Saturday, December 1, 2007

Indy 500 Champs in the Field!

When Sam Hornish, Juan Montoya and Jacques Villeneuve qualified for the Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix, we had 3, count them, 3 Indianapolis 500 winners in the field.

But did you know this wasn't the first time a NASCAR field had such a distinguished collection of guests in the starting field.

October 1976:
The National 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway [now Lowe's Motor Speedway].
Johnny Rutherford, A.J. Foyt & Gordon Johncock.

January 1964:
The Motor Trend 500 at Riverside [road course].
There were four Indy 500 winners in the field:
Troy Ruttman, A.J. Foyt, Parnelli Jones & Rodger Ward.

I just thought you'd be interested in knowing this tidbit!

(Researched at racing-reference.info)

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