Gordon Johncock

Gordon Johncock
Gordon Johncock
	Gordon Johncock's 1982 Indianapolis 500 winning car
Nationality	American
Born	August 5, 1936 (age 84); Hastings, Michigan, U.S.

Gordon Johncock (born August 5, 1936) is an American former racing driver. He won the Indianapolis 500 twice, and was the 1976 USAC Marlboro Championship Trail champion. Johncock was most often simply referred to as "Gordy."

Early career

Johncock began racing at Berlin Raceway in Marne, Michigan. Johncock began his USAC and CART/IndyCar career in 1964 when he drove for Weinberger Racing. He ran four races in 1964, and then went full-time in 1965. Johncock's first USAC victory was scored at the Milwaukee Mile in August 1965. In 1966, he went winless in nine starts out of 16 races, so he left Gerhardt Racing at the end of the year, to form his own team, Johncock Racing. His primary sponsor became Gilmore Broadcasting and Johncock was the only other "owner-driver" in IndyCar other than AJ Foyt. Although Johncock's team won six races in a three-year period (1967 - 1969), things went downhill when Johncock lost the Gilmore sponsorship at the end of 1970. Between 1970 and 1973, Johncock went winless, his team shuttered operations, and Johncock found himself in bankruptcy court. He also was involved in a divorce with his ex-wife. By 1973, Johncock's winless draught came to an end during the prestigious Indianapolis 500 when he joined the Patrick Racing team ahead of the 1973 USAC season.

At the 1973 Indianapolis 500, Johncock was racing for STP/Patrick Racing. A major accident at the start involving Salt Walther, coupled with two days of rain, postponed the race until late Wednesday afternoon. When the race was held, Johncock's teammate Swede Savage was severely injured in a fiery crash on lap 58. A moment later, Armando Teran, a pit crew member on the same STP/Patrick team, was struck by a fire truck going northbound in the pits, and was fatally injured at the scene. When the race resumed, Johncock who had led the most laps, was leading when rain fell again on the 133rd lap. Nearing 6 p.m., the race was red flagged and declared over. After a short and muted victory lane celebration, Johncock went to visit Savage at the hospital. Afterward, the celebratory victory banquet was cancelled. Instead, Johncock and his crew went to a local fast-food joint for hamburgers. About a month later, Savage died from his injuries.

In the 1975 Indianapolis 500, he started the race on the front row but retired with ignition problems on the 11th lap. Johncock won the USAC national championship in 1976, snatching the title from Johnny Rutherford in the final race of the season at Phoenix International Raceway. In 1976 and 1978 he finished third at Indianapolis, and in 1977 he was leading A. J. Foyt when the car's crankshaft broke with sixteen laps to go.

Johncock's car at Pocono, October 2008

Johncock took a second Indianapolis 500 victory in 1982, winning by 0.16 second over Rick Mears. This remains the fourth-closest Indy 500 finish in history. (Al Unser Jr.'s 0.043-second victory over Scott Goodyear in 1992 was the closest, followed by Ryan Hunter-Reay's 0.0600-second[1] victory ahead of Hélio Castroneves in 2014, and Sam Hornish Jr's 0.0635-second victory ahead of Marco Andretti in 2006.) Mears was rapidly closing on Johncock in the final laps. In Mears' final pit stop, Mears' team made a miscalculation and filled his car with more fuel than it needed to finish the race. As a consequence Mears had to catch up a significant distance on Johncock, and on the 197th and 198th laps came from 3 seconds back to within car lengths. Johncock's tires were deteriorating by the lap, and with each turn the car understeered more severely. On the final lap, just after the white flag waved, Mears tried to pass Johncock for the win, with Johncock making a decisive defense of first place in Turn One, and Johncock began pulling away. In turn 4, Mears reeled him in and made a pass, but lost by 16-hundredths of a second (25 feet), which was, at that time, the closest finish in Indy 500 history (now the 4th closest).

Mears would later joke about watching the tape over and over to see if 'this time I get around Gordy'. Johncock, during a live interview on ABC years later, offered that if the dramatic duel had occurred two or three years later—when Mears had additional experience—the Californian would probably have pulled off the winning pass.

Johncock leads Rick Mears in the closing stages of the 1982 Indy 500.

Johncock took another three Indycar races, including the 1982 Michigan 500 to complete two legs of what was then known as the Triple Crown before retiring from racing in 1985 (the three 500-mile (800 km) races on the USAC Marlboro Championship Trail were known as such from 1970 until 1989, and again since 2014 (there was a Triple Crown of Indianapolis, Pocono, and Fontana in 2013, but Pocono was a 400-mile race in 2013)). Legend holds that the Indianapolis Motor Speedway held off resurfacing the bumpy concrete pit lane until Johncock retired, as he was known for his high-speed trips through the pit lane. He returned for occasional appearances in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991 and retired for good after the 1992 Indianapolis 500.

Johncock's last Indycar win was in the opening round of the 1983 CART PPG Indy Car World Series at the Atlanta Motor Speedway driving a Cosworth powered Patrick Wildcat. Johncock, who started 3rd on the grid, won the 200 mile, 132 lap race at an average of 146.133 mph from the Penske-Cosworth of Al Unser and John Paul, Jr. in a 1982 model Penske-Cosworth.

Johncock competed in twenty-one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events in his career. He earned three top-fives and four top-tens in his limited schedules. The best of those finishes were a pair of fourths in 1973 at Daytona and 1966 at Rockingham.

First retirement

Johncock abruptly retired from IndyCar racing during the first week of practice for the 1985 Indianapolis 500, just before qualifications. He served on the IMS Radio Network in 1985 but decided to return to racing in 1986. He planned to enter the 1986 Indianapolis 500, but his funding for a car fell through. He wound up sitting out the race. He attempted another return in 1987. During the first week of time trials, Jim Crawford suffered serious injuries to his feet. Johncock was hired to drive in replacement and qualified for the race.

Second retirement

Johncock completed a sixth-place finish in the 1991 Indy 500, despite having flu-like symptoms the morning of the race. His final race was the 1992 Indy 500, where he dropped out with engine failure. Since his retirement, Johncock has distanced himself from motorsports, and focuses on his timber business in Michigan. He participated in a 2004 interview on ESPN Classic's "Big Ticket" review of the 1982 Indy 500. In the interview, he admitted that his interests in racing were now limited, and was no longer his daily focus. In discussing the 1973 race, Johncock appeared to have made peace with the circumstances. While most discredit the race as being rain-shortened, and for its overall miserable memories, Johncock insisted that his car was undoubtedly the fastest on the track, led easily, and was not simply in front at the time of the red flag by chance.

Johncock chose not to attend the 2011 Indianapolis 500, which celebrated the 100th anniversary of the first race. Despite the fact that all living former participants, and particularly living former winners, were invited, Johncock did not attend any of the festivities, seemingly by choice. A year later, Speedway officials again invited him to attend, and he did return to the Speedway and participated in pre-race festivities at the 2012 race.

Awards

Johncock was inducted into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame in 1997.
In 1999 he was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.
He was inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2002.[2]

Motorsports career results

American open-wheel racing

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

USAC Championship Car

USAC Championship Car results
Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	Pos.	Pts
1964	Weinberger & Welseck Enterprises	Blum 62 D	Offenhauser	PHX	TRE	INDY	MIL	LAN	TRE	ISF 18	MIL 21	DSF DNQ	INF 14	TRE DNQ	SAC DNQ	PHX 10																40th	60
1965	Weinberger & Welseck Enterprises	Watson 62 FE	Offenhauser	PHX 17		INDY 5	MIL 7	LAN 10	PPR		IRP 8	ATL 6	LAN 3	MIL 15																		5th	1540
	Weinberger & Welseck Enterprises	Blum 62 D			TRE 8										ISF 11		DSF 10	INF DNQ
	Pete Salemi	Gerhardt 65								TRE 23
	Weinberger & Welseck Enterprises	Gerhardt 65														MIL 1			TRE 14	SAC	PHX 21
1966	Weinberger & Welseck Enterprises	Gerhardt 65	Offy 252 ci	PHX 9	TRE 2																											3rd	2050
		Gerhardt 66	Ford 255 ci V8			INDY 4		LAN 19	ATL 3	PPR	IRP 5	LAN 2	ISF	MIL 2	DSF	INF	TRE 12	SAC	PHX DNS
		Gerhardt 66	Offy 252 ci				MIL DNS
1967	Johncock Racing Team	Gerhardt 67	Ford 255 ci V8	PHX 3	TRE 20	INDY 12	MIL 1	LAN 4	PPR	MOS 3	MOS 3	IRP 6	LAN 2	MTR 7	MTR 4	ISF	MIL 4	DSF	INF	TRE 2	SAC	HAN 1		RSD 26								4th	2700
1967	Johncock Racing Team	Gerhardt 67	Offy 159 ci t																				PHX 4									4th	2700
1968	Johncock Racing Team	Gerhardt 66	Offy 159 ci t	HAN 1			TRE 4																									12th	1257
		Gerhardt 67	Ford 255 ci V8		LVS 7	PHX 18
		Gerhardt 68	Offy 159 ci t					INDY 27	MIL 12			LAN 1	PPR					LAN 21	LAN									MCH DNS		PHX 7
		Eagle 68	Ford 255 ci V8							MOS 13	MOS			CDR 25	NAZ					MTR 15	MTR	ISF									RSD 11
		Gerhardt 68	Ford 255 ci V8													IRP 5	IRP 16
		Eagle 68	Offy 159 ci t																				MIL 15	DSF	INF	TRE 19	SAC		HAN DNS
1969	Johncock Racing Team	Gerhardt 67	Offy 159 ci t	PHX 10	HAN 3																											5th	2070
		Gerhardt 68				INDY 19	MIL 8					TRE 4			MIL 19	ISF	DOV 2	DSF	INF			TRE 6	SAC	SIR	SIR
		Eagle 68						LAN 20	PPR																	PHX 10
		Eagle 68	Ford 255 ci V8							CDR 1	NAZ									BRN 1	BRN 2
		Gerhardt 68	Ford 255 ci V8										IRP 10	IRP 14
		Gerhardt 68	Chevrolet 320 ci V8																								RSD 9
1970	Johncock Racing Team	Gerhardt 68	Offy 159 ci t	PHX 18		TRE 15	INDY 28																									7th	1160
		Eagle 68	Ford 255 ci V8		SON 4					CDR 7		IRP 3	ISF	MIL
		McLaren M15A	Offy 159 ci t					MIL 12	LAN 10		MCH 12				ONT 4	DSF	INF	SED	TRE DNQ	SAC	PHX
1971	Vollstedt Enterprises	Vollstedt 67	Ford 159ci V8 t	RAF 9	RAF 10	PHX 8	TRE 15		MIL 10																							27th	225
	Vollstedt Enterprises	McLaren M15A	Offy 159 ci t					INDY 29		POC 20	MCH 23	MIL 25
	Team McLaren	McLaren M16A	Offy 159 ci t										ONT 27	TRE	PHX
1972	Team McLaren	McLaren M16A	Offy 159 ci t	PHX	TRE 3																											21st	360
	Team McLaren	McLaren M16B				INDY 20	MIL	MCH 9	POC 22		ONT 13	TRE 20	PHX
	Roger Penske Enterprises	McLaren M16B								MIL 22
1973	Patrick Racing	Eagle 72	Offy 159 ci t	TWS 23	TRE 2	TRE 21	INDY 1	MIL 18	POC 14																							7th	2240
1973	Patrick Racing	Eagle 73	Offy 159 ci t							MCH 9	MIL 17	ONT 5	ONT	ONT 32	MCH 17	MCH	TRE 1	TWS 7	PHX 1													7th	2240
1974	Patrick Racing	Eagle 74	Offy 159 ci t	ONT 14	ONT	ONT 26	PHX 4	TRE 2			POC 3	MCH 3	MIL 1	MCH 14	TRE 11	TRE 2	PHX 1															3rd	3050
1974	Patrick Racing	Eagle 73	Offy 159 ci t						INDY 4	MIL 16																						3rd	3050
1975	Patrick Racing	Wildcat Mk 1	DGS 158 ci t	ONT 5	ONT	ONT 15			INDY 31	MIL 14	POC 20	MCH 11	MIL 2	MCH 6	TRE 1	PHX 23																10th	1280
1975	Patrick Racing	Eagle 74	Offy 159 ci t				PHX 2	TRE 10																								10th	1280
1976	Patrick Racing	Wildcat Mk 2	DGS 158 ci t	PHX 3	TRE 2	INDY 3		POC 27	MCH 1	TWS 5			ONT 3	MCH 2	TWS 2	PHX 2																1st	4240
1976	Patrick Racing	Wildcat Mk 1	DGS 158 ci t				MIL 2				TRE 1	MIL 2																				1st	4240
1977	Patrick Racing	Wildcat Mk 2	DGS 158 ci t	ONT 5	PHX 12	TWS 9	TRE 2	INDY 11	MIL 12	POC 3		MCH 2	TWS 2		ONT 11	MCH 1	PHX 1															5th	2830
1977	Patrick Racing	Wildcat Mk 3	DGS 158 ci t								MOS 18			MIL 10																		5th	2830
1978	Patrick Racing	Wildcat Mk 2	DGS 158 ci t	PHX 1	ONT 19	TWS 3	TRE 1	INDY 3		MIL 22	POC 14	MCH 19	ATL 7	TWS 7	MIL 3	ONT 3	MCH 3	TRE 14			PHX 3											3rd	3548
		Wildcat Mk 4	Drake DT 160 V8						MOS DNS
		Wildcat Mk 3	DGS 158 ci t																SIL 4	BRH 11
1979	Patrick Racing	Penske PC-6	Cosworth DFX V8 t	ONT	TWS	INDY 6	MIL	POC	TWS	MIL																						NC	0
1980	Patrick Racing	Wildcat Mk 6	Cosworth DFX V8 t	ONT 3																												4th	1330
		Penske PC-6			INDY 4
		Phoenix 80				MIL 3	POC DNS	MDO 2
1981-82	Patrick Racing	Wildcat MK8	Cosworth DFX V8 t	INDY 9	POC	ISF	DSF	INF																								5th	1000
1981-82	Patrick Racing	Wildcat 8B	Cosworth DFX V8 t						INDY 1																							5th	1000
1982-83	Patrick Racing	Wildcat IX	Cosworth DFX V8 t	ISF	DSF	NAZ	INDY 14																									22nd	25
1983-84	Patrick Racing	March 84C	Cosworth DFX V8 t	DSF	INDY 25																											29th	10

PPG Indy Car World Series

PPG Indy Car World Series results
Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos.	Pts
1979	Patrick Racing	Penske PC-6	Cosworth DFX V8 t	PHX 1	ATL 4	ATL 9	INDY 6	TRE 3	TRE 5	MCH 1	MCH 4	WGL 3	TRE 16	ONT 15	MCH 13	ATL 2	PHX 4				3rd	2211
1980	Patrick Racing	Wildcat Mk6	Cosworth DFX V8 t	ONT 3					MCH 5												6th	1572
		Penske PC-6			INDY 4
		Phoenix 80				MIL 3	POC DNS	MDO 2		WGL 21	MIL 23	ONT 23	MCH 24	MEX 19	PHX 24
1981	Patrick Racing	Wildcat MK8	Cosworth DFX V8 t	PHX 6	MIL 16	ATL 4	ATL 4	MCH 36	RIV 2	MIL 6	MCH 5	WGL 10	MEX 3	PHX 3							4th	142
1982	Patrick Racing	Wildcat 8B	Cosworth DFX V8 t	PHX 5	ATL 2	MIL 1	CLE 5	MCH 1	MIL 11	POC 6	RIV 26	ROA 22	MCH 15	PHX 23							4th	186
1983	Patrick Racing	Wildcat IX	Cosworth DFX V8 t	ATL 1	INDY 14																16th	20
1983	Patrick Racing	March 83C	Cosworth DFX V8 t			MIL 23	CLE 26	MCH 26	ROA	POC	RIV	MDO	MCH	CPL	LAG	PHX					16th	20
1984	Patrick Racing	Wildcat MkX	Cosworth DFX V8 t	LBH 11																	14th	39
1984	Patrick Racing	March 84C	Cosworth DFX V8 t		PHX 10	INDY 25	MIL 6	POR 9	MEA 12	CLE 18	MCH 4	ROA 9	POC 11	MDO 10	SAN 17	MCH DNQ	PHX 13	LAG	CPL DNS		14th	39
1985	Patrick Racing	March 85C	Cosworth DFX V8 t	LBH	INDY Wth¹	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	MCH	ROA	POC	MDO	SAN	MCH	LAG	PHX	MIA			NA	-
1987	Patrick Racing	March 86C	Buick 3300 V6 t	LBH	PHX	INDY 22	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	TOR	MCH	POC	ROA	MDO	NAZ	LAG	MIA			NC	0
1988	Royal Motor Racing	Lola T87/00	Buick 3300 V6 t	PHX	LBH	INDY DNQ	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	MEA										21st	16
1988	Hemelgarn Racing	Lola T88/00	Buick 3300 V6 t									MCH 6	POC 6	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG	MIA			21st	16
1989	Hemelgarn Racing	Lola T88/00	Buick 3300 V6 t	PHX	LBH	INDY 31	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR									NC	0
1989	Hemelgarn Racing	Lola T89/00	Judd AV										MCH 21	POC 15	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG			NC	0
1991	Hemelgarn Racing	Lola T90/00	Cosworth DFS V8 t	SRF	LBH	PHX	INDY 6	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MCH	DEN	VAN	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG	20th	8
1992	Hemelgarn Racing	Lola T91/00	Buick 3300 V6 t	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY 29	DET	POR	MIL	NHA	TOR	MCH	CLE	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LAG		NC	0

¹ Johncock was listed as the primary entry and participated in practice; prior to qualifying, Johncock announced he was withdrawing, and announced a retirement from driving.

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
1965	Watson	Offenhauser	14	5	Weinberger & Welseck Enterprises
1966	Gerhardt	Ford	6	4	Weinberger & Welseck Enterprises
1967	Gerhardt	Ford	3	12	Johncock Racing Team
1968	Gerhardt	Offenhauser	9	27	Johncock Racing Team
1969	Gerhardt	Offenhauser	5	19	Johncock Racing Team
1970	Gerhardt	Offenhauser	17	28	Johncock Racing Team
1971	McLaren	Offenhauser	12	29	Vollstedt Enterprises
1972	McLaren	Offenhauser	26	20	Team McLaren
1973	Eagle	Offenhauser	11	1	Patrick Racing
1974	Eagle	Offenhauser	4	4	Patrick Racing
1975	Wildcat	DGS	2	31	Patrick Racing
1976	Wildcat	DGS	2	3	Patrick Racing
1977	Wildcat	DGS	5	11	Patrick Racing
1978	Wildcat	DGS	6	3	Patrick Racing
1979	Penske	Cosworth	5	6	Patrick Racing
1980	Penske	Cosworth	17	4	Patrick Racing
1981	Wildcat	Cosworth	17	9	Patrick Racing
1982	Wildcat	Cosworth	5	1	Patrick Racing
1983	Wildcat	Cosworth	10	14	Patrick Racing
1984	March	Cosworth	5	25	Patrick Racing
1985	March	Cosworth	Wth		Patrick Racing
1987	March	Buick	18	22	Patrick Racing
1988	Lola	Buick	DNQ		Royal Motor Racing
1989	Lola	Buick	23	31	Hemelgarn Racing
1991	Lola	Cosworth	33	6	Hemelgarn Racing
1992	Lola	Buick	30	29	Hemelgarn Racing

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Grand National Series

NASCAR Grand National Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	NGNC	Pts	Ref
1966	K&K Insurance Racing	71	Dodge	AUG	RSD	DAY 7	DAY	DAY 29	CAR	BRI	ATL 19	HCY	CLB	GPS	BGS	NWS	MAR	DAR	LGY	MGR	MON	RCH	CLT	DTS	ASH	PIF	SMR	AWS	BLV	GPS	DAY	ODS	BRR	OXF	FON	ISP	BRI	SMR	NSV	ATL	CLB	AWS	BLV	BGS	DAR	HCY	RCH	HBO	MAR	NWS			NA	-	[3]
1966	Junior Johnson & Associates	26	Ford																																																CLT 4	CAR 27	NA	-	[3]
1967	R.L. Diestler	85	Plymouth	AUG	RSD 43	DAY	DAY 11	DAY 30	AWS	BRI	GPS	BGS																																									NA	-	[4]
	R.L. Diestler	85	Ford										ATL 41	CLB	HCY	NWS	MAR	SVH	RCH	DAR	BLV	LGY	CLT	ASH	MGR	SMR	BIR	CAR	GPS	MGY	DAY	TRN	OXF	FDA	ISP	BRI	SMR	NSV	ATL	BGS	CLB	SVH	DAR	HCY	RCH	BLV	HBO	MAR	NWS
	Bud Moore Engineering	16	Mercury																																															CLT 42	CAR 5	AWS
1968	Lyle Stelter	55	Ford	MGR	MGY	RSD	DAY DNQ	BRI	RCH	ATL	HCY	GPS	CLB	NWS	MAR	AUG	AWS	DAR	BLV	LGY	CLT	ASH	MGR	SMR	BIR	CAR	GPS	DAY	ISP	OXF	FDA	TRN	BRI	SMR	NSV	ATL	CLB	BGS	AWS	SBO	LGY	DAR	HCY	RCH	BLV	HBO	MAR	NWS	AUG	CLT	CAR	JFC	NA	-	[5]

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	NWCC	Pts	Ref
1972	Crawford Racing	22	Plymouth	RSD	DAY	RCH	ONT	CAR	ATL	BRI	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	MCH	RSD	TWS	DAY	BRI	TRN	ATL	TAL	MCH	NSV	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT 42	CAR	TWS 35	NA	-	[6]
1973	Ellington Racing	28	Chevy	RSD	DAY 38	RCH	CAR 25	BRI	ATL 11	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL 38	NSV	CLT	DOV	TWS	RSD	MCH	DAY 4	BRI	ATL	TAL	NSV	DAR	RCH	DOV	NWS	MAR	CLT	CAR 25				NA	-	[7]
1975	Ellington Racing	28	Chevy	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL 36	NSV	DOV	CLT	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	DAR	DOV	NWS	MAR	CLT	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	ONT		NA	-	[8]
1976	K&K Insurance Racing	17	Dodge	RSD	DAY	CAR	RCH	BRI	ATL	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT 39	CAR	ATL	ONT		NA	-	[9]

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1966	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	13	29
1967	R.L. Diestler	Plymouth	22	30
1968	Lyle Stelter	Ford	DNQ
1973	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	5	38

International Race of Champions

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

International Race of Champions results
Season	Make	Q1	Q2	Q3	1	2	3	4	Pos.	Pts	Ref
1973–74	Porsche				RSD 10	RSD 9	RSD 11	DAY	11th	-	[10]
1976–77	Chevy				MCH 7	RSD 10	RSD 10	DAY	11th	-	[11]
1977–78					MCH 6	RSD 3	RSD 10	DAY 3	6th	-	[12]
1978–79		MCH	MCH 3	RSD	RSD 6*	ATL 6			6th	-	[13]
1979–80		MCH	MCH 1	RSD	RSD 5	ATL 4			4th	26	[14]
1984	Chevy				MCH 3	CLE 3	TAL 7	MCH 5	5th	45	[15]

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References

Garrett, Jerry. "Daring pass produces narrow victory at Indy". New York Times, May 25, 2014. Retrieved on May 27, 2014.
Gordon Johncock at the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America
"Gordon Johncock – 1966 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
"Gordon Johncock – 1967 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
"Gordon Johncock – 1968 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
"Gordon Johncock – 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
"Gordon Johncock – 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
"Gordon Johncock – 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
"Gordon Johncock – 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
"Gordon Johncock – 1974 IROC Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
"Gordon Johncock – 1977 IROC Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
"Gordon Johncock – 1978 IROC Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
"Gordon Johncock – 1979 IROC Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
"Gordon Johncock – 1980 IROC Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
"Gordon Johncock – 1984 IROC Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.

Kallmann, Dave (1998). "Looking back: Tragedy of '73 burns in Indy history". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Archived from the original on March 7, 2005.
Moses, Sam (June 7, 1982). "Wee Gordy wins big". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on January 16, 2004.
NASCAR Stats at Racing-Reference.info
Greatest 33 Profile Article

External links

Gordon Johncock driver statistics at Racing-Reference
The Greatest 33

Achievements
Preceded by Mark Donohue	Indianapolis 500 Winner 1973	Succeeded by Johnny Rutherford
Preceded by Bobby Unser	Indianapolis 500 Winner 1982	Succeeded by Tom Sneva

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[1] Garrett, Jerry. "Daring pass produces narrow victory at Indy". New York Times, May 25, 2014. Retrieved on May 27, 2014.

[MSHoF-2] Gordon Johncock at the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America

[3] "Gordon Johncock – 1966 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.

[4] "Gordon Johncock – 1967 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.

[5] "Gordon Johncock – 1968 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.

[6] "Gordon Johncock – 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2017.

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American Open-wheel Car Racing Champions
AAA (1905-1955)	1905: Barney Oldfield 1906–1908 1909: George Robertson 1910: Ray Harroun 1911: Ralph Mulford 1912: Ralph DePalma 1913: Earl Cooper 1914: Ralph DePalma (2) 1915: Earl Cooper (2) 1916: Dario Resta 1917: Earl Cooper (3) 1918: Ralph Mulford (2) 1919: Howdy Wilcox 1920: Gaston Chevrolet 1921: Tommy Milton 1922: Jimmy Murphy 1923: Eddie Hearne 1924: Jimmy Murphy (2) 1925: Pete DePaolo 1926: Harry Hartz 1927: Pete DePaolo (2) 1928: Louis Meyer 1929: Louis Meyer (2) 1930: Billy Arnold 1931: Louis Schneider 1932: Bob Carey 1933: Louis Meyer (3) 1934: Bill Cummings 1935: Kelly Petillo 1936: Mauri Rose 1937: Wilbur Shaw 1938: Floyd Roberts 1939: Wilbur Shaw (2) 1940: Rex Mays 1941: Rex Mays (2) 1942–1945 1946: Ted Horn 1947: Ted Horn (2) 1948: Ted Horn (3) 1949: Johnnie Parsons 1950: Henry Banks 1951: Tony Bettenhausen 1952: Chuck Stevenson 1953: Sam Hanks 1954: Jimmy Bryan 1955: Bob Sweikert
USAC (1956-1979)	1956: Jimmy Bryan (2) 1957: Jimmy Bryan (3) 1958: Tony Bettenhausen (2) 1959: Rodger Ward 1960: A. J. Foyt 1961: A. J. Foyt (2) 1962: Rodger Ward (2) 1963: A. J. Foyt (3) 1964: A. J. Foyt (4) 1965: Mario Andretti 1966: Mario Andretti (2) 1967: A. J. Foyt (5) 1968: Bobby Unser 1969: Mario Andretti (3) 1970: Al Unser 1971: Joe Leonard 1972: Joe Leonard (2) 1973: Roger McCluskey 1974: Bobby Unser (2) 1975: A. J. Foyt (6) 1976: Gordon Johncock 1977: Tom Sneva 1978: Tom Sneva (2) 1979: A. J. Foyt (7)
CART/CCWS (1979-2007)	1979: Rick Mears 1980: Johnny Rutherford 1981: Rick Mears (2) 1982: Rick Mears (3) 1983: Al Unser (2) 1984: Mario Andretti (4) 1985: Al Unser (3) 1986: Bobby Rahal 1987: Bobby Rahal (2) 1988: Danny Sullivan 1989: Emerson Fittipaldi 1990: Al Unser Jr. 1991: Michael Andretti 1992: Bobby Rahal (3) 1993: Nigel Mansell 1994: Al Unser Jr. (2) 1995: Jacques Villeneuve 1996: Jimmy Vasser 1997: Alex Zanardi 1998: Alex Zanardi (2) 1999: Juan Pablo Montoya 2000: Gil de Ferran 2001: Gil de Ferran (2) 2002: Cristiano da Matta 2003: Paul Tracy 2004: Sébastien Bourdais 2005: Sébastien Bourdais (2) 2006: Sébastien Bourdais (3) 2007: Sébastien Bourdais (4)
IRL / INDYCAR (1996-Present)	1996: Buzz Calkins/Scott Sharp 1996–97: Tony Stewart 1998: Kenny Bräck 1999: Greg Ray 2000: Buddy Lazier 2001: Sam Hornish Jr. 2002: Sam Hornish Jr. (2) 2003: Scott Dixon 2004: Tony Kanaan 2005: Dan Wheldon 2006: Sam Hornish Jr. (3) 2007: Dario Franchitti 2008: Scott Dixon (2) 2009: Dario Franchitti (2) 2010: Dario Franchitti (3) 2011: Dario Franchitti (4) 2012: Ryan Hunter-Reay 2013: Scott Dixon (3) 2014: Will Power 2015: Scott Dixon (4) 2016: Simon Pagenaud 2017: Josef Newgarden 2018: Scott Dixon (5) 2019: Josef Newgarden (2)
Championship-winning Teams & Owners	Dean Van Lines Racing John Zink Racing Leader Card Racing George Bignotti Ansted-Thompson Racing A. J. Foyt Enterprises Andy Granatelli Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing Lindsey Hopkins Racing All American Racers Patrick Racing Team Penske Chaparral Cars Newman/Haas Racing Truesports Galles Racing Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Team Green Bradley Motorsports Chip Ganassi Racing Team Menard Hemelgarn Racing Panther Racing Player's Forsythe Racing Andretti Autosport
Years marked in italics are not official championship years and also planned season.