Indianapolis 500 in 1976

The 60th Indianapolis 500 was held on Sunday 30 May 1976 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway . American cyclist Johnny Rutherford won the race, which was prematurely terminated due to the rain. It was the third time in four years that the race was prematurely terminated due to bad weather. With only 102 of the 200 scheduled laps, the Indy 500 from 1976, the shortest race in history.

Race
Johnny Rutherford took the lead of the race on the 79th lap of AJ Foyt . During the 102nd lap the race was stopped due to rain. Two hours later it started to rain again just when the race would restart and the race was permanently discontinued. Rutherford won the race for the second time in his career.