Bruce at the Brickyard
Bruce McLaren found more success at Indianapolis in his era than his eponymous team have had so far in the modern era. Tom O'Keefe tells the story of the famous Kiwi and a soon-to-be famous American who joined forces to conquer the Brickyard
McLaren are best known to Indianapolis Formula One fans as the team gave Mika Hakkinen his last Formula One victory - and the only McLaren-Mercedes win - at the Brickyard.
But thirty years earlier, in 1970 and 1971, Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd had its most impressive open-wheel success on the oval track at the Indianapolis 500, bringing to Indy a car so novel and so fast that it increased lap speeds over the prior year by an astounding 8-10 mph, a quantum leap in Indy 500 terms.
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