We planned to show the complete broadcast of the 1972 Indianapolis 500 this week, but we had a technical difficulty. So the Classic Rewind is the 1972 Indianapolis 500 film.

It’s time for a Classic Rewind story because we have some explaining to do.

When we asked for requests for this week’s race, we got some really good suggestions from some of our most loyal viewers.

With Team Penske celebrating its 50th anniversary recently, we selected the 1972 Indianapolis 500 as this week’s race. We went to the tape library and started the process of making this race available.

And then disaster struck. About halfway through the race, the tape cut out. We’re working to get a new copy of the race and hopefully will show it at a later date.

But we didn’t want to fully disappoint you, so here’s the film of the 1972 race, with narration from Tom Carnegie.