Mark Donohue was the winner of the first of Roger Penske’s twenty Indy 500 titles. Donohue also won the NASCAR Riverside 500 and the USAC 1971 Pocono 500. Statistics for this article were from ...
The 55th Indy 500 took place on Memorial Day 1971 on the 2 ½ mile oval track at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. Peter Revson qualified first in a McLaren Special with a ...