Look Back Tuesday - The 1970s

Richard Petty, 1990 Daytona 500

Derrick Cope. 1990 Daytona 500

Lime Rock Trans Am, 1970. Parnelli Jones (#15) in his Bud Moore Mustang leads Mark Donohue (#6) in his Sunoco AMC Javelin.

Kent Trans Am, Kent, WA, 1970. Parnelli Jones in his Ford Mustang before the race.

1970 12 Hours of Sebring, Mario Andretti in lead and pulling away

1970, Mark Donohue in his Penske Javelin TransAm car

1970 IndyCars at what was then called Sears Point. Dan Gurney and Mario Andretti on the front row

1970 Daytona 500 – Pete Hamilton and the Petty Plymouth Superbird

Al Unser, winner of 1970 Indy 500

1970 Mario Andretti at Brands Hatch for the British GP

Jackie Stewart with his wife Helen and their two children Paul and Mark, with Jackie’s Tyrrell Ford car at the Earls Court Motor Show, 1971. Text and photo Popperfoto.

1970 Mario Andretti practicing in pouring rain in the Ferrari 312b F1 car we think at Brands Hatch

Zandvoort 1971 – Mario Andretti and Ferrari engineer Mario Forghieri

1971 Mario Andretti in the Ferrari at the 14-mile Nurburgring for the German GP

Mario Andretti on way to victory at Kyalami in 1971 in the South African GP – his first F1 win

Mario Andretti on his way to winning 1971 South African GP

1971 Indy 500 Peter Revson

1971 Peter Gethin French GP

1971 Indy 500 Graham Hill

Mario Andretti on the way to beating Jackie Stewart twice in the Questor GP F1/F5000 race at Ontario Motor Speedway

1972 Indy 500 pole sitter Bobby Unser

Driver David Pearson poses next to his famous #21 Wood Brothers Mercury at Riverside Raceway circa 1972

1972 Indy 500 Gary Bettenhausen in his Penske Offenhausen

Mario Andretti and Jacky Ickx practice for the six-hour endurance race at Daytona in 1972.

Mario Andretti’s #2 Ferrari leads the field on a rolling to the start at Daytona for the 6 hour, 1972

1972 6 Hours of Daytona winners Mario Andretti and Jackie Ickx. They ran 5 of the 6 hours with only 11 of the 12 cylinders working on the Ferrari engine

1972 6 Hours of Daytona action

1972 Daytona 500 winner AJ Foyt

1972 1000km of Watkins Glen, Mario Andretti swaps seats with co-driver Jackie Ickx

Mario Andretti pilots the #15 Vel’s Viceroy Spl. USAC Champ Dirt Car – DuQuoin State Fairgrounds – 1973. The #15 was usually driven by Al Unser Sr.

1973 Indy 500 pole winner Johnny Rutherford

Graham McRae raced in the 1973 Indy 500 and won Rookie of the Year honors

US Grand Prix, Watkins Glen, NY, 1974. Emerson Fittipaldi winning race in McLaren Ford.

1974 Canadian GP, Mario Andretti in the American Parnelli Ford. He finished 7th in its first outing. Mario qualified 3rd quick the following week for the USGP at Watkins Glen. Can you see an American team doing that today? We can’t either.

Mario Andretti 1974 at Trenton 200 IndyCar race. Photo by Mark C./AutoRacing1.com

1975 Laguna Seca F5000 front-row: Polesitter Mario Andretti and his teammate Al Unser Sr.

1975 French GP at Paul Ricard, Mario Andretti in the Vels Parnelli Ford

1975 F5000 race at Laguna Seca, Jackie Oliver in the Shadow leads Brian Redman. Redman would eventually pass him to take 3rd.

1975 James Hunt in the Hesketh Ford F1 car

Buddy Baker leading Cale Yarborough and Richard Petty at Atlanta ’75 Photo Credit- Daytona Racing Archives

Mario Andretti at the1975 Pocono 500 IndyCar race

1975 German GP at Nurburgring, Mario Andretti gets air in his Vels Parnelli Ford

1976 Japanese GP, race winner Mario Andretti leading in his Lotus 76

1976 Japanese GP Winner Mario Andretti Lotus 76. He lapped the field in the rain at Mt Fuji.

1976 Daytona 500 winner David Pearson in his Wood Brothers Ford. He crashed before the finish line with Richard Petty

1976 Indy 500 – Bobby Unser in the Cobre Tire Eagle / Offy owned by Robert Fletcher

1976 Japanese Grand Prix. MtFuji, Japan. 22-24 October 1976. James Hunt (McLaren M23 Ford) and Mario Andretti (Lotus 77 Ford) lead away from the front row at the start. LAT Photographic

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. 30th May 1976.Johnny Rutherford (McLaren Offy TC), Indy 500 winner, action. LAT Photographic.

1976 Porsche 936

1976 Daytona 500 – David Pearson leads Richard Petty. They would crash on the last lap in the Tri-Oval

1976 a burned Niki Lauda and Mario Andretti

1976 Southern 500 winner David Pearson

1977 Italian GP at Monza winner Mario Andretti in his Lotus 78

April 3, 1977 Mario Andretti’s historic performance in the “race that saved the race” saw him win the Grand Prix of Long Beach F1 race for the first of four times in his career. His popular win catapulted the race to national and international recognition.

1977 Long Beach GP won by Mario Andretti. He won 4 races with the Lotus 78, more than any driver that year, but his Cosworth Engine blew up in half the races

Start of 1977 South African GP

1977 Dutch Grand Prix.Zandvoort, Holland.26-28 August 1977.Niki Lauda (Ferrari 312T2) 1st position battles with Mario Andretti (Lotus 78 Ford). LAT Photographic

1977 Daytona 500 winner Cale Yarborough. Photo by Getty Images for NASCAR

1977 24 Hours of Daytona Whittington Brothers Porsche 935

Start of the 1977 Austrian GP at the Osterreichring

1977 French GP at Dijon, eventually winner Mario Andretti hounds race leader John Watson.

1977 Canadian GP at Mosport, Mario Andretti leads from James Hunt

1977 French GP – race winner Mario Andretti in his Lotus 78

United States Grand Prix West, Long Beach, California, 1977. Lotus Ford team members Gunnar Nilsson (left) and Mario Andretti (right, the eventual race winner).

1977 United States Grand Prix West. Long Beach, California, USA. 1-3 April 1977.
Race winner Mario Andretti (Lotus 78 Ford) leads Niki Lauda (Ferrari 312T2). LAT Photographic

1979 Dutch GP podium – the 4th 1-2 for Lotus teammate Mario Andretti and Ronnie Peterson. 3rd place Niki Lauda looks on

1978 – Colin Chapman and Mario Andretti

1978 the Brabham Fan car that was eventually outlawed

1978 USGP at Watkins Glen – pole winner Mario Andretti in his Lotus 79

1978 French GP podium – L to R: Ronnie Peterson (2nd) , Mario Andretti (1st) and a despondent James Hunt (3rd)

1978 Brabham Team Owner Bernie Ecclestone and his #1 driver Niki Lauda

1978 Argentina GP – race winner Mario Andretti driving his year-old Lotus 78

Anderstorp, Sweden. 15-17 June 1978. Mario Andretti (Lotus 79 Ford) leads Niki Lauda (Brabham BT46B Alfa Romeo), Riccardo Patrese (Arrows FA1 Ford ) and John Watson (Brabham BT46B Alfa Romeo) at the start. Lauda and Patrese finished in 1st and 2nd positions respectively, while Andretti failed to finish. LAT Photographic

1978 Italian GP at Monza, Mario Andretti passes Gilles Villeneuve’s Ferrari for the lead with several laps to go

Spanish Grand Prix at Jarama, Spain, 1978. Mario Andretti winning the race in his Lotus 79 Ford.

1978 Belgium Grand Prix, at Zolder. Race winner Mario Andretti in his Lotus 79 Ford.

Colin Chapman in 1978

1978 F1 World Champion Mario Andretti in his Lotus Ford in 1979

1979 Mario Andretti In the diabolical Lotus 80

1979 Mario Andretti trying out the diabolical Lotus 80 with no wings

Mario Andretti claimed 3rd place in the 1979 Spanish GP in the horrible Lotus 80, its best finish

1979 – Mario Andretti and Colin Chapman at Silverstone for the British GP

1979 Carlos Reutemann

1979 Argentine GP – on a very hot day, Mario Andretti, Niki Lauda and Jody Scheckter

1979 – Mario Andretti drops the diabolical Lotus 80 for his year-old Lotus 79

1979 Daytona 500 – Richard Petty. Getty Images for NASCAR

1979 Daytona 500 – Cale Yarborough fights with the Allison Brothers in the 3rd turn after they crashed battling for the lead on the final lap. That’s Bobby Allison trying to kiss Cale’s foot. Richard Petty drove by to win.