Andy Granatelli

Well, I think that helped us tremendously, especially in cooling the engine on a hot day such as it was today.

Mario Andretti enters victory lane for the very first time in his career for Andy Granatelli, who did likewise in the STP oil treatment special.

Mario, how did you do it? See, all I can say is my Ford engine had more STP in it than anybody else's.

Drivers, take a tip from Indianapolis

In the middle of the eighth, it's still the National League nine, the American

League three.

Sid Collins here, the voice of the 500-mile race, to interview this year's winning car owner in the 1969 500 Classic, Andy Granatelli.

Congratulations, Andy, for a hard-fought win after 23 long years.

So you'll see screws in the trim of the back windows on these to prevent that from happening.

And that was, not only did they make the car design as a Hail Mary, but the whole land speed racing thing, they brought in Andy Granatelli.

Matter of fact, the R3 is known as the Andy Granatelli Special.

He was a famous racer and marketer at the time, to take it out on Bonneville and run, not just in a straight line, but run in huge circles for 10, 12, 20 hours at a shot, and set record after record after record.

Dozens of records, yeah, that stood for years.

It basically turned in a two-way of 169 miles an hour, but that includes 173, I believe, on one of the passes.

So, an astonishingly fast car, rated at 335 horsepower, but Andy Granatelli, who was behind the project, always swore that none of them had less than 400 horsepower.

It's a beast of a car.

It's a beautiful car.

I've got a nominee you haven't even thought of.

His name, Andy Granatelli.

No, Andy doesn't play baseball, but he's got quite a performance record all his own with STP Oil Treatment.

On the racetrack, Andy and his racing team have proven STP cuts heat, friction, and wear.