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1971
AT INDIANAPOLIS
"Run Fast, Run All Day"
Another action-packed vintage racefilm on the Indianapolis 500 has been digitally restored by Rare Sportsfilms and is now available on high-quality COLOR video! "Run Fast, Run All Day" is the behind-the-scenes story of the 1971 race and covers practice, qualifications and the race itself. For the first time, the filmmaker makes liberal use of soundbites throughout the film, and you'll hear the actual voices of drivers, mechanics, racing personalities and even comments from the wives of drivers Mark Donohue, Bruce Walkup, Johnny Rutherford and Gary Bettenhausen! Drivers Roger McCluskey, Cale Yarborough, Art Pollard and Rutherford all give their opinions on various topics, and you'll hear Andy Granatelli giving advice to young 24-year-old Steve Krisiloff on how not to make an impression at Indy! Also included is a commercial by A.J. Foyt for Valvoline, the official sponsor of this original racing film.
Even though Al Unser is defending champion, most railbirds give little thought to his winning again in 1971. Roger Penske's new #66 Sunoco Special utilizes new wings and is aerodynamically adapted for the Speedway, and during practice, his driver Mark Donohue astounds racing veterans by topping the 180 MPH mark! Most fans concede the pole to Donohue, however a dashing Peter Revson surprises everyone by knocking Donohue off the pole with a new official record of 178.696 MPH! This is also the year of the infamous pace car crash, and this video shows the red Dodge Challenger sliding out of control and into the photographer's stand! Many are injured, but there are no fatalities.
Throughout the tape, you'll see closeups of many drivers: Foyt, Donohue, Rutherford, Revson, Bettenhausen, Al and Bobby Unser, Bill Vukovich Jr, Bruce Walkup, Ronnie Bucknum and Joe Leonard. Also shown are many cars, especially those of Donohue, the Unsers, Foyt, Revson, Rutherford, Vukovich, Bettenhausen, McCluskey, Lloyd Ruby, Dick Simon, Mike Mosley, Denis Hulme and Jim Malloy. Shown qualifying are A. J. Foyt, Donohue, and Peter Revson. Mike Mosley crashes his white #80 G. C. Murphy Special during qualifying (he starts the race in #4).
While the pace car accident holds center stage for a moment, Mark Donohue takes the lead and keeps it until his first pit stop. The three major accidents are all shown in detail. On lap 12, Steve Krisiloff's blown engine oils the track in turn 3, and Mel Kenyon spins into the wall. Just as he is getting out, Gordon Johncock also loses control and smashes into Kenyon's car, then ricochets into the path of Mario Andretti, who can't escape the pileup! You'll hear Mario explain the accident as slo-motion cameras replay the crash!
After Donohue shatters his gearbox on lap 66, Al Unser and teammate Joe Leonard trade the lead. At lap 107, Dennis Hobbs blows his engine on the main straightaway. Rick Muther, trying to avoid Hobbs, almost flips and both cars hit the outside wall. Great camera work and stop motion catch Muther's car in mid-air! During the race, drivers shown making pit stops are: Donohue, Foyt, Revson, Rutherford, Al & Bobby Unser and Lloyd Ruby.
The third major accident of the day occurs on the 167th lap, as Mike Mosley hits the outside wall in turn four, and careens down the straightaway, toward the inside wall at the north end of the pits. Mosley crashes into the parked cars of Donohue, Krisiloff and Bentley Warren. Trying to avoid the accident, Bobby Unser also hits the wall and catches fire as he crashes into Mosley! Gary Bettenhausen, upon seeing the accident and the burning cars, brakes to a stop and runs to the wreck in an effort to help free Mosley! Less than 30 laps from the finish, Lloyd Ruby's bad luck strikes again, and he exits with another broken engine. From this point on, Al Unser breezes to his second win in a row at Indianapolis!
To get your own copy of this newly
restored 27-minute film, now available on DVD for the first time
ever, send only $29.95 plus $4.00 for shipping. (Illinois residents
must add $2.00 tax).
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