hobbs	Dayton-Walther	3m 16.1s
32	Tom Bigelow	Leader Card Racers	3m 17.84s
33	Jan Opperman	Routh Meat Packaging	3m 18.11s