It’s… A… New Track Record!
An Incredible “Decade” of Speed at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1962–1972
- This item will be available in February 2026
• Year-by-year coverage includes the technical developments behind rising speeds in a period that saw Formula One-inspired rear-engine chassis depose Indy’s traditional front-engine roadsters.
• Following his 150-mph qualifying landmark in 1962, when Rodger Ward won the race, Parnelli Jones claimed victory in 1963 after holding off an unexpected challenge from rookie Jim Clark.
• The 1964 Indy 500 saw A.J. Foyt—writer of this book’s foreword—achieve the last win for a front-engine roadster.
• Scotland’s Jim Clark, the pole-sitter in 1964, famously achieved the first rear-engine win in 1965 driving for Lotus, while A.J. Foyt’s 161.233 mph in qualifying made him the first pole-winner to exceed 160 mph.
• Englishman Graham Hill won in 1966, followed by a third victory for A.J. Foyt in a career total of four.
• The 170-mph mark was breached in 1968 when Joe Leonard’s turbine-equipped Lotus lapped at 171.559 mph in qualifying, but the win went to the Eagle of Bobby Unser, marking the first victory for the Unser dynasty.
• Qualifying speeds dropped back a little in the next two races, which brought wins for Mario Andretti (1969) and Al Unser (1970), who then won again in 1971.
• While Mark Donohue won the 1972 Indy 500 in a McLaren, qualifying brought the biggest-ever leap in speeds with Bobby Unser’s 195.940 mph in his Eagle exceeding the previous record by an incredible 17 mph, resulting in the 180-mph and 190-mph barriers both being broken in the same year.
Format: 272 x 223mm
Hardback
Page extent: 336 pages
Illustration: 250 photographs, including colour
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