A tragic day as fan favorite Eddie Sachs and rookie Dave MacDonald were killed in a fiery crash on lap 2 of the Indy 500


Saturday 30th May 1964

A tragic day as fan favorite Eddie Sachs and rookie Dave MacDonald were killed in a fiery crash on lap 2 of the Indy 500. Fans looked on in horror while the billowing black smoke became visible for miles, and the race was stopped for almost two hours. When the race resumed, Bobby Marshman dominatesd the early laps before driving too low in the third turn and tearing off the radiator cap to drop out, which then put pole-sitter Jim Clark into a commanding lead before his Dunlop tyres shredded and broke the car’s suspension. Parnelli Jones took the lead but he suffered a pit fire and was out of the race. A.J. Foyt took the checkered flag for the second time.


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