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- The view of the first turn look North from grandstand E.
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- A pensive Jack McGrath prepares for the race start.
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- The field assumes their positions in elevan rows of three.
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- The front row on the bricks during the parade lap.
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- Hoyt, Vukovich, and Agabasian during the pace lap.
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- The view of the pace lap across the stream at the exit of turn one as the cars head throught the south shoot.
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- The main straight on the parade lap.
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- The field lines up through the south shoot between turns 1 and 2.
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- The Chevrolet Pace Car leads the field through turn 2.
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- The pace lap in turn one.
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- Grandstand E across the stream in turn one as rows 1 and 2 pass by.
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- The 9 degree banking of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is evident in this photo of the field at the north end of the track.
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- Vuky in the middle of row two is looking for a gap to emerge at the start of the race.
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- McGrath and Bettenhousen take the green flag.
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- The field streams towards turn one at the start.
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- The are off as the green flag is waved at the 39th annual 500 mile race. CORBIS
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- The start with the pace car in the pit lane, McGrath takes the lead, with Vukovich setting into 5th place.
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- McGrath and the field in the southwest turn.
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- The field enters turn two on lap one with McGrath, Bettenhousen, and Hoyt already out of the picture. Agabasian in fourth leads Vukovich and Hanks.