Two days before the release of the Sgt. Peppers album.

Unbelievable the way Jones and the 4-wheel-drive turbine ran away from the field early on, yet the foolish director kept focusing on the stragglers. One great factoid was that Jones broke the Indy lap speed record by 5 mph on his 4th lap, with nearly a full load of fuel (kerosene).

Thanks for posting this. Good race. Oh so of the era where tires screech on grass, just like early James Bond movies with tires on gravel and sand.

Great video! Thank you!! Me and the boys are heading to Indy in a few days for the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500.

A.J. Foyt, Only driver to win the Indianapolis 500 (four times), the Daytona 500, the 24 Hours of Daytona, the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 12 Hours of Sebring

Man, what memories. I was just a young boy but I clearly remember this particular race and the Parnelli Jones turbine! And we were going to the MOON!

It looks like it was all shot on film, and the tire noises was added after the fact, along with the "prescient" commentary. Thus, Dan Gurney's "foresight". In the 1970's, when ABC ran the 500 on delay the night of the race, it is known that most of the commentary was recorded after the fact. (film has a different look than videotape, especially with 1960's tech.)

Andy Granatelli didn't die that long ago, he passed at the end of 2013 at the age of 90. His only win came in 1969 with Mario at the wheel. It was not in one of Andy's cars, Mario wrecked it in practice. His mechanic Clint Brawner had a car there and that's the one that Mario drove. Andy used to be known as Mr. 500, and if anyone deserved a win he did. He was as innovative as any car owner, and suffered so much bad luck it's a wonder he kept at it.

Wow! All these legends! Thanks for posting! :-)

1967. My favourite Indianapolis 500 of all time apart from many others.

When Jones passed the entire field on the 1st lap, He said that Mario flipped him the Bird going down the back stretch

I think this was the first year this was ran live in Australia . My folks got me up at 2am so I could watch it. I did go to school the next day.

In the pre-race interviews, A.J. Foyt claimed Parnelli Jones' turbine car would have gearbox trouble. The turbine car dropped out with only there laps to go from........gearbox trouble!

This sound dubbing is silly, how can you have tyres screathing on grass, come on,at 30.00

At least Graham Hill didn't have an issue with the turbine. Gurney certainly called it, "..in theory I don't they will have any engine trouble, but they could have some gearbox problems."

Full race in 48 minutes? WOW!

My 1st race, 9 years old baby. 66 now

This is an edited version of a "Wide World Of Sports" program that aired about a week after the race took place. I would think that there were some highlights of time trials and a little bit of the actual race that were edited-out Given that portable color video cameras were just being invented, I suspect that footage shot in the pits for this telecast was shot on film, while the footage from fixed cameras was on tape and done as if it was a live telecast.

Tires screeching on grass. Racing coverage of the 60s folks.

What a madhouse! Conditions couldn't have been better, and those knuckleheads couldn't drive down a dry track without spinning out. Crazy! As to the fuel spill in the pits, it looked like Andy G. gave Jones the flying finger of GO before receiving the signal that fueling was completed. If we have one aspect of IndyCar to appreciate now it's that the commentary has greatly evolved, too.

Excellent. Thank you for the video...

500miles in 48 min? Cars used to be faster back then ;)

Jackie Stewart, who was in a filmed interview at the 36 minute point of this clip, would spend most of the 1970's and much of the 1980's calling auto races with Jim McKay for ABC. McKay and Stewart were probably the best auto-racing broadcasting tandem ever. I only wish they were broadcasting NASCAR and/or Indycar races today.

Wonderful stuff!

I was only 3 at the time. Would have been cool to see that turbine car race. But so glad the Big Texan won!!!!

P. Jones said that Mario gave him the finger when he passed everyone on the back stretch.

Now that's how you stop a pace car, as opposed to using the press grandstand as a backstop.

Only man to win Indy and Lemans in same year? SuperTEX!!! -U10

What a tragedy. Incredible engineering, thwarted by low part quality.

"Full Race" You mean full broadcast - but not full race. 500 mile races last at least 3 hours and this video is 48min. So clearly its been edited (besides taking out the commercials). sorry - NOT the full race.

Leave it to the British to say "Bloody clever!" to a technological revolution like the one Granatelli brought, and which American racing, in its unerring high-minded drive to improve the cars people can drive at home, immediately banned. Had this technology actually been pushed, cars on the road might not contribute to the energy crisis we have today. Brilliant work, USAC.

thanks for posting great video , i think it was a $4 bearing that failed on the turbine

Lots of people with the (cough, cough) flu in the stands.

Love it screeeccchh on grassss...

Jones was paid $75,000 to Drive the Turbine an insurmountable amount of Money back then,

Most dangerous pit entry in racing. Threading a needle at 150MPH

The turbine had to be the oddest sounding car. Just a big WOOSH! as it came by.

screeching tyres on grass.. who'd have thought it?? ;)

Imagine what would have happened if Parnelli Jones' STP Turbine Special had won the 1967 race. Could it have changed the history of Indianapolis-type racing cars??

50th anniversary!

Having seen race-fixing in Formula One it's difficult to believe the 1967 Indy 500 wasn't fixed for Parnelli Jones to lose. Dan Gurney had an offer top design the car but turned it down, as did Carroll Shelby, who reportedly called the car, "hogwash." I find it interesting that Gurney could "predict" "gearbox problems" for a car that, "had no need for a conventional gearbox. Instead it received a torque converter which allowed the power plant to take off and stay in one long continuous gear. Another peculiar quality was the fact that the engine idled at 54% of full throttle. To get going, the driver simply released the brake pedal. A movable panel fitted to the rear of the car acted as an air brake (from "Hushed Whispers - 1967-1968 STP-Paxton Turbocar"). The ONLY way the gearbox could be taxed was if it was forced into use through an inordinate number of yellow flags. This meant more cars than usual had to crash for what every team knew was easily the best car on the track to lose. On a totally dry 2nd day there were 12 crashes, all of which were utterly inexplicable for the so-called best drivers in the world. With each crash Jones was forced to engage the gearbox in a manual fashion, rather than simply release the brake pedal to quickly get up to speed. In addition to the 12 crashes, three cars ran slow enough to negatively influence traffic - and the Turbocar - and were flagged before Jones' Turbocar slowed to a stop on Lap 196. Though Parnelli Jones tried his hand at the reworked 1967 Turbocar, he felt it was wasn't up the performance of Colin Chapman's Lotus Turbocars, the "Flying Wedge." The 1967 loss left Jones so distraught he retired.

The field was under the yellow so Parnelli in the turbine must have selected a lower gear which was the start of a problem. Perhaps when he started to come back up to speed and shift into high gear all that torque was too much for the already tired gearbox. Just speculation on my part. You sure have to give A.J. credit for calling the race and hanging low on the last lap for the win.

I was at this race on Sunday (the rained out day) with my dad but he couldn't stay for the next day but I remember the turbine car passing and all it sounded like was "whoosh" and it was (for that time) fast!

good stuff . i heard rumors similar witha CUMMINS diesel power , dominated and crapped out for a simple link pin or cotter pin in throttle

The aliens are probably just getting this broadcast and thinking "these people are crazy".

Rain after 20 laps. Second day rest was ran.

Can I assume that Al Miller started 33rd because Lorenzo Bandini had in fact qualified for the race before he was killed at Monaco, and that due to his death, the substitute driver Miller had to start at the back of the field??

who knows what would have happened if the turbine car held together and won the race. Would we all be driving Turbines today?

"Full Race" on a 48-minute video? OK.

7:10

From what I understand, it was a $9 part that gave way, costing Jones the victory.

37:00 when Jackie Stewart had normal voice and no mannerisms.

Bad Carma Andy for robbing your neighbor of the cluster gear in his transmission on city street of $hitcago.

Bummer some goon there changed up the better CBA agony of defeat Olympic Ski Jumper Ramp Crash and replaced it with the more softer goofy slalom Powder puff soft wax out.

A car with a turban engine? 👳? I'd use a turbine myself.

Those canned "screeching tires" dubs are insanely pathetic. ABC really sucked. They didn't spend a dime to cover these races.

Never great for employment if you run over the boss or douse him in kerosene.

You mean to tell us the entire 1967 Indy 500 lasted only 48 minutes ? It says " Full Race"