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In May 1967, "railbirds" at the Brickyard® were talking about Parnelli Jones's radical STP® Turbine Car. The rear-engine cars that had appeared revolutionary a few years earlier seemed old-fashioned. But A.J. Foyt and his teammate Joe Leonard qualified their conventional V-8-powered Coyotes in 4^th and 5^th ahead of Jones in 6^th to fill the second row of the grid. Foyt's qualifying speed was 166.289 mph. Jones took command of the race on the first lap and led until the race was first put under caution on Lap 14 and then halted on Lap 18 due to rain. When the race was restarted the following day, Jones led from Dan Gurney and Foyt. When Jones pitted on Lap 79, Foyt led until he pitted on the 83^rd lap. Now Foyt dominated the piston engine portion of the field, and when Jones made his second pit stop on Lap 131, Foyt took the lead until his own second stop. On Lap 193, Gordon Johncock lost a wheel in Turn 3 and spun on the track, bringing out the caution flag. On the 197^th lap Jones' turbine burned a transmission bearing, and he pulled into the pits with three laps to go. Foyt went from leading the challenge to leading the race.