Classic Rewind is taking a quick break from the recap of the 1987 season to celebrate an Indianapolis 500 anniversary this week.

Fifty years ago, the Indy 500 was expected to be about one car and one man - The STP Turbine Paxton driven by 1963 winner Parnelli Jones.

The uniquely designed car, with the turbine engine was expected to easily defeat the field of piston engines. In fact, Jones had lapped the field, when his car expired with three laps remaining, giving A.J. Foyt the lead. 

The finish, though, was dramatic. As Foyt moved through Turn 3 on the 200th lap, he slowed down. A few hundred yards ahead of him, Carl Williams spun out as he exited Turn 4, triggering a five-car front-stretch accident right in front of Foyt. Traveling at no more than 100 mph, Foyt threaded his way through the wreckage and safely took the checkered flag. 

Foyt joined an elite club. "Super Tex" won the Indianapolis 500, joining Louis Meyer, Wilbur Shaw and Mauri Rose as the only men to win the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing" three times.