2 represents Mario Andretti’s only official Indy 500 win, STP CEO Andy Granatelli’s first Indy 500 win, and the mechanical tradition of innovation and excellence of the car’s creator, Clint Brawner. 2 and claimed the third of his four USAC National Championships. Andretti finished out the season driving the Hawk No. He drove on to lead 116 out of 200 laps, including the all-important last lap, and took the checkered flag. Andretti took an early lead but soon fell back because the car was running hot. 2 was designated as Andretti’s backup car, but when faulty hubs led him to crash his four-wheel-drive Lotus Super Wedge, his crew prepared the car that would be dubbed “The Cinderella Car” to race. At the 1969 Indianapolis 500, the STP Hawk No. When Brawner’s Hawks were retired from competition at the end of the 1969 season, Andretti had driven a Hawk to his first Indianapolis 500 victory and a third USAC National Championship.
The following year Andretti drove a Brawner Hawk to his second consecutive USAC National Championship. Andretti drove a Hawk to a third place finish in the Indianapolis 500 with Rookie of the Year honors and continued to claim the 1965 USAC National Championship. These speedsters not only were on the cutting edge of engine design and aerodynamics, but they also launched the career of racing legend Mario Andretti with five years of success behind the wheel of Hawks.
Several iterations of Brawner’s Hawks competed between 19. Object Details Description After earning his reputation as one of American open wheel racing’s best designers and mechanics during the front engine roadster era of Indy cars, Clint Brawner developed his first rear engine racer, the Brawner Hawk, in 1965.
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