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After several years of fairly rough SpeedWeeks, which included three fatalities during preliminary events from 1969-'72, SpeedWeeks in 1973 proved to be very safe, and would not give an indication of how tragic a year 1973 would be in auto racing.
This video on the 1973 Daytona 500 is in three parts. Each of the first two parts are the two qualifying races that determined the starting field beyond the front row (and there were some surprises, as well as a GIANT field trying to make the race), and the third part is the 1973 Daytona 500 itself.
The first qualifying race turned out to be a preview of what the Daytona 500 would turn into, which was a race-long battle between two of NASCAR's hardest chargers of the era, Buddy Baker and Cale Yarborough, who was back full-time in NASCAR for the first time since 1970. Other contenders in that first qualifying race included Richard Petty, Gordon Johncock (driving Hoss Ellington's #28 car), who was to win the rain and tragedy-marred Indianapolis 500 in May, Dick Brooks, Benny Parsons, and Darrell Waltrip. The lead changed hands 17 times in 50 laps, with Baker winning by about 2 car lengths over Yarborough.
The second qualifying race was one of those fairy tale stories that began with 1970 Daytona 500 winner Pete Hamilton, the second-fastest qualifier, starting up front, joined by the likes of A.J. Foyt, Jim Vandiver, and Herschel McGriff (in a second Petty team car), while 1970 NASCAR champion Bobby Isaac and 3-time NASCAR champion David Pearson starting a bit further back. Pearson was a late qualifier, and although he ran strong in his qualifying race, his poor starting position for the 2nd qualifier put the Wood Brothers in a hole they never could get out of, as they had to gamble on fuel mileage, and eventually ran out, resulting in a ninth-place finish and a starting position of 20th for the Daytona 500.
Most of that second qualifying race was a battle between Hamilton, Pearson, Isaac, and Coo Coo Marlin, before Marlin and Pearson ultimately took charge, and when Pearson ran out of fuel during the last caution period (for an incident between Jerry Cook and Slick Gardner), Marlin stole the last lap restart, and the victory over McGriff.
With over 70 cars running the two qualifying races, just making the Daytona 500 was a challenge, even for some of the top drivers. Among those that failed to qualify were Donnie Allison, in what was to be the debut race for DiGard Racing, as well as Sam Sessions, who finished fourth in the 1972 Indianapolis 500 (and who was a teammate of Yarborough in that event). Another driver that failed to qualify for the Daytona 500 in his first attempt was Richard Childress. In fact, almost as many cars failed to qualify for this race as there were successful qualifiers.
While the qualifiers were run on a sunny day, race day was overcast, with sprinkles resulting in Mr. 500 himself, Andy Granatelli, having to pace the field for far longer than he anticipated, as the first 13 laps were run under caution. When the green flag came out for real on lap 14, Baker and Yarborough picked up right where they left off, as they had the best cars, and would combine to lead 181 of the 200 laps. As was normally the case back then, mechanical attrition whittled the field. Hamilton, the 1970 winner, was the first out, almost immediately followed by Johncock. By lap 60, Pearson had also become a casualty in one of the few races he didn't win that year. The day's only wreck occurred just after Pearson's exit, when Marty Robbins (yes, THAT Marty Robbins) tangled with another car, and Darrell Waltrip and Red Farmer spun in the infield.
When Petty had to pit for a cut tire on lap 89, it had apparently become a 2-car race between Baker and Yarborough, but with Petty needing a pit stop at the three-quarter mark, John Utsman blew his engine at the start-finish line, and at the same time, Cale's engine blew in turn 1. Petty had now replaced Yarborough as the lone driver capable of challenging Baker, as the rest of the field was at least two laps behind.
The decisive moment came when Petty stopped for fuel with 11 laps remaining, and his pit stop time was about 5.3 seconds, and when Baker pitted on the next laps, his pit stop was about 8.5 seconds, forcing Baker to play catch-up, and with 6 laps to go, his engine blew, resulting in Petty winning the Daytona 500 in the biggest landslide in race history.
Bobby Isaac, who had never had any luck at all at Daytona, finally found some to finish second, while Dick Brooks, in the next-to-last race for Cotton Owens' #6 Dodge, was another lap behind in third (in fact, no two cars that finished in the top ten and were running finished on a common lap). Next came Foyt, McGriff, Baker, James Hylton (who completed the same number of laps as Baker), Ramo Stott, Buddy Arrington, and Vic Parsons (no relation to Benny).
This is the 65th Indianapolis 500, run on May 24, 1981.
NOTE: While I use the host segments for the Indy 500: The Classics airing of the highlight film, this is, in fact, a combined version between the SpeedVision version and ESPN's Legends of the Brickyard series.
The 1981 Indianapolis 500 was, quite possibly, the nuttiest and most controversial race in the more than one century history of the event.
Much like in 1980, there was a bumper crop of rookies ready to tackle the speedway, including Geoff Brabham, who's father Jack had begun the rear-engine revolution two decades earlier, and Tony Bettenhausen, Jr., who's namesake father had been killed at Indy that same year (1961). But the brightest (and most controversial) rookie was 19-year old Mexican Josele Garza, who came to Indy in 1981 with a false birth certificate stating he was 22 years of age (the rules still stated you had to be 21 to race at Indy).
Practice and qualifying saw it's share of controversy and crashes. Among those who crashed trying to make this race was Steve Kinser (yes, THAT Steve Kinser), who's cousin Sheldon was to have a memorable race driving one of Bobby Hillin, Sr.'s Longhorn Racing cars.
Of course, rain played it's usual role in the qualifying drama, as rain on the first weekend of qualifying resulted in only nine cars qualifying (one of which was later bumped), and Mario Andretti having to leave to compete in the Belgium Grand Prix, resulting in retired driver and Patrick Racing veteran Wally Dallenbach qualifying the #40 car that he had raced himself for a number of years. While Bobby Unser took the pole position at just over 200 MPH, Tom Sneva was actually the fastest qualifier, but because he, Danny Ongais, and Rick Mears all were classified as late qualifiers, they started 20th, 21st, and 22nd. Sneva was driving the new March chassis that was to dominate in later years. Joining Bobby Unser on the front row were Mike Mosley, in a stock-block Chevy-powered car for Dan Gurney's All-American Racers and Foyt.
After qualifying ended, Jerry Sneva, who had bumped Jerry Karl, was disqualified, with Karl replacing him in the line-up. Tim Richmond, who had also been bumped, was tapped to replace George Snider in A.J. Foyt's team car. The pre-race craziness was was not over yet. On Carb Day, Karl was arrested on pit road for something that stemmed from a 1978 case, and Bob Harkey practiced his car, but Karl would be in the car on race day.
The mood was set for the race, and on the start, no fewer than seven cars passed the S/F line BEFORE flagman Duane Sweeney dropped the green flag to start the race. Bobby Unser dominated the front of the field, while Tom Sneva charged to take third inside 15 laps, though his charge was not mentioned in the film. Johnny Rutherford's run lasted just 25 laps before a bad fuel pump knocked him out of the race. Also, during the caution for Don Whittington's crash (also not shown in the film), both Tom Sneva and Bill Whittington passed the pace car, but were not penalized because they let the pace car repass. On the 56th lap, a bizarre pit sequence began, which knocked four cars out of contention, during which came the fire in Rick Mears' pit, which should have brought out the caution, but didn't. Another contender knocked out of contention during that series of pit stops was Danny Ongais, who suffered a horrific crash on lap 68, in which he broke both his legs and suffered other injuries.
After that, the race calmed down, with Unser trading the lead with Gordon Johncock, Mario Andretti, who'd charged from the last row, and Josele Garza, who led for 13 laps during two series of pit stops. Garza crashed on the 138th lap, and on the ensuing restart, Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. cut a right front tire, sending him into Gordon Smiley, who crashed. That set up the infamous pit stop sequence during which Bobby Unser and Mario Andretti pitted together, with Unser passing 8 cars and Andretti 3, igniting a controversy that exists to this day. After that, the remainder of the race was marred by cautions for minor things. Unser dominated the rest of the way, with Johncock running second and Andretti third. When Johncock's engine blew with 6 laps remaining, Andretti up to second, while Unser crossed the finish line to win his third Indy 500. However, Unser was penalized one position, and Andretti was moved up to the winner's spot, resulting in court battles that weren't resolved until October, when Unser was reinstated, officially making him a 3-time Indianapolis 500 winner, the third driver to do so in four years.
Vern Schuppan finished third, with rookies Kevin Cogan and Geoff Brabham fourth and fifth (1981 was a BIG year at Indy for Australians), followed by Sheldon Kinser, Tony Bettenhausen, Jr., and Steve Krisiloff in positions 6, 7, and 8.
This is the 64th Indianapolis 500, run on May 25, 1980.
NOTE: While I use the host segments for the Indy 500: The Classics airing of the highlight film, this is, in fact, a combined version between the SpeedVision version and ESPN's Legends of the Brickyard series. Thus virtually the entire film is presented in one upload.
When the teams arrived at Indy to begin a new decade of speed, one thing was apparent. The road to success went through the Jim Hall team, which had a different driver for 1980, as 2-time Indy winner Johnny Rutherford replaced 3-time Indy champ Al Unser, who was dissatisfied with car owner Jim Hall over who should have gotten credit for the design of the Chaparral car. But there was no doubt that was the car to beat, and in a year that saw the deepest rookie field in many years attack the Brickyard, it would be experience that would win out.
There were 24 rookies entered and nearly half of them qualified for the race, including future NASCAR star Tim Richmond, sports car racing legend Hurley Haywood, and Bill and Don Whittington, who won the 24 Hours of LeMans in 1979 and before they arrived at Indy, had become the first pair of brothers to race in the Daytona 500 as rookies, and would make the same history at Indy.
During qualifications, Rutherford, Mario Andretti, and Bobby Unser qualified for the front row, making 1980 only the second year that the front row was comprised of three winners (1975 had been the only previous time that happened). But that was about the only thing predictable about qualifications in 1980, because defending Indy champion Rick Mears was outqualified by Spike Gehlhausen and Jerry Sneva, the latter driving a Jim Hall car that Al Unser had driven in 1978. Jerry's more distinguished brother, Tom, had a rough go, qualifying 14th and then crashing in between the two qualifying weekends. His team would bring out a back-up car and start last, but he wouldn't stay there. It was even worse for 1973 winner Gordon Johncock, who fractured his left ankle during the first week of practice, but persevered. Pole day also saw one of the biggest blunders ever made when Janet Guthrie's team waved off a run that would have easily qualified her for the race. She would never get another chance, as horrendous weather during the second qualifying weekend prevented her from making another bid. That wasn't the case for Tim Richmond, who despite his own pre-qualifying mishap, did qualify on the second weekend and contended into the second half of the race.
With 10 rookies sprinkled throughout the field and the veteran drivers worried about a lack of horsepower, many feared a caution-marred race, and unfortunately, that's exactly what transpired. While Rutherford and Bobby Unser dueled early, the caution came out four times in the first 100 miles, including for one crash involving two rookies (Bill Whittington and Dick Ferguson) and another for the surprisingly strong Spike Gehlhausen, allowing other drivers to lead, such as rookie Roger Rager, veteran George Snider, Johncock, and Pancho Carter, who would later be penalized one lap for passing the pace car. Andretti also led in the early stages (before dropping out, of course), the first time he led at Indy since his 1969 win.
But the biggest benefactors were Tom Sneva and fellow last row starter Gary Bettenhausen, who was the slowest qualifier. Both moved into contention as the cautions and attrition mounted (there were 13 caution periods in this race). Both Unser brothers, Jerry Sneva, A.J. Foyt, and Snider were also among those that fell by the wayside, as would Rager, who got caught up in veteran Jim McElreath's mishap.
But nothing could stop Rutherford, who late in the race, had Rick Mears to deal with, but Mears eventually fell victim to a late flat tire, and Rutherford won by 30 seconds to become Indy's sixth 3-time winner. But the real stories lied in those who finished behind JR. Sneva became the first driver ever to lead the race after starting last (he led 13 laps). Bettenhausen, the slowest qualifier, wound up third, the highest finisher for a driver that was the slowest qualifier. Johncock, who also led early, finished fourth with a broken ankle. Mears wound up fifth, followed by Carter, who would have finished second, if not for that one lap penalty for passing the pace car. Danny Ongais was next, in seventh place, followed by veteran Tom Bigelow. Ninth place (and Indy's top rookie honors) went to Tim Richmond, who ran out of fuel on the final lap and was given a ride to victory lane by JR. Rounding out the top ten was another rookie, Greg Leffler, in Sherman Armstrong's third car, all of which finished in the top 10 (Both Bigelow and Bettenhausen started in the back row).
This is the 63rd Indianapolis 500, run on May 27, 1979.
NOTE: While I use the host segments for the Indy 500: The Classics airing of the highlight film, this is, in fact, a combined version between the SpeedVision version and ESPN's Legends of the Brickyard series. Thus virtually the entire film is presented in one upload.
1979 was a year of change in sports, and Indycar racing was certainly no exception. However, the change in IndyCar racing that took place in 1979 was, to say the least, acrimonial. That year, a group of car owners, including Roger Penske, Pat Patrick, and Dan Gurney, formed Championship auto Racing Teams, or CART. And when the Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened in 1979, the CART teams were initially denied entry into the Indianapolis 500, launching court battles and a year of controversy. In addition to that, USAC, which sanctioned the Indianapolis 500, lowered the maximum amount of turbocharger boost pressure, and the controversy that ensued over that resulted in an extra qualifying day and a 35-car field. There was also controversy regarding whether Danny Ongais would be allowed to drive in the race following a practice crash, and the controversies even spread into the race itself, when a scoring snafu following the first series of pit stops resulted in Mike Mosley's Dan Gurney-prepared car not being credited with a lap it completed, something that wasn't discovered until well after the race ended.
During qualifications, which were delayed a day by rain, the big headline was whether Tom Sneva would become the first driver to win the pole position three years in a row. It wasn't until former teammate Rick Mears, the last man eligible to win the pole, qualified at over 193 MPH, snatched the pole spot from Sneva, denying the Gasman that piece of history, which has still never been achieved. Al Unser, seeking to win back-to-back Indianapolis 500s for the second time, and who had won the previous four 500-mile IndyCar races in a row, completed the front row. Ongais later qualified his back-up car 27th for the race.
Also seen is the finals of the third addition of the now-annual pit stop contest, which was won by Sneva's team. Afterwards, for the first time since 1933, extra cars are added to the field on the day before the race. Any car that could have qualified faster than the slowest qualified car would be added to the field. Two did, with Billy Vukovich II and George Snider being added as the 34th and 35th starters.
As chaotic as the run-up to the race was in 1979, the race itself went off just as smoothly. Al Unser dominated in Jim Hall's new Chapparal car, the first modern ground effects IndyCar. However, for some reason gearboxes were to be a particular problem in this race. The first such victim was 2-time winner Johnny Rutherford, who lost his top gear near the halfway point, followed by Al Unser, who had a transmission seal go bad, ending his run at a fourth Indy win, and handing the lead to his older brother Bobby, who controlled the second half of the race as Al had the first half.
The 1979 Indianapolis 500 was accident-free until Larry Rice barely touched the wall on the 156th lap. By this time, Only the elder Unser and pole sitter Mears were on the same lap, but with 20 laps remaining, the same problem that eliminated Rutherford from contention would do the same to Bobby Unser, as he also lost his top gear, and moments later, A.J. Foyt passed Mears to join the lead lap. With 10 laps remaining, the rear wing on Tom Sneva's car broke, resulting in a hard crash and a restart with 5 laps remaining. The only drama Mears dealt with was a hard charging Mosley unlapping himself on the final lap as Mears sped to the win, but as that happened, Foyt's car died and he coasted across the finish line just seconds ahead of Mosley, who actually took the white flag twice.
Mears' win ushered in a changing of the guard in IndyCar racing, as he would go on to the first of three national championships in four years. Following Foyt and Mosley were Ongais, who scored a career-best fourth place finish ay Indy, Bobby Unser, still running in third gear was fifth, Gordon Johncock was sixth, Howdy Holmes, despite a very unscheduled early pit stop, still wound up seventh (he locked up Rookie of the Year simply by qualifying, as he was the only Indy rookie that year), Vukovich was eighth, Tom Bagley ninth, and Spike Gehlhausen, in a team car to Johncock's, completed the top ten (and there were scoring issues similar to those involved with Mosley regarding Gehlhausen).
The 1979 Indianapolis 500 would also be the last Indianapolis 500 for starter Pat Vidan, the chief starter since 1962. In addition, this was probably the last racing film narrated by the legendary Bud Lindemann.
This is the 62nd Indianapolis 500, run on May 28, 1978.
NOTE: While I use the host segments for the Indy 500: The Classics airing of the highlight film, this is, in fact, a combined version between the SpeedVision version and ESPN's Legends of the Brickyard series. Thus virtually the entire film is presented in one upload.
As the teams and drivers descended on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Indianapolis 500 in 1978, there was a tinge of sadness, as Tony Hulman, who along with 3-time Indianapolis 500 winner Wilbur Shaw, rescued the track from ruin after World War II, had died the previous October.
When festivities began, there was also hope for the first official 200 MPH qualification. Tom Sneva had run two official laps over 200 MPH in 1977, but his average was just under 199. Not only would Sneva qualify at over 200 MPH, he shattered his own record with a lap of over 203. Sneva would be joined on the front row by Indy sophomore Danny Ongais and rookie teammate Rick Mears, the first rookie to qualify on the front row since Eddie Sachs in 1957. And while no previous winner qualified on the front row, three of them, 2-time winners Johnny Rutherford and Al Unser, as well as 1973 winner Gordon Johncock, would qualify on the second row.
However, Mother Nature also had her turn at bat, affecting both qualifying weekends, and that, combined with mechanical problems adversely affected the efforts of Bobby Unser and A.J. Foyt, who instead of starting up front (Foyt qualified with the identical speed that Danny Ongais qualified with), would have to start in the seventh row, and neither was ever a factor in the race. The weather also affected the efforts of Mario Andretti, who would likely have been able to qualify his car had weather not intervened on the first qualifying weekend. But because qualifying was delayed, Mike Hiss, who put one of Roger Penske's cars on the front row in 1974, qualified eighth, but since Andretti drove it in the race, he was forced to start last.
The day of the race was one of the hottest in Indy history, but the race itself was pretty non-descript, though the start was a bit crazy. Rick Mears missed a shift on the initial start, and just behind him, Sheldon Kinser slowed with oil pressure problems. He would bring out the caution flag twice in the race's first 10 laps. While Andretti, Foyt, and Bobby Unser were trying to charge from the back, Ongais and Sneva battle up front. On the 24th lap, Spike Gehlhausen hit the wall in turn two, the only crash during the race. During the ensuing caution, Steve Krisiloff grabbed the lead, but was penalized one lap for violating USAC's P.A.C.E.R. light rule on the 31st lap.
Andretti moved up to battle Foyt for 12th place, and eventually passed A.J., but just before the caution came out for Gehlhausen's crash, Andretti suffered magneto problems (and stopped FIVE pit stalls short before being pushed into his pit), costing him any chance to contend. Foyt later would suffer engine problems, relegating him to also-ran status in this one.
Meanwhile, Al Unser was moving up, due in large part to his pit crew, who were making 11 second pit stops, and on lap 76, took the lead from Ongais. A subplot to this battle was that Ongais was racing for what was Vel's-Parnelli Jones Racing, the team Al had raced for from 1969-'77. Ongais' car was faster, but Al's pit crew more than made up for what he lost on the track.
Just past the halfway mark, Rick Mears dropped out of his first Indianapolis 500 with problems unrelated to his slow start. Though never mentioned in the film, Gordon Johncock moved into contention before being penalized one lap for running over his air hose during a pit stop.
On the 144th lap, Ongais' car broke a turbocharger rotor, ending what would be his only real chance to win the race, seemingly handing Unser the race on a a platter. Then with 20 laps remaining, Unser hit a tire his team was planning to change on his last pit stop (not seen or mentioned), though his lead on Tom Sneva was big enough that he still scored an easy third Indy win.
Behind Unser and Sneva were Patrick Racing teammates Johncock and Krisiloff, their finishing positions not affected by their penalties, former Patrick Racing drive Wally Dallenbach, Bobby Unser, in one of his few bright spots of 1978, Foyt, George Snider, Janet Guthrie (who finished ninth with a broken wrist), and Johnny Parsons, Jr. rounding out the top 10.
Unser's third Indy win was the crown jewel of a great 1978 season, which saw him win the IROC title and then use his third Indy win to catapult him to the only sweep of IndyCar racing 500 mile races. Sneva would go on to win his second national championship, yet still get fired by Roger Penske at season's end.
This is the 61st Indianapolis 500, run on May 29, 1977.
NOTE: While I use the host segments for the Indy 500: The Classics airing of the highlight film, this is, in fact, a combined version between the SpeedVision version and ESPN's Legends of the Brickyard series, which started with this race. Thus virtually the entire film is presented in one upload.
In the history of the Indianapolis 500, there may have been no year where more history was made than there was in 1977. However, the month started with sadness, as the legendary Sid Collins, the Voice of the 500 since 1952, committed suicide on May 2 after being diagnosed with ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease.
After the track was repaved for the first time since 1961, speeds climbed to where they'd been in 1973, but overall, it was a safe month. On the first day of time trials, while the big names, such as A.J. Foyt, Mario Andretti, one of the Unsers, or Gordon Johncock were predicted to be the first to break the 200 MPH barrier, if anyone would. However, it would be Tom Sneva, driving for Roger Penske, that would be the first to break that historic barrier. However, while Sneva ran two laps over 200, his overall average was less than that, though he did break Johnny Rutherford's 1973 4-lap qualifying record to take the pole. He would be the only non-winner in the first two rows, as the Unser brothers joined Sneva on the front row, while Johncock, Foyt, and Andretti would make up the second row.
However, it was not to be a good month for Rutherford, who struggled on the first day of time trials, qualified on the second day, and was the first out of the race.
More history was made on the second qualifying weekend when Janet Guthrie, who had driven in that year's Daytona 500, became the first woman to qualify for the Indianapolis 500, forcing Tony Hulman, who was battling illness himself, to alter the traditional command, "Gentlemen, Start Your Engines!"
Though Al Unser led the first 18 laps, almost the entire 1977 race was a duel between Johncock, who was trying to prove he could win going the distance, and Foyt, who was seeking to become the first 4-time Indy winner. Heat would be a problem as numerous top drivers, including Johncock, ran into trouble caused by the heat, nearly hitting the wall in turn one, and then again in turn three when he got into oil from Pancho Carter's blown engine at the 400-mile mark.
The scariest moment of the race on the 36th lap, when veteran Lloyd Ruby crashed hard under the VIP suites in turn two in what was his final race at Indy. Andretti, Bobby Unser, rookie Danny Ongais, and Pancho Carter all were among those who suffered engine-related failures, as did Guthrie, who despite a vallant attempt by her crew, was also among the early casuialties.
With 16 laps remaining, Johncock seemed to have a lock on victory, as he held a 13-second lead on Foyt when he broke his crankshaft at the start of the 185th lap, handing Foyt the lead and more history, as he became the race's first 4-time winner.
In addition, near the end of the race, Larry Cannon took over for John Mahler, finishing the race as a relief driver. This is notable because this would mark the last time a relief driver would be needed until rain forced Robby Gordon out of his car in the 2004 Indianapolis 500.
Following Foyt was Tom Sneva, who wasn't the only driver in his family that had a big month. His brother Jerry finished 10th, taking Indy's coveted Rookie of the Year honors. Al Unser took third, despite running out of fuel on his final lap, while Johncock's two teammates, Wally Dallenbach and Johnny Parsons, Jr., rounded out the top five. They were followed by Tom Bigelow, who was a career-best sixth, Lee Kunzman, who matched his best finish at Indy, veteran Roger McCluskey, and Steve Krisiloff.
Sadly, this would be the last Indianapolis 500 for Tony Hulman, who died that fall. When Foyt pulled into victory lane, nobody seemed to be happier than Hulman himself (he's the man in the gold jacket that's first to shake Foyt's hand in victory lane).
It's also ironic that the legendary Bud Lindemann, who took over as the narrator for the official Indianapolis 500 film in 1977, would be the one to narrate the film of Foyt's fourth Indianapolis 500 win, as Foyt was one of the many racing legends Lindemann covered in seven seasons with his Car and Track program, which focused mostly on NASCAR and IndyCar racing.
All credits go to SPEED (SpeedVision, the predecessor to the SPEED Channel, aired much of the content in this presentation), ESPN/The Walt Disney Company, who also aired quite a bit of what is seen in this video, USAC, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and Championship Racefilms.
If there are any others who I'm forgetting, please let me know so I can add them to the list of those to credit.
This is the 59th Indianapolis 500, run on May 25, 1975.
NOTE: While I use the host segments for the Indy 500: The Classics airing of the highlight film, this is, in fact, a combined version between the SpeedVision version and ESPN's Legends of the Brickyard series, which started with this race. Thus virtually the entire film is presented in one upload.
The 1975 Indianapolis 500 seemed to destined to be a historic event. A.J. Foyt, still seeking his fourth Indianapolis 500 win, a feat that yet yet to be achieved at that time, was the dominant factor in the sport in '75, and in qualifications, he didn't disappoint anyone, taking his second consecutive Indy pole and fourth overall, tying Rex Mays' record. And when 1973 winner Gordon Johncock and 1968 winner Bobby Unser qualified second and third, it marked the first time the entire front row was comprised of previous winners.
Only two other drivers had a real shot at the front row, Tom Sneva, who qualified fourth, and Wally Dallenbach. But he had problems that relegated him to the status of a second day qualifier, and although he recorded the fourth-fastest qualifying time, he was forced to start the race 21st.
Something not mentioned is the Carburetion Day crash of Pancho Carter, which caused the team to have to rebuild the car, but Carter ran a quiet race, winding up fourth, despite spinning out on the main straightaway in the chaotic rainy finish.
To add to the feeling of this being destined as a historic race, on the day the race was run, May 25, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was officially added to the National Register of Historic Places. This was also the 30th Indianapolis 500 for Tony Hulman, which is noted in both the beginning and end of the film, which is narrated by legendary voice actor Marvin Miller.
As for the race itself, some of the true giants of the sport traded the lead, as Foyt, Johncock, and Johnny Rutherford traded the lead early. Even NASCAR legend Bobby Allison got in on the act during the first series of pit stops, leading for one circuit. But charging from the 21st position, and having run only three laps in the 1974 race, Wally Dallenbach was on a mission, and once he got the lead, he dominated the race. Foyt's bid for victory ran came to an end when he ran out of fuel on the 124th lap. Then just three laps later, Tom Sneva and Eldon Rasmussen tangled in turn two, with Sneva having a horrible crash in front of the VIP stands. This crash would have an effect on the outcome of the race.
On lap 162, Dallenbach, still holding a big lead, burned a piston, something he blamed on the fact that they had to run through the grass during the 15-lap caution for Sneva's crash. That wasn't the only way Sneva's crash affected the end of this race. On lap 170, the right rear hub on Gary Bettenhausen's car exploded, bringing out the caution flag. A few laps later, the heavens opened up, causing fans to scatter and a number of drivers to spin out, one of whom was Billy Vukovich II, who actually GAINED TWO positions because he was able to finish the race. Had it not been for Sneva's crash, the race likely would have been run to completion.
Bobby Unser was the biggest beneficiary of the chaotic finish, earning his second win, and bringing Dan Gurney to Indy's victory lane for the only time in his career. A half lap behind Unser was Johnny Rutherford, who splashed his way to the runner-up spot, with Foyt finishing alongside Unser, but almost one lap behind in third. Carter finished fourth with his repaired car, but was five laps behind, with veteran Roger McCluskey finishing another two laps behind in fifth, with Vukovich's heady move to finish after his spin, which is not seen in this presentation, giving him sixth place, ahead of Bill Puterbaugh, who was named Indy's Rookie of the Year, and George Snider, who had the best race of his Indy career, in eighth place.
Al credits go to SPEED (SpeedVision, the predecessor to the SPEED Channel, aired much of the content in this presentation), ESPN/The Walt Disney Company, who also aired quite a bit of what is seen in this video, USAC, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and Championship Racefilms.
If there are any others who I'm forgetting, please let me know so I can add them to the list of those to credit.
This is the 60th Indianapolis 500, run on May 30, 1976.
NOTE: While I use the host segments for the Indy 500: The Classics airing of the highlight film, this is, in fact, a combined version between the SpeedVision version and ESPN's Legends of the Brickyard series, which started with this race. Thus virtually the entire film is presented in one upload.
The month of May at Indy in 1976 began with a horrifying crash by Eddie Miller, one of the first of the Super Vee graduates, who brushed the wall coming off turn one during a practice run and then spun through the infield, over the catchfence, and under the infield scoreboard. But aside from that incident, the month of May at Indy in '76 was a very safe month.
While the battle for the pole position figured to be between 1974 Indy champion Johnny Rutherford and A.J. Foyt, who was bidding to become the first to win the pole position three years in a row, Foyt encountered handling problems during his qualifying run, allowing Rutherford to take his secoind Indy pole. For some reason, much like the film of the 1974 race, there is no mention at all of the runs of the other two front row drivers, in this case, Gordon Johncock and Tom Sneva, though other drivers' qualifying runs are mentioned, such as Al and Bobby Unser, Johnny PArson, Jr., 1975 Indy Rookie of the Year Bill Puterbaugh, Vern Schuppan, who won that honor in '76, and Mario Andretti, who actually became that year's fastest qualifier during the second weekend of time trials.
1976 is notable because of two other things. The first was the opening of the IMS Hall of Fame, as we see Tony Hulman and Karl Kaiser take Bud Lindemann, of Car and Track fame (and who would narrate the Indy films for the next three years, taking the mantle from Marvin Miller, who narrated this film) through the Hall of Fame museum. The second was the effort by Janet Guthrie to become the first woman to qualify for the race, but a litany of problems kept her from even making a qualifying run. In addition, we go inside the paddock to look at the Patrick Racing Team's efforts with Herb Porter and George Bignotti.
For some reason, there's a heavy emphasis in this presentation on the efforts of Grant King's team, and particularly journeyman driver John Martin, who does gives you a look at how driving the track felt like back then.
As for the race itself, Johnny Rutherford and A.J. Foyt, for the most part, had the duel many expected them to have during qualifications, as they dominated the race. On the 10th lap, 1973 USAC champion Roger McCluskey crashed in turn three, the race's only crash. He was the fourth driver to drop out of the race. Only two others, David Hobbs and Gary Bettenhausen, would fall out after McCluskey's crash. On the pit stop sequence during that caution, Foyt's team left the adjusting wrech in, and just after the restart on lap 14, it fell off, causing another brief caution. The Patrick Racing duo of Wally Dallenbach and Gordon Johncock led laps 17-37, but after Tom Sneva stopped on the 39th lap, Rutherford and Foyt led the rest of the way. Just after Rutherford's pit stop on the 60th lap, Foyt caught a big break when Johnny Parsons, Jr. lost a wheel, allowing Foyt to stop under caution and gain a 9 second lead, but at about that same time, Foyt suffered a broken sway bar (which wasn't discovered until after the race was stopped for rain on lap 103), allowing Rutherford to rapidly close in as weather was approaching. JR blew by A.J., and then rapidly pulled away, building a 15 second lead before Jerry Grant brought out the caution just before halfway, and then the rains came, stopping the race just after the halfway mark. Despite the efforts of the IMS crews, they could never get the race restarted, and Rutherford became the only Indianapolis 500 winner to walk into victory lane.
The biggest surprise of the race (other than the one caused by the weather) was the run of Salt Walther, who ran with the biggest names in the sport and more than held his own, finishing ninth in a top ten that included Rutherford, Foyt, Johncock (third), Dallenbach (fourth), Pancho Carter (fifth), Tom Sneva (sixth), Al Unser (seventh), Mario Andretti (eighth), and Bobby Unser (tenth). Because of the race only going 102 laps (making it the shortest race in Indy history), a record 27 cars were running at the finish.
All credits go to SPEED (SpeedVision, the predecessor to the SPEED Channel, aired much of the content in this presentation), ESPN/The Walt Disney Company, who also aired quite a bit of what is seen in this video, USAC, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and Championship Racefilms.
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This is the 257th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "Everlasting Friendship". This is also the final episode derived from Kingdom Hearts 3, and thus, the final episode of the sixth season of the Kingdom Hearts series.
The battle between Sora and Master Xehanort carries on, and just when it appears that Xehanort has the upper hand, the combined power and friendship of Sora, Donald Duck, and Goofy turns the tide and defeats Xehanort and the X-blade, just as the others find Sora and his party, having closed Kingdom Hearts from the Keyblade Graveyard. Then Terra confronts Xehanort and shocks everyone there by revealing that Master Eraqus' heart has been inside him this entire time (this was revealed during Blank Points), and both Terra and Eraqus tell Xehanort to hand over the X-blade, which he does before both he and Eraqus disappear into the great beyond, but not before Eraqus apologizes to his three proteges. Then Sora, using the power of friendship, uses the X-blade to close Kingdom Hearts from Scala ad Caelum, returning the Keyblade wielders to the Keyblade Graveyard, where Sora promises to find Kairi, unaware that she's safe.
Then we see a series of celebrations and get-togethers, one of which (in the Land of Departure) prompts the question of a link between Ventus and Chirithy. The Disney characters, including Master Yen Sid, meet at Disney Castle, where there's a fireworks show, while at the Twilight Town Mansion, Lea, Roxas, and Xion are joined by Isa, Hayner, Pence, and Olette, while in the castle at Radiant Garden, the final touches are put on the vessel that brings Namine back to life, which means that Kairi would've had to have been back at Radiant Garden since being used by Xehanort as the 13th key to open Kingdom Hearts, since Namine's heart has been inside Kairi since near the end of Kingdom Hearts 2 (the majority of the fourth season).
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This is the 256th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "The Final Trial".
Having arrived in Scala ad Caelum, a place once considered the seat of power for Keyblade wielders, Sora, along with Donald Duck and Goofy, are put through a series of trials by Xehanort, as they're confronted by Xehanort on land, in the air, and under the sea in a series of battles that prepare them for the final conflict.
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This is the 255th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "The Key to Kingdom Hearts".
In an earlier episode, we saw Xemnas take Kairi captive, and at the start of this episode, we see Master Xehanort pay that off by using her as the 13th key, the one to open Kingdom Hearts. Realizing the dangers that poses, the Guardians of Light plot a strategy to both defeat Xehanort and close Kingdom Hearts. Sora takes the lead by deciding to go after Xehanort while the others close Kingdom Hearts from the Keyblade Graveyard, and realizing that they have no part to play with the other Keyblade wielders without Keyblades themselves, Donald Duck and Goofy join Sora for one final mission that leads them to a city that appears filled with beauty but one that has a dark secret, one that Xehanort knows all about.
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This is the 254th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "Defeating the Final Seekers".
After helping Aqua and Ventus defeat Vanitas and Terranort, Sora finally helps free Terra from the influence of the Heartless that had dwelled inside him for 13 years,finally reuniting the three Keyblade wielders from the first season of the series. Then he rejoins Riku and King Mickey to defeat the final Seekers of Darkness, but not before Master Xehanort informs them that the results of each battle, one way or the other, grants him one of the 13 keys he needs to open Kingdom Hearts.
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This is the 253rd episode of Kingdom Hearts, "The Changing of the Guardians".
Sora's next stop in the labyrinth takes him to a battle between Isa/Saix and and Lea/Axel, as well as Kairi and a mysterious figure in black, who happens to be none other than Xion, begging the question of how Xion was able to return. And just as Sora and Lea are able to get Xion to come to, they're ambushed by Isa/Saix and Xemnas, but Xemnas may be the one in for the real surprise when Roxas returns, thanks in no small part to the vessel left by an earlier battle, which gave Roxas' heart a place to go when it awakened, thus resulting in his return, which has been a plotline throughout this entire adventure. And with that, Kairi and Lea/Axel hand over their responsibilities to Roxas and Xion.
Then Sora heads to another part of the labyrinth, where he finds Aqua and Ventus battling with Vanitas and and Terranort, and joins the festivities, eventually helping Aqua and Terra defeat their adversaries.
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This is the 252nd episode of Kingdom Hearts, "The Labyrinth of Doom".
Progressing through the labyrinth that Xehanort created in the Keyblade Graveyard after defeating Xigbar and the Riku Replica, Sora then encounters King Mickey alone facing Luxord, Marluxia, and Larxene, so he lends a hand. First, he takes on Luxord, who traps Mickey in one of his cards, and Sora has to defeat Luxord to free Mickey. After Sora dispatches Luxord, he then has to tackle Marluxia and Larxene before continuing on in the labyrinth.
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This is the 251st episode of Kingdom Hearts, "The Replica's Sacrifice".
After their narrow escape from the the tide of Heartless, thanks to Master Yen Sid, the Guardians of Light, along with the Seekers of Darkness arrive for their rendezvous with destiny. The Guardians of Light split up into small teams, with Sora and Riku taking on Xigbar and the Riku Replica, with Sora and Riku taking out Xigbar and Riku getting a little help taking out the Riku Replica, leaving behind a vessel which becomes invaluable later on.
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This is the 250th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "Ancient Assistance".
With the battle between the Guardians of Light and the Heartless a stand-off, even with the ginormous Heartless tornado sucking up Heartless and at least one Dusk Nobody, Sora takes a gambit and attacks the Heartless tornado head-on and is greeted by someone from the past named Ephemer (not mentioned by name in the episode), who grants Sora the ability to control all of the Keyblades in the Keyblade Graveyard (about 10,000 of them) for one enormous attack on the Heartless tornado, which proves successful. But the success is only temporary, because the Riku from when Xehanort was controlling him during KH1, along with Xigbar/Braig, launches another attack using a similar amount of Heartless, and only when Master Yen Sid arrives and finally reveals how much power he still has, do the Guardians of Light have any way of escaping.
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This is the 249th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "The Quest to Return Hearts, Part 2".
Having successfully pieced himself back together after what happened at the Keyblade Graveyard, Sora now goes about the task of doing the same for all of his friends, with the exception of Jiminy Cricket, who's along with Sora for this part of the journey. To do this, he must free the hearts of all of his friends, which have been captured and are hidden somewhere on each of the worlds Sora and his crew have visited in this particular journey.
Below are listed all of the worlds in the order Sora journeys to in this quest to return the hearts of his friends to where they belong, and those who's hearts are locked up in the corresponding worlds:
Olympus-Riku
The Caribbean-Aqua
Arendelle-Goofy
Monstropolis-Donald Duck
Toy Box-Ventus
The Kingdom of Corona-King Mickey
San Fransokyo-Lea/Axel
EPISODE NOTE: Only the last two locations are revisited in this episode. The first five locations were revisited in the last episode.
After visiting the last two worlds to retrieve the hearts of the fallen Keybladers, Sora realizes that Kairi's unaccounted for, but is pleased to know that, unlike the others, her heart was not captured by Xehanort's forces, but instead was helping to guide Sora through his journey through the hereafter and the worlds to retrieve the hearts of the others. Then arriving at the Keyblade Graveyard, they group, now back together again, are confronted by Terranort, who himself is in for quite a surprise when he attempts to obliterate the Guardians of Light.
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This is the 248th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "The Quest to Return Hearts, Part 1".
Having successfully pieced himself back together after what happened at the Keyblade Graveyard, Sora now goes about the task of doing the same for all of his friends, with the exception of Jiminy Cricket, who's along with Sora for this part of the journey. To do this, he must free the hearts of all of his friends, which have been captured and are hidden somewhere on each of the worlds Sora and his crew have visited in this particular journey.
Below are listed all of the worlds in the order Sora journeys to in this quest to return the hearts of his friends to where they belong, and those who's hearts are locked up in the corresponding worlds:
Olympus-Riku
The Caribbean-Aqua
Arendelle-Goofy
Monstropolis-Donald Duck
Toy Box-Ventus
The Kingdom of Corona-King Mickey
San Fransokyo-Lea/Axel
EPISODE NOTE: Only the first five locations are revisited in this episode. Locations 6 and 7 are revisited in the next episode.
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This is the 247th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "Mission in the Hereafter".
To return to the land of the living, Sora undergoes the task of piecing himself back together, but to accomplish this, he must connect with more than 100 caricatures of himself to complete the task Chirithy put in front of him. But once he completes that task, Sora is forced to relive the experience of his friends being taken before he goes about another mission, this time to undo that damage.
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This is the 246th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "The Price of Hesitancy".
Seeing some of friends, such as Goofy, Donald Duck, Aqua, and Ventus get mowed down by Terranort, Sora becomes hesitant and second guesses himself, ending up in all of his friends sharing that fate. Sora ends up getting blasted to a world in the hereafter, where his ghostly form meets up with a Moogle-like figure named Chirithy, who informs of his situation, and that he can't return to his own world until he finds some way to piece himself back together. Sora then encounters some glistening stars who give him other information, one of which happens to be Namine (who's still within Kairi), who informs Sora that Kairi is fighting her best to prevent both herself and Sora from vanishing for good.
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This is the 245th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "Xehanort's 13th Vessel".
After making their final preparations for the upcoming battle to come, the Keybladers arrive at the Keyblade Graveyard and learn about the Keyblade War. In fact, Master Xenahort utters nearly the same words he uttered back in episode 24, when Aqua, Ventus, and Terra arrived for their previous battle at the Keyblade Graveyard.
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This is the 244th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "United at Last!".
With Aqua now back, the next step is to free Ventus, but it's not going well, thanks to Vanitas' sneak attack on Aqua as Sora and Aqua entered the secret chamber in which Ventus has been asleep for 13 years. But from inside Sora, Ventus somehow gets Sora's attention, and Sora eventually awakes Ventus, who turns the tide, and Vanitas retreats.
Then back at Master Yen Sid's tower, everyone convenes to talk about what's happened and learn that Jiminy's given them all Gummiphones so they can study what's happened, if they so desire. Master Yen Sid also tells them that the seven Guardians of Light have all been brought together, and counting Donald Duck and Goofy, counts nine guardians. But where does that leave Terra, Roxas, and even Xion?
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This is the 243rd episode of Kingdom Hearts, "A Rescue in Darkness".
Sora arrives in the Realm of Darkness just in time to team up with Riku to defeat the darnkess-corrupted Aqua and save King Mickey, and then Sora dives into the darkness to rescue Aqua, who then comes to on the Destiny Islands and learns what happened.
Then in Radiant Garden, Demyx and Even enter the castle, where Ienzo is pondering how to proceed with bringing back Roxas. There, Demyx stuns Ienzo when he brings Ansem the Wise with him through a dark portal. Demyx also brings a vessel Even created with him.
Then, Sora, Aqua, Donald Duck, and Goofy head back to a place that would hold nothing but bad memories, if they had any memories of it. Castle Oblivion. That is where Aqua hid Ventus' body, but when Aqua uses Master Eraqus' Keyblade, Sora and his crew are stunned to see the transformation that follows, as Castle Oblivion is turned back into what was left of the Land of Departure.
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This is the 242nd episode of Kingdom Hearts, "The Tides of Darkness".
After a request from Hiro to do so, Sora and the version of Baymax we've come to know attack and defeat the corrupted version of Baymax, and after the battle, Hiro destroys the chip himself, thus returning the corrupted version of Baymax to it's original state.
Then Sora and his crew get some very bad news concerning Riku and King Mickey in the Realm of Darkness, prompting Sora to take action on this. first, Sora and his crew arrive on the Destiny Islands, where Sora is shocked to find the Keyblade once used by Master Eraqus, which leads him through a doorway where the Destiny Islands touches the Realm of Darkness. Meanwhile in the Realm of Darkness, Chip and Dale's worst fears become realized when both Riku and King Mickey are attacked, not only by the supercharged Heartless, but also by Aqua, who's been taken over by darkness herself, thanks to the earlier actions of one of Xehanort's vessels when she was trying to help Ansem the Wise.
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This is the 241st episode of Kingdom Hearts, "The Replication Virus".
As the heroes in San Fransokyo continue their battle with the strange viral forms, the replicated version of Riku from the nine-episode Chain of Memories arc appears and begins to use the bugs to attack the heroes and get the computer chip used to activate the original Baymax and corrupt it, thereby creating an evil version of Baymax to attack Sora's crew, as well as Hiro and his friends.
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This is the 240th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "The Return of the Bugs".
The heroes investigate reports of microbots in the city, but unbeknownst to them, when they get there, they see a crazy form of what Fred calls Darkubes that they can't stop, no matter what they do. What they've really run into is a virus similar to the one that corrupted the datascape inside Jiminy Cricket's journal during the events of Coded that affected the data versions of Sora, Riku, and the worlds visited during KH1 (the majority of the second season) in the datascape inside the computer at the Disney Castle.
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This is the 239th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "The Nine Heroes of San Fransokyo".
The heroes known as "Big Hero 6" continue to use Sora to get data to upgrade their own systems to try to combat the forces attacking the city they've swore to protect. After successfully managing that, they join Sora and his crew in fending off the giant Heartless, while saving the population of San Fransokyo. But Hiro Hamada, the leader of the Big Hero 6 team, seems to be hiding a secret. What could it be, and could it have anything to do with Baymax?
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This is the 238th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "The World From the Future".
Sora and his crew have arrived in a place called San Fransokyo, which is a mixture of San Francisco, CA and Tokyo, Japan, and they discover that it's a futuristic world, from the robots they encounter to the group of six heroes who protect that world from it's dangers, known as "Big Hero 6", who all wear, or use futuristic gear in their efforts.
NOTE: While Big Hero 6 was not created by Marvel Comics (it was created by Man of Action, which also created the Cartoon Network hits Ben 10 and Generator Rex), a version of the team appeared in a Marvel Comics team-up with the Japanese mutant hero Sunfire, a hero best known for his appearance in the 1981 Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends episode of the same name. So in a way, the team-up with the heroes of Big Hero 6 is the first time the Kingdom Hearts series has, in any way, crossed over with anything having to do with Marvel Comics.
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This is the 237th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "The Blessings of Time".
In this episode, the pirates aboard the Black Pearl defeat the attacking ships with a little help from Calypso, who brings both Will Turner and his ship back from the great beyond to help Jack, Sora, Elizabeth, Barbossa, and the others defeat the forces of Lord Cutler Beckett. After the battle is over, both Will Turner and his pirate ship dissolve into those mysterious white crabs we've seen over the last several episodes (this arc was six full episodes in length).
Then there are lessons about how time can be one's friend, first from Jack to Sora, then in a conversation Kairi and Lea/Axel have in Radiant Garden, and there are even hints of that after Hayner and the Twilight Town gang are saved by Nobodies and join Ansem the Wise in his castle, and learn that Even was behind that rescue, as well as the fact that Even had planted himself in the Organization to find out what they've been up to. But things are not all rosy. In the Realm of Darkness, King Mickey has been seemingly swallowed by the tide of Heartless, and Riku may soon join him in the abyss.
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This is the 236th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "The Tentacles of Death".
In this episode, more questions about what's happened in previous episodes get answered. First, Sora and his crew get informed that Tia Dalma is really the goddess Calypso in disguise, and comes to the realization that Calypso/Tia Dalma has been assisting him during his time in this world, and he believes that she could be of help again.
But Luxord, in his quest for that mysterious box, summons a kraken to separate Jack's crew from Sora's crew, and while that kraken is ultimately taken care of, a far more devastating event occurs when Davy Jones, who's part-kraken himself, boards the Black Pearl and engages both Jack Sparrow and delivers a blow to Will Turner that, itself would become fatal before Jack Sparrow delivers a fatal blow to Jones by destroying the contents of the box he and Luxord had been seeking.
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This is the 235th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "Captain Sora".
In this episode, several questions lingering from previous episodes are answered. First, the "Jack Sparrow" that saw Sora and his crew after he woke up on the beach following the battle with the Heartless was created from those mysterious white crabs, and that the real Jack Sparrow has been on his ship, the Black Pearl, the entire time. Also, we know that Davy Jones is a mostly-man, part-kraken creature. And lastly, it appears that Will Turner has been at least partly on the side of Lord Cutler Beckett, a villain that resembles someone from the era of the Revolutionary War.
And with "Jack Sparrow" having been made from those mysterious white crabs, it's up to Sora, who's now become the captain of a pirate ship, as well as Donald Duck and Goofy, to find the real Jack Sparrow, along with Elizabeth, Will Turner, and Barbossa before it's too late.
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This is the 234th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "Deception on the High Seas".
In this episode, Sora and his crew, along with Jack Sparrow, and Luxord, the member of Organization XIII they had tangled with on their previous journey into the world of the pirates, see who can get to Port Royal first. The first test is a race, and then the two vessels have a battle, with Jack and Sora winning, resulting in a previous bet Jack had made with Luxord being paid off, which is where the deception begins over a mysterious treasure chest. Jack and Sora then head off to Port Royal, where a strange quest begins. A quest to find white crabs, like the mysterious white crab seen at Jack's feet when Sora crew woke up after Sora's battle with the Heartless in the previous episode.
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This is the 233rd episode of Kingdom Hearts, "Suspicious Sights and Sounds".
After defending those on the Black Pearl from a Heartless attack from another ship while riding one of the Heartless bombs, Sora ends up getting knocked out upon landing near a cove, where Donald Duck and Goofy help him come to. Then some bizarre things begin to happen. First, despite being told that the pirates aboard the Black Pearl, Jack Sparrow's ship, continued on, Jack appears with Sora and his crew, but even stranger is a mysterious white crab seen at his feet. Then while heading into a nearby cove, a mysterious voice calls out to Sora telling him she can make him the most powerful pirate if he uses his Keyblade to free her. Are these odd occurrences connected, and if so, how, and is the mysterious Tia Dalma somehow connected to all this?
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This is the 232nd episode of Kingdom Hearts, "The Return of the Pirates".
It's back to the high seas for Sora and his crew, who have arrived in the Caribbean for an unknown purpose, which becomes clear when they run into both Jack Sparrow and Heartless in the sandy area of the island where Jack's ship has run aground. In addition, Jack's crew has expanded since last we saw him in episode 142 (in Season 4). Not only is Will Turner still there, but so is Elizabeth, and even Barbossa has now joined Jack's crew. We also meet a girl named Tia Dalma, who as we'll see in upcoming episodes, there's much more to than meets the eye.
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This is the 231st episode of Kingdom Hearts, "To Thaw a Frozen Heart".
As Sora and his crew battle Heartless sent by Larxene, Elsa is somehow able to thaw Anna, who had been frozen due to actions she had taken previously when she inadvertently used her ice magic to freeze Anna's heart. Larxene then confirms to Sora what Marluxia had previously told them regarding Organization XIII seeking a "New Seven Hearts". It's then revealed that Anna isn't the only thing thawed by Elsa.
Later, we see a status report on the goings on. First, Sora and his crew tell Master Yen Sid, King Mickey, and Riku about what Organization XIII is up to regarding their attempt to seek new princesses of heart to replace the originals. Then at the world of the Keyblade Graveyard, the four members of Organization XIII gathered (Demyx, Larxene, Marluxia, and Luxord) are stunned to learn from Xemnas that they have a Keyblade legacy of their own. What could that be?
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This is the 230th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "The Fate of the Ice Princesses".
Having escaped the wrath of the giant snow beast, Sora and his crew once again search for Elsa, unaware of the danger that Anna is also in. But while searching for Elsa, they discover that Elsa is being taken to some unknown location, and that she appears to be unconscious. Then they get some unexpected help from the very snow beast they encountered in the previous episode. Meanwhile, Kristoff is searching for Anna and when he finds her, he also sees Elsa's unconscious body at some kind of harbor, and just when Elsa's captor is about to strike her with a sword of some kind, Anna intervenes just as she turns into a block of ice.
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This is the 229th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "Rebuilding the Snowman".
While Anna is talking to Sora about the events that led to her and Elsa separating, Olaf the Snowman has split apart, and once he learns about that, Sora, along with Donald Duck and Goofy, quest to put Olaf back together again, which despite plenty of trial and error, they manage to do. Later, they all head to Elsa's castle, where Elsa inadvertently strikes Anna with her ice magic, which has some strange, but very brief effect on Sora. Then Sora and his crew are confronted by a giant snow beast who's searching for Elsa for some unknown reason.
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This is the 228th episode of Kingdom Hearts "An Avalanche of Trouble".
After escaping the Labyrinth of Ice inside Queen Elsa's castle, Sora and his crew try to head back to the castle but are interrupted by Larxene, who uses her powers to blow Sora and his crew miles away into the mountains, where they're greeted by an avalanche, which try as they might, they're unable to outrun and are knocked senseless. They're then waken by a snowman named Olaf, which leads them to Olaf's friends, including Anna, Elsa's sister, who tells Sora of an episode she had that resulted in her and Elsa being separated as Elsa was about to go to her coronation.
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This is the 227th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "Escaping the Icy Labyrinth".
Trapped in the Labyrinth of Ice beneath Queen Elsa's castle, Sora and his crew have to fight and find their way out to get out of the castle, fighting through Heartless and Nobodies while at the same time, using the stalactite pillars coming up from beneath the floors of the labyrinth to assist them, while trying to avoid others.
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This is the 226th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "The Kingdom of Ice".
Having finally completed their task in Monstropolis, Sora and his crew arrive in Arendelle, an icy world, where the queen, a young girl named Elsa, has icy powers and a disposition to match. And even worse, Larxene, one of the more evil members of Organization XIII, is there to make things even worse, and Larxene traps Sora and his crew in an icy labyrinth beneath Elsa's castle.
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This is the 225th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "Sora's Secret".
As Sora and his crew, along with Sulley and Mike, defeat the last of Randall's machinations, they face a far tougher challenge, as they get their first look at Vanitas, who was formed from the dark part of Ventus' heart and is the one who controls the Unversed. And while Sulley and Mike help save Sora from great harm, the information Vanitas gives Sora and his crew does prove valuable, information that's then backed up during a conversation Sora has with Ienzo on the gummiphone, when Ienzo informs Sora that he has THREE other hearts inside him, which floors Sora and his crew. And there's also trouble in the Realm of Darkness that may compromise the mission Riku and King Mickey have been undertaking to bring Aqua back from the Realm of Darkness.
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This is the 224th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "Randall's Oily Trap".
As Sora and his crew, along with Sulley and Mike, battle their way to the top of the factory, a fire threatens to destroy the entire factory, so they lend the firefighting crew a hand, but they soon encounter oily junk Unversed monsters fighting on Randall's side that could endanger the factory even further. But who's the man in black that Randall has teamed up with?
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This is the 223rd episode of Kingdom Hearts, "The Factory of Laughter".
Trapped by the Randall, an evil serpent that was thought to be locked away, Sora and his crew, along with the gang from Monsters Inc., try to find a way out by going to the top of the factory, and once there, discover that the only way to free themselves is to use the power of laughter embedded within Boo and the others when the power is cut off.
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This is the 222nd episode of Kingdom Hearts, "The Secret Behind the Door".
In this episode, Sora and his crew join Boo and the monsters from Monsters Inc. in a search for Boo's door, and learn that their laughter may be the key to finding the door, unaware that finding the door may also lead to the releasing of a menace thought to have been locked away by the beings of this world.
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This is the 221st episode of Kingdom Hearts, "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly".
This is a particularly busy episode. We go from the celebration of the aftermath of Rapunzel waking Eugene Fitzherbert (and Eugene informing Sora and his crew of his real identity), to Ienzo informing King Mickey and Riku of what's up with Even, one of Ansem the Wise's original apprentices that joined the original Organization XIII, to the world of the Keyblade Graveyard, where Even is apparently rejoining the ranks of Organization XIII (and in a conversation with Isa/Saix), and finally to a world where Sora, Donald Duck, and Goofy take on the appearances of monsters to fit in, and where an old menace makes it's unwanted return.
NOTE: While it's mentioned by Goofy that he remembers tackling the Unversed during the events of Birth by Sleep, the first season of the series, neither he or Donald Duck actually saw or tangled with the Unversed during that adventure, as they were at Yen Sid's tower the whole time during the events of Birth by Sleep.
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This is the 220th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "Rapunzel's Royal Destiny".
In a vision, Rapunzel realizes that what she had seen in that painting in the previous episode is true, and that she is the heir to a royal throne. But that information may have come too late for both her and Eugene (formerly Flynn Rider) when Mother Gothel's evil intentions are also revealed.
Meanwhile, Sora and his crew, in an attempt to back up Rapunzel and Eugene, are delayed by Heartless sent by Marluxia, who now knows that Rapunzel is one of the "new Princesses of Light" that have replaced the seven original princesses once their mission was completed, information he gives Sora and his friends.
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This is the 219th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "The Night of the Lanterns".
The crew finally arrives at Corona, where a number of things are about to happen that will change the destinies of Flynn and Rapunzel. First, Rapunzel begins to learn that she may actually be the heir to a royal throne. And then after ceremony in which the lanterns are raised, it turns out that Flynn has in his satchel a crown. Finally, we learn that Flynn Rider is actually an assumed name that Rapunzel's guide has been using, because it turns out that his real name is Eugene.
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This is the 218th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "The Forest of Enchantment".
In search of Corona, Sora and his crew, along with Rapunzel and Flynn Rider find a horse with a bad attitude by the name of Maximus, who seems to have a particular problem with Flynn, though Rapunzel seems to be able to make fast friends with him. Then, they're on their way through an enchanted forest of beauty to find Corona.
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This is the 217th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "Renewing Old Acquaintances".
As Sora and his crew lead Rapunzel and Flynn Rider into the unknowns of the outdoors, they run into two old acquaintances, Marluxia, who they have no memory of (remember that they last ran into Marluxia in the Chain of Memories/Castle Oblivion arc) and a strange set of Nobodies Marluxia commanded, which is more like what the original Organization XIII did, instead of what the current version of it does. Then after they lose track of Rapunzel and Flynn Rider (after their conversation with Marluxia), they cross paths with Rapunzel's mother, who's seeking to find them for her evil, yet unknown purposes.
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This is the 216th episode of Kingdom Hearts, "The Curious Princess".
At the mysterious, hidden castle tower seen at the end of the previous episode, Sora and his crew link up with Flynn Rider, who they encountered previously, and Rapunzel, the princess with the endless golden hair who wants to see the outside world and the lanterns on her birthday, unaware of the dangers that await her.
Meanwhile, back at the castle tower, Rapunzel's mother is horrified to find her gone and Marluxia's appearance only makes things stickier for Rapunzel's mother, who has plans not only for Rapunzel, but also for Flynn Rider.
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