The facts are just as stated by Motormasher, Darland went from mid back stretch around 3&4, down front stretch under the hanging red flag, pastg first turn track exit where he stopped the ambulance momentarily, then around 1&2, then did a 360 and pulled into the second turn track entrance. He did go slowly and cautiously the entire time, but he did it nonetheless. I remember talking with my wife and saying DD is going to get penalized before he had even reached the flagstand, everyone else had been stopped several seconds. I've always loved watching Darland race and admire him greatly, but on this night it was obvious USAC turned their heads on this one because of the high stakes. I think all 4-5 guys last in the hunt for the sprintweek championship would have been treated like DD was, but if any of the others racing had did that, they would have been finished for that heat, and rightly so.