Ku qor sii socodka faqradan - McLaren wuxuu markii ugu horreysay ku tartamay United States Auto Club's (USAC) Indianapolis 500 tartankii 1970
, oo ay ku dhiirigelisay shirkada Goodyear, taasoo dooneysay in ay jabiso tartanka Firestone ee tartanka. Baabuurka M15, Bruce, Chris Amon, iyo Denny Hulme ayaa soo galay, laakiin ka dib markii Amon uu ka laabtay iyo Hulme oo si xun u gubtay gacmihiisa dhacdo ka dhacday tababarka, Peter Revson iyo Carl Williams ayaa booskooda ka qaatay tartanka si ay u fariistaan oo ay u dhammeeyaan toddobaad, siday u kala horreeyaan. Kooxda ayaa sidoo kale ku tartantay qaar ka mid ah tartamada ugu caansan ee horyaalka USAC sannadkaas, sida ay sameyn lahaayeen sanadaha soo socda. Sanadkii 1971-kii waxay lahaayeen baabuur cusub, M16, kaas oo darawalkiisa Mark Donohue uu yiri "... baabuur kasta oo kale oo wadada maraya... " Sanadkaas Indianapolis 500, Revson wuxuu u qalmay kaalinta labaad wuxuuna dhammeeyay kaalinta labaad, halka 1972, Donohue uu ku guuleystay khaaska ah ee Kooxda Penske ee M16B. Ciyaarta 1973 waxaa kooxda ku soo biiray Johnny Rutherford; wuxuu u qalmay kaalinta koowaad, laakiin wuxuu dhammeeyey sagaalaad, Revson wuu burburay. McLaren wuxuu ku guuleystay Indianapolis 500 markii ugu horeysay 1974 isaga oo leh Rutherford. Isku darka McLaren iyo Rutherford ayaa ahaa kii labaad 1975 waxayna mar kale ku guuleysteen 1976. Horumarka M16 ayaa la isticmaalay muddadan oo dhan ilaa baabuurka cusub ee M24 la soo bandhigay 1977. Kooxdu ma aysan soo saarin guushoodii ugu dambeysay ee Indianapolis 1977, 1978, ama 1979, iyo in kasta oo ay sii wadeen inay ku guuleystaan tartamada kale ee USAC, dhammaadkii 1979, waxay go'aansadeen inay joojiyaan ku lug lahaanshahooda.