I came to watch this (again) after hearing that Gordon has passed. RIP legend.

Keep in mind. This race was Not broadcast live. There was no internet or social media. No streaming. These men were the only live source on your local radio station. This is, in my opinion, the All Time Greatest Sporting call on Radio.

Take notes: THIS IS HOW A BROADCAST SHOULD BE DONE!!!!!

Farewell Gordy, glad you got a 500 to enjoy to go with 1973

Brings tears to my eyes remembering what Indy used to be. A larger than life race

The excitement in each of the positioned broadcasters calling the last two laps gives me chills. They are creating a picture for the radio listeners. Fantastic radio call of one of the closest finishes of any Indianapolis 500. Amazing.

"It's not the fastest driver that always wins the race. It's the one that refuses to lose."

Dale Earnhardt

15:29. The gutsiest block in racing history  Gordon wasn’t gonna be denied. What a drive

Best 500 EVER.  I was in the Tower Terrace and each of the last ten laps, Mears cut a second away and everyone knew it.  Ten laps, ten second lead, nine laps, nine seconds... four laps.. four seconds.... People were screaming so loud you couldn't hear the cars. One guy just in front of me passed out from the excitement of it.  Still gives me chills.

With a car that was going tight (also called understeering or pushing), and getting tighter by the lap ( because a tight car will burn up the right front tire),  Gordon Johncock displayed one of the best pure driving jobs in the history of “the 500”. It has been and probably always will be my favorite Indy finish. I can’t watch it to this day, without getting choked up about it… Absolutely breathtaking. Thanks so much for posting the radio broadcast of this classic.

The Golden Age of open-wheel Indianapolis-type auto racing!

Thanks for including an alternate view of the cars going into 1 on the white flag lap! ABC's TV coverage cut away to the wives in the pits at the worst possible moment....

I remember seeing this live on ABC's Wide World of Sports.  We were watching this on my dad's 15" color TV.  We were cheering Rick Mears to win this!!!!!  What a race.

I recall that day in 1982.  I was based at Grissom AFB in Indiana. Heard this broadcast.  Thanks for the post of one of the greatest days in motorsports.

The greatest call from IMS Radio Network, ever

A hell of a race i listen to it on radio good job gorden

My buddy George and I were high school seniors schlepping our first jobs at an Indy Baskin Robbins that day, and we had the IMS broadcast proudly blaring on the overhead store speakers.  

For those last few laps, everybody in the store was transfixed, with ice cream melting off their sugar cones, until finally we were all yelling “GO GO GO!” at the radio speakers like total idiots.

Whole lot of Pralines & Cream had to be mopped off the floor that day, man.

Good times.  🥳🏁

I was there. 1st time in Stand E. Glad my older brother Tom didn't have a heart attack.

Until 1986, the "500" wasn't televised live, so I (and millions of others) listened to this broadcast and tried to imagine what the scene at the Brickyard was like.

Almost eight hours later, most of us who listened to the race on radio saw the final laps on the same-day edited tape of the race that ABC broadcast that night.

It was a tradition for years in the 1970's and 1980's in millions of homes (mine included).

Rick Mears will always be my favorite racecar driver because he was so fast, smooth, humble. But that day belongs to Gordon Johncock. And this always sends chills up my spine. Thanks for posting.