Galleries > John Isom photos from Hanford Champ Car races, 1967-68 (30)
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Mario Andretti, Al Unser and Art Pollard in the infield at the March 17, 1968, Champ Car race at Hanford Motor Speedway. Note Unser’s heeled dress shoes. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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Mario Andretti in the Dean Van Lines Special at the ‘California 200’ National Championship Indianapolis Car Race at Hanford Speedway on October 22, 1967. Note the small sponsorship mention for the 9th Infantry Division. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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Mario Andretti itching to hit the track in the Dean Van Lines Special at the 1968 Champ Car Race at Hanford Speedway, March 17, 1968. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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Drivers’ meeting at the Hanford Speedway Champ Car Race on March 17, 1968. From left: Billy Vukovich, Jr., Chuck Hulse, Mario Andretti, Art Pollard, Bobby Unser and unidentified driver. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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Mario Andretti sporting stylish sunglasses in the Dean Van Lines Special at the March 17, 1968 Champ Car Race at Hanford Speedway. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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A mirror gets adjusted on Mario Andretti’s Dean Van Lines Special at the Hanford Speedway Champ Car Race on March 17, 1968. Note the “Hold Test” scribbling on the left front tire. Hanford hosted several Firestone test sessions for the Champ Cars. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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Andretti helps adjust mirror placement in the Dean Van Lines Special at the Hanford Speedway Champ Car Race on March 17, 1968. Note the KICU-TV 43 car — and roof-mounted tripod camera — in the background. KICU was a Fresno-based independent UHF channel from 1961 to 1968. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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Bill Vukovich Jr. smiles wide in the Agajanian Rev 500 Special, while chatting with Parnelli Jones, prior to the October 22, 1967 Champ Car Race at Hanford Speedway.The interesting details on the chassis are the duct tape covering the mirrors, the pitted paint and the 1st Air Cavalry Division sticker. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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Promoter J.C. Agajanian and Mario Andretti at Hanford Motor Speedway, Oct. 22, 1967. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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A.J. Foyt Jr., chats before the October 1967 race with an unidentified man at Hanford Motor Speedway. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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A.J. Foyt Jr. looks on as his crew works to change the engine on the Sheraton Thompson Special during qualifying for the March 17, 1968 race. Photographer John Isom said Foyt “blew his engine on the second lap of his allotted three-lap qualification” run. “Unbelievably, he managed to install a new engine in time to qualify for the race!” (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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A.J. Foyt Jr. looks on as his crew works to change the engine on the Sheraton Thompson Special during qualifying for the March 17, 1968 race. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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Promoter J.C. Agajanian gets in A.J. Foyt’s office at the March 1968 race at Hanford. Note the rainy infield. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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A.J. Foyt’s Sheraton Thompson Special at the March 1968 race. This was one of Foyt's first Coyote chassis. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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A.J. Foyt Jr. preps before the March 1968 race at Hanford Motor Speedway. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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Bobby Unser strapped into the No. 6 Rislone Special at the Oct. 22, 1967, race at Hanford Motor Speedway. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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Joe Leonard in the wedge-shaped Parnelli Jones-STP-Firestone Special at the Nov. 3,1968 race. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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Joe Leonard prepares in his Lotus turbine Parnelli Jones-STP-Firestone Special at the November 1968 Hanford race. This is one of the few shots I’ve seen that shows the main grandstand during this period of the track’s history. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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Joe Leonard had success as a motorcycle racer before transitioning to Indy Cars. (He won the A.M.A. Grand National Motorcycle Championship in 1954,1956 and 1957!) This photo of Leonard was taken at Hanford Motor Speedway on Nov. 3, 1968. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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The No. 40 STP car is trailered in a plexiglass cover. This is the revolutionary turbine that ran at Indy in 1967, driven by Parnelli Jones, that shocked the racing world to its core when it led the race for 171 laps and broke down on the 197th lap when a $6 gearbox part failed. It now resides in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. The photograph of this famous Granatelli race car was taken at Hanford Motor Speedway on Oct. 22, 1967. Granatelli, obviously intensely proud of his accomplishment in building this amazing car, trailered it in a special transparent cover to Hanford for display. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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Joe Leonard is ready to roll in time trials in the wedge-shaped #60 Lotus turbine for the November 1968 race at Hanford Motor Speedway. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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The clean front end of the wedge-shaped Lotus turbine driven by Joe Leonard at the November 1968 race at Hanford. Note the duct tape on the leading edge of the nose and front wings. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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Art Pollard in the #20 Lotus turbine STP Oil Treatment Special at the November 1968 race. In the background is the Travelon Trailer Special out of Modesto driven by Chuck Hulse. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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Art Pollard in the Offy-powered Thermo-King Auto Air Conditioning car at the March 1968 race. This was a Gerhardt chassis built in Fresno. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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Art Pollard on track in the Offy-powered Thermo-King Auto Air Conditioning car at the March 1968 race at Hanford Motor Speedway. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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Art Pollard in the Offy-powered Thermo-King Auto Air Conditioning car at the October 1967 race at Hanford Moto Speedway. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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Al Unser, in the Retzloff Chemical Special, dips low on the track, straddling the limit line near the grass infield, at the March 1968 race at Hanford Motor Speedway. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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Bobby Unser in the #3 Rislone Special in the March 1968 race at Hanford Motor Speedway. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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Gordon Johncock and Bobby Unser at the March 1968 race at Hanford Motor Speedway. Check out the huge ring on Unser’s right hand. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
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Al Unser in the No. 5 Retzloff Chemical Special prepped by famed mechanic George Bignotti at the March 1968 race at Hanford Motor Speedway. Note the muddy pit area. (Photo courtesy of John Isom)
