Gulf Mcclaren Racing Team at the 1973 Indianapolis 500 Race 19914 (1973)

Synopsis

Created by Gulf Oil, "One Heartbeat Away" looks at the Gulf McClaren team in the 1973 Indianapolis 500 Race. The film starts with a look at the car driven by Peter Jeffrey Revson (February 27, 1939 – March 22, 1974). He was an American race car driver and heir to the Revlon cosmetics fortune. He was a two time Formula One race winner and had success at the Indianapolis 500, who was tragically killed in an accident at the South African Grand Prix. Johnny Rutherford his teammate watches Revson on the track and then qualifies himself (3:08). The film also shows Gasoline Alley / maintenance of cars (5:30), practice laps / carburetor tests (7:16) and the race itself starting at (10:37). At 10:45 a major accident takes place involving 11 cars. Al Unser takes the lead. At 12:28 Revson's shattered car is shown, after he hit the wall on the third lap. At 14.36, a terrible accident occurs with David "Swede" Savage's car; Savage is killed. Also dead in the same lap was crew member Armando Teran. At 14:50 Al Unser's car is shown on fire, but the fire is quickly extinguished. At 15:30 Rutherford is shown in the top ten while Unser leaves the race due to a blown engine. After 133 laps (332​1⁄2 miles), rain halted the race, and Gordon Johncock was declared the winner. It was the first of two Indy triumphs for Johncock (1973, 1982). The 57th 500 Mile International Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, on Wednesday, May 30, 1973. The race was held over…

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16 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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