Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Johncock ya dauki na biyu Indianapolis 500 nasara a 1982 da mota tsawon kan Rick Mears. Bayan ya fadi a baya a jerin karshe na pit stops, Mears yana hanzarta kusa da Johncock a cikin laps na karshe, kuma a kan 197th da 198th laps ya zo daga 3 seconds baya zuwa cikin tsawon mota. Jirgin motar Johncock ya ci gaba da lalacewa, kuma tare da kowane juyi motar ta yi mummunar rauni. Mears ya kama Johncock a farkon zagaye na ƙarshe kuma ya yi ƙoƙarin wuce shi don cin nasara, amma Johncock ya yi tsaron farko a Turn One kuma ya ci nasara da 0.16 seconds. A lokacin shi ne mafi kusa gama a tarihi kuma ya kasance na huɗu mafi kusa bayan 1992
, 2014, da kuma 2006 tseren. Daga baya Mears zai yi ba'a game da kallon tef din sau da yawa "don ganin ko a wannan lokacin zan iya kewaye da Gordy". Johncock, yayin hira kai tsaye a ABC shekaru daga baya, ya ba da shawarar cewa idan wasan kwaikwayo na ban mamaki ya faru shekaru biyu ko uku daga baya - lokacin da Mears ke da ƙarin ƙwarewa - mai yiwuwa Californian zai iya fitar da nasara.