Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakataetae tuatahi a McLaren i te whakataetae United States Auto Club's (USAC) Indianapolis 500 i te tau 1970
, i akiakihia e to ratou kaiwhakarato taera Goodyear, e hiahia ana ki te pakaru i te whakataetae a Firestone i runga i te kaupapa. Na te motuka M15, i uru atu a Bruce, Chris Amon, me Denny Hulme, engari i muri i te wehenga o Amon me Hulme i tahuna kino ki nga ringaringa i roto i tetahi kaupapa i roto i te mahi, ka mau a Peter Revson me Carl Williams ki o raatau waahi i te whakataetae ki te reti me te mutu i te whitu, i runga ake. I whakataetae hoki te kapa i etahi o nga whakataetae rongonui i te whakataetae USAC i tera tau, pera ano me nga tau e whai ake nei. Mo te tau 1971 he waka hou ta ratou, ko te M16, e ai ki te kaihauturu a Mark Donohue "... kua tawhitotia e ia etahi atu waka i runga i te ara... " I te Indianapolis 500 o taua tau, i tohu a Revson i runga i te pou ka mutu ko te tuarua, i te 1972, i wikitoria a Donohue i te M16B o te Team Penske. Ko te huihuinga o te tau 1973 i uru atu ai a Johnny Rutherford ki te kapa; i tohu ia i runga i te pou, engari i mutu i te iwa, ka hinga a Revson. I wikitoria a McLaren i tana Indianapolis 500 tuatahi i te tau 1974 me Rutherford. Ko te whakakotahitanga o McLaren me Rutherford te tuarua i te tau 1975 ka wikitoria ano i te tau 1976. I whakamahia nga whanaketanga o te M16 i roto i tenei waa tae noa ki te wa i whakauruhia ai te motuka M24 hou i te 1977. Kaore te kapa i whakaputa i to raatau angitu i Indianapolis i te 1977, 1978, 1979, 1979, me te mea i wikitoria tonu ratou i etahi atu whakataetae USAC, i te mutunga o te tau 1979, i whakatau ratou ki te whakamutu i to raatau whakauru.