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Johnny getting interviewed
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Johnny with Dave Argabright
Johnny with AJ Foyt
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Johnny with somebody from Darlington historic racing
Johnny visiting
Johnny at a banquet
Johnny with Jeff Gordon
Johnny with Dick Atkins
Johnny with AJ Foyt
Johnny with Guy Fieri
Johnny riding around Gasoline Alley
Johnny with Al Unser
Johnny with a lady
Johnny with a rock start after a ride on the track
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Johnny presenting the rookie award
Johnny with Kyle Larson
Johnny in a parade with Rick Mears
Johnny in an evening with him!
Johnny and Al Unser
Johnny and A J Foyt
Johnny with Roger Penske
Johnny and Roger Penske and a pace car
Johnny at a wedding?
Johnny Darlington raacing festival
Johnny at Indy
Johnny visiting
Johnny with Cindy McCain
Johnny with his 80th birthday cake!
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Johnny and wife Betty of over 50 years
Johnny and his wife Betty
Johnny waving to crowd
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Johnny with his wife Betty and child
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Johnny and Betty with Wanda
Johnny with Betty on a bicycle
Johnny and Betty with another couple
Johnny Betty and the kids
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Johnny and more historic people
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Johnny on a panel at a Celebration of Automobiles
Johnny with Al Unser and Eddie Chever
Johnny with Shane Carson
Johnny honored by RRDC
Johnny at the Darlington Racing festival
Johnny wit Mario Andretti and Randy Owens
Johnny autographing a die cast car
Johnny and a nice looking couple?
Johnny with Cody and Shelly Unser
Johnny interviewed by David Reed
Johnny visiting at Darlington
Johnny with the Wood Brothers
Johnny at Salem 1962
Johnny with Bobby Unser, Parnelli Jones and Robin Miller
Johnny with Bobby Unser, Rick Mears and Parnelli Jones
Johnny at the Indy racing museum
Johnny with Shane Carson, Jimmy Sills, Kevin Olson and Jimmy Oskie
Johnny distractedd by a fan
Johnny with Rick Mearsm Al Unser and A J Foyt
Johnny and a group with Parnelli and others
Johnny at Racers Reunion 2011
Johnny at Texas Motor Speedway with his cake and some cute helpers
Bobby Rahal, Brian Redman, Sandy Hall, Jim Hall, Roger Penske, Gil de Ferran, and Johnny
Johnny in the crowd after a win at Indy in 1980
Johnny a winner in 1974 at Indy
Johnny having fun
Johnny a happy winner
Johnny interviewed after a BIG win at Indy
Johnny with a big trophy
Johnny with wife Betty after a win
Johnny dancing a winning jig
Johnny celebrating
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A young Johnny with a race car
Johnny waving to photographers
With # 73
Johnny at Texas Motor Speedway 1999 with another driver
Johnny with Dario and a Honda
Johnny and # 4
Johnny relaxed
Johnny with his crew in 1980
Johnny and crew with # 4
Johnny in # 4
Johnny and his crew
Johnny's ride
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Johnny with 1974 race winner
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Johnny with Dario Franchitti
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Johnny with # 63 in 1962
Johnny in his Indy car
Johnny looking over his shoulder
Johnny in one of his old rides
Johnny waving
Johnny getting a kiss
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Johnny as a boy in his dad's car
Johnny in # 86 in 1964
Johnny with his own shade
Johnny in Cedar Rapids in 1962
Johnny in the Bardahl special
Johnny in his car ready
Johnny set to go
Johnny protected from the weather
Johnny in his racecar
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Johnny sitting in an Indy car
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Johnny in the Mac Tools car
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Johnny with # 3 in 1974
Johnny in # 21 in 1986
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Johnny in his car 1982
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Johnny in # 1 talking with car owner Wally Meskowski at Eldora in April 1966.
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Johnny on Sports Illustrated
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Johnny on program cover
Johnny's helmet
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A drawing
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Johnny making money
Drawing of Johnny with Parnelli Jones and Roger McClusky
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Johnny's cars
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Johnny in a F1 car
Johnny giving Tim Richmond a ride
Johnny, Bobby Unser and Mario Andretti on the front row
Here they are on the track
Here's Johnny with AJ Foyt and Bobby Unser
Johnny leading
Johnny with Al Unser and A J Foyt
Johnny with Jim Mcelreath
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Johhny's ride at Duquoin
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Johnny inside Gene Brown on 1962
Johnny against Larry Dickson
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# 99 with Gary Bettenhausen at Winchester
Johnny outside B Pratt at Terre Haute
Johnny in # 73 in 1960
Johnny in # 73 with his helmet on the left rear tire
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Johnny # 6 insidde Mickey Shaw and Mel Kenyon at Terre Haute
Johnny inside Chuck Hulse
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John Sherman "Johnny" Rutherford III (born March 12, 1938), also known as "Lone Star JR", is an American former automobile racing driver. He is one of ten drivers to win the prestigious Indianapolis 500 mile race at least three times, winning in 1974, 1976, and 1980.[1]
Rutherford began racing modified stock cars in 1959 and he also dabbled in stock car racing, making 35 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts from 1963 to 1988. Rutherford won in his first start, at Daytona International Speedway driving for Smokey Yunick. This made him one of the youngest drivers ever to win in NASCAR history, in a full points-paying NASCAR race.
In 1959, Rutherford started driving modified stock cars in Dallas. He joined the International Motor Contest Association sprint car circuit in 1961 leading it for most of 1962. Rutherford later joined the United States Auto Club (USAC) starting in the Hoosier Hundred and later winning his first championship.[1]
Rutherford won his qualifying heat race for the 1963 Daytona 500, becoming the youngest winner of a Duel as a championship race, a record that would stand as the races were taken off the championship schedule in 1971 (though it has since been broken, the race was not a championship race when it happened). Later that year he also had his first start in the Indianapolis 500. Rutherford's first Indy car race win took place at the Atlanta 250. He won the USAC National Sprint Car Championship in 1965.[1]
On April 3, 1966, Rutherford suffered a serious crash at Eldora Speedway. His car flipped out of the track, and he suffered broken arms, a broken finger, and a head injury. He was forced to sit out the 1966 Indy 500.
Rutherford's NASCAR Winston Cup career included 35 starts from 1963 to 1988. He won in his first start, at Daytona International Speedway driving for Smokey Yunick. The win, in the second 100-mile Daytona 500 qualifying race, made him one of the youngest drivers ever to win in NASCAR history, in a full points-paying NASCAR race. (Until 1971, the qualifying races were full points-paying races.) In 1981, Rutherford drove twelve races, the most he ever raced in a single NASCAR season. In addition, Rutherford competed in five runnings of the International Race of Champions – 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980 and 1984.
Inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1996 Inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1995 Inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1993