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Johnny riding around Gasoline Alley


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Johnny with Kyle Larson


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Johnny in an evening with him!


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Johnny at Indy


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Johnny with Al Unser and Eddie Chever


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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


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Johnny interviewed after a BIG win at Indy


Johnny with a big trophy


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Johnny as a boy in his dad's car


Johnny in # 86 in 1964


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Johnny in Cedar Rapids in 1962


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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

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