NORTH TEXAS – A legendary race car driver with North Texas roots is celebrating a big anniversary. Fifty years ago, three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Johnny Rutherford won his first Indy 500 ...

Indy race car driver Johnny Rutherford stands in his trophy room in this file photo from 2014. This weekend is the 50th anniversary of his first of three Indianapolis 500 victories.

Twenty-five years ago, Johnny Rutherford drove a Ford-powered Chaparral known as "the Yellow Submarine" to victory in the Indianapolis 500, leading 118 of the 200 laps.

LONG BEACH, California – Johnny Rutherford came to Indy car racing after success racing midgets and sprint cars as part of USAC’s championship trail in the late 1950s and early ‘60s. So, pardon him if ...

The yellow race car brought onto the stage at the Texas Motor Speedway's media day looked very familiar to racing fans in attendance, including three-time Indianapolis 500 winner, Johnny Rutherford.

Johnny Rutherford is more than happy that he’ll forever be linked to the Indianapolis 500. That’s just the way it goes when a driver wins the prestigious event.

While Johnny Rutherford competed in quite a few racing categories between 1962 and 1988, ... #3 Johnny Rutherford is only one of six drivers to win at least three Indy 500.

INDIANAPOLIS — Johnny Rutherford and Gordon Johncock delivered spectacular results at the 1973 Indianapolis 500 that were overshadowed by perhaps the worst month in the history of the storied race.

Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Johnny Rutherford came away from attending last weekend’s NTT INDYCAR SERIES doubleheader at Texas Motor Speedway convinced that Pato O’Ward can become the next ...

He has won the Indianapolis 500 three times, and at 52 Johnny Rutherford thought he knew all there was to know about driving a race car. But in the September of his career he has discovered that ...

Oklahoma's Own Hall of Fame Sprint Car Driver Shane Carson says legends were born at The Tulsa Fairgrounds Speedway. "We've got guys that ran the Indy 500. Johnny Rutherford is here.

Johnny Rutherford and Gordon Johncock will always be linked to the 1973 Indianapolis 500. Rutherford made the first of ... improvements across all forms of racing. Two drivers and a pit ...