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The 47th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Thursday, May 30, 1963. Parnelli Jones took his only Indy 500 win despite his car (nicknamed "Calhoun") spewing oil from a cracked overflow tank for many laps, which allegedly caused at least one driver to spin and crash. USAC officials put off black-flagging Jones after car owner J. C. Agajanian ran down pit lane and convinced them that the oil leak was below the level of a known crack and would not leak any further. Lotus owner Colin Chapman, whose English-built, rear-engined Lotus-Ford finished second in the hands of Scotsman Jim Clark, accused USAC officials of being biased towards the American driver and car. The non-black flagging of Jones remains controversial. Many, including Chapman and journalist and author Brock Yates, believed that had it been an American driver and car in second place instead of Clark in the British built Lotus, officials would have black flagged him. Goodyear arrived at the track and supplied tires for some entries, but participated only in practice. No cars used Goodyear tires during time trials or the race itself. It was the first time since about 1921 that Goodyear attempted to compete at Indy. Goodyear had last won the race in 1919. ==Time trials== Time trials was scheduled for four days. *Saturday May 18 - Pole Day time trials * *Parnelli Jones wins the pole position for the second consecutive year. His speed of 151.150 mph is a new track record. *Sunday May 19 - Second day time trials *Saturday May 25 - Third day time trials * *Rookie Bobby Unser drives one of the Novis to a speed of 149.420 mph, fastest of the afternoon, to line up 16th. * *Rookie Johnny Rutherford bumped Mexican driver Pedro Rodríguez〔http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2tZUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PTwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6012,5081362&dq=indianapolis+time+trials&hl=en〕 *Sunday May 26 - Fourth day time trials 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1963 Indianapolis 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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