However, actual race winner, Arie Luyendyk, disputed Boat's victory contended, correctly so, a scoring error by USAC (who had scored all IRL races up until that time) erroneously awarded Boat the checkered flag!
Boat's victory contended. This was what actual race winner disputed. Arie Luyendyk was actual race winner. However a scoring error by USAC (who had scored all IRL races up until that time) erroneously awarded Boat the checkered flag!. This was so.