The 1971 pace car incident may be looked back at now with a level of bemusement .
Such was the level of scrutiny surrounding the Indianapolis 500 that the incident was held as a black mark that went a long way to overshadowing the race itself .
The 1971 pace car incident may be looked back at now with a level of bemusement , but such was the level of scrutiny surrounding the Indianapolis 500 that the incident was held as a black mark that went a long way to overshadowing the race itself .