Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p 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 broken tank for many laps which caused several drivers to spin. However USAC officials put off black-flagging him after the cars owner J. C. Agajanian ran down pit lane and somehow 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.. }
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- 1963_Indianapolis_500 abstract "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 broken tank for many laps which caused several drivers to spin. However USAC officials put off black-flagging him after the cars owner J. C. Agajanian ran down pit lane and somehow 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.".