1964 Indianapolis 500

48th running of the Indianapolis 500 February 2025 48th Indianapolis 500 Ansted-Thompson Racing Watson-Offenhauser 1964 Indy 500 Winner - A.J. Foyt.jpg USAC 1964 USAC season Ansted-Thompson Racing May 30, 1964 A. J. Foyt George Bignotti2011 100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500 Official Media Guide Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation/IMS Public Relations 2011 Statistics 176 English https://doctorindy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2011-Indy-500-Media-Guide.pdf 147.350 mi/h km/h on 3:23:35.83 Jim Clark 158.828 mi/h km/h on Jim Clark Johnny White A. J. Foyt (146) Purdue Band Vic Damone Tony Hulman Ford Mustang Benson Ford Pat VidanFox Jack C. The Illustrated History of the Indianapolis 500 1911-1994 Carl Hungness Publishing 4th 1994 22 en 0-915088-05-3 Raymond Firestone 300,000Sachs, MacDonald Die In Race Car Inferno https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5412951/1964/ Bob Collins The Indianapolis Star 1 Newspapers.com May 31, 1964 June 2, 2017 MCA (closed-circuit) Charlie Brockman 1963 1965 The 48th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Saturday, May 30, 1964. The race was won by A. J. Foyt, but is primarily remembered for a fiery seven-car accident which resulted in the deaths of racers Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald. It is also the last race won by a front-engined "roadster", as all subsequent races have been won by rear-engined, formula-style cars. It was Foyt's second of four Indy 500 victories. Jim Clark, who finished second the previous year, won the pole positionSetright, L.J.K. "Lotus: The Golden Mean", in Northey, Tom, ed. The World of Automobiles (London: Orbis, 1974), Volume 11, p.1232. in the Lotus 34 quad-cam Ford V-8. He took the lead at the start, and led for a total of 14 laps. However, a tire failure caused a broken suspension, and he dropped out on lap 47.Setright, p.1232. Team manager Colin Chapman had chosen special soft-compound Dunlop tires for qualifying, and the rules dictated that the same type of tires be used for the race, where they suffered from a high wear rate. Clark's Lotus teammate Dan Gurney was later pulled from the race after experiencing similar tire wear. Bobby Marshman led during the early stages of the race, at one point stretching his lead to as much as 90 seconds.2002 Indianapolis 500 Record Book During his aggressive charge in front, he became uncharacteristically obsessed with putting A. J. Foyt a lap down."Heroes of the 500 - The 1964 Indianapolis 500" WFNI, May 2014 On lap 39, he went too low in turn one, bottoming out the car, and dropped out with a broken transmission oil plug. Defending race champion Parnelli Jones later dropped out after his car caught fire after he exited his pit box, crashing it into the outside pit wall. With Marshman, Clark, and Jones all out of the race, A. J. Foyt cruised to victory, leading the final 146 laps. Race winner Foyt drove the whole 500 miles without changing tires.The Talk of Gasoline Alley - 1070-AM WIBC, May 28, 2004 Goodyear supplied tires for some entries, but participated only in practice. No cars used Goodyear tires during the race itself. Foyt's 1964 winning car remains the only car in the collection of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame and Museum, regularly on display, that has never been restored to pre race condition. Time trials Time trials were scheduled for four days. Saturday May 16 – Pole Day time trials Rodger Ward was the first to make headlines, as he set a one-lap record of 157.563 mph on, and a four-lap average of 156.406 mph on. Bobby Marshman raised the record to 157.867 mph on. Jim Clark took pole position with a record-setting run. His second lap set the one-lap track record at 159.337 mph on, and his four-lap average was a record 158.828 mph on. Clark became the first foreign-born pole-sitter since 1919. The following weekend, Clark traveled to Europe and won the Dutch Grand Prix. Sunday May 17 – Second day time trials Saturday May 23 – Third day time trials Sunday May 24 – Fourth day time trials Starting grid RowInsideMiddleOutside 16 GBR Jim Clark51 USA Bobby Marshman2 USA Rodger Ward gold W silver 298 USA Parnelli Jones gold W silver1 USA A. J. Foyt gold W silver12 USA Dan Gurney 318 USA Lloyd Ruby66 USA Len Sutton5 USA Don Branson 453 USA Walt Hansgen orange R silver56 USA Jim Hurtubise23 USA Dick Rathmann 588 USA Johnny Boyd83 USA Dave MacDonald orange R silver86 USA Johnny Rutherford 664 USA Ronnie Duman orange R silver25 USA Eddie Sachs14 USA Troy Ruttman gold W silver 715 USA Bud Tingelstad16 USA Bobby Grim99 USA Johnny White orange R silver 89 USA Bobby Unser54 USA Bob Veith84 USA Eddie Johnson 952 AUS Jack Brabham28 USA Jim McElreath4 USA Bob Harkey orange R silver 1077 USA Bob Mathouser orange R silver95 USA Chuck Stevenson3 USA Art Malone 1126 USA Norm Hall68 USA Bob Wente orange R silver62 USA Bill Cheesbourg orange R Indianapolis 500 rookie solid 1px darkgray gold W Indianapolis 500 winner solid 1px darkgray Alternates First alternate: Paul Russo (#21)The Talk of Gasoline Alley - 1070-AM WIBC, May 14, 2004 Failed to Qualify 28em Chuck Arnold (#47, #71, #75) Duane Carter (#47, #75) Bob Christie (#33) Elmer George (#21) Jerry Grant orange R silver (#45) Masten Gregory orange R silver (#82) Cliff Griffith (#35) Don Horvath orange R silver - Took rookie test Chuck Hulse (#7) - Driver declined, injury Bobby Johns orange R silver (#47) Dee Jones orange R silver (#65) Ed Kostenuk orange R silver Jud Larson (#85) Ralph Ligouri orange R silver (#38) Al Miller (#93) Pedro Rodriguez orange R silver (#48) Chuck Rodee (#81) Gig Stephens orange R silver Dempsey Wilson (#8)1964 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes http://www.champcarstats.com/races/196403.htm ChampCarStats.com 26 June 2015 Sachs/MacDonald crash Sears-Allstate Special Dave MacDonald was driving a car owned and designed by Mickey Thompson, the #83 Sears-Allstate Special.Mickey Thompson @ 1963 Indy 500 https://web.archive.org/web/20070911030949/http://www.thompson-motorsports.com/indy63.html 2007-09-11 It was a rear-engined car that first raced in 1963, updated with a streamlined body for 1964.http://8w.forix.com/indy64-before.html The Indy 1964 second-lap disaster – Closing in on the truth; Part 2: Before May 30, 1964 8W Henri Greuter 2011-12-08 2014-03-14 The car utilized Allstate tires, manufactured by Armstrong Tire and Rubber Co.http://www.indycar.com/news/story.php?story_id=8937 The Foyt Files :: IndyCar Series 2007-08-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210224/http://www.indycar.com/news/story.php?story_id=8937 2007-09-27 dead Due to rule changes by USAC for 1964, the car was required to utilize 15 in mm on tiresSeptember 2018 width or diameter? (it previously used 12 in mm on ones). The wheels were most notably enclosed in the front and the rear by streamlined bodywork, intended to take advantage of aerodynamic effects to increase top speeds. However, it is believed that the wheel encasements, as well as the bodywork in general, made the car difficult to handle. The fuel tanks were located in the sidepods of the car surrounding the cockpit, and held exactly 75 gallons of fuel, per race USAC rules as published in the race programs sold trackside. The tanks each had a single bladder installed by the late Dave Zieger, in a fiberglass shell supported by the fill neck and a molded fiberglass body housing and a flat thin magnesium plate beneath the tank, braced by two steel straps hanging from the top rails of the frame. Following the crash, numerous erroneous accounts described the tanks as oversized, some claiming they held upwards of 80 usgal impgal l on. An urban legend circulated that Thompson was boasting plans to drive the entire 500 miles without a pit stop, using an oversized fuel tank, but this has been proven false. The crashworthiness of the car and the fuel cell was brought into question at the time. Practice and qualifying During practice, it was discovered immediately that the car's handling was seriously flawed. Masten Gregory complained that aerodynamic lift reduced the steering response.Floyd Clymer’s 1964 Indianapolis 500 Mile race Yearbook. Floyd Clymer, Los Angeles, 1964. Gregory suffered a crash on May 6, and quit the team due to what he believed was a terribly-handling car. Dave MacDonald managed to qualify his car without incident. Eddie Johnson qualified the second team car. On Carburetion Day, MacDonald tested the car, with conflicting accounts on whether he ever drove with a full load of fuel.Autosport.comhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1076051/index.htm Reforms in the 500 are certain to include better fuel - 06.22.64 - SI Vault 2012-09-02 2013-04-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20130418061925/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1076051/index.htm dead Other drivers in the paddock were known to be concerned about the car, and at least one account claimed that 1963 pole winner and reigning Formula One World Champion Jim Clark advised MacDonald to get out of the car. Another Formula One driver and future Indy 500 winner Graham Hill had actually tested the car at the speedway in 1963 but had refused to drive it because of its bad handling. The Thompson team conducted aerodynamic testing with wool tufts and confirmed that the full body over the tires was creating lift. The body was cut away over the tires."Can Am Challenger", Peter Bryant Crash On the first lap, MacDonald passed at least five other cars. As he passed Johnny Rutherford and Sachs, Rutherford noticed MacDonald's car was handling poorly, zig-zagging, and throwing grass and dirt up from the edge of the track. Rutherford later said, watching the behavior of MacDonald's car, he thought, "he's either gonna win this thing or crash."http://8w.forix.com/indy64-30-may-64.html The Indy 1964 second-lap disaster - Closing in on the truth; Part 3: May 30, 1964 8W Henri Greuter 2011-12-08 2014-03-14Motorsport Memorial Eyewitness accounts and film footage are inconsistent about the exact details of MacDonald's first two laps, but it is generally agreed he was attempting to pass many cars. On the second lap, MacDonald's car spun coming off turn four, as he was turning down below the groove to pass Jim Hurtubise and Walt Hansgen. The car slid across the track and hit the inside wall, igniting the gasoline in the tank and resulting in a massive fire. His car then slid back across the track, causing seven more cars to be involved. Ronnie Duman crashed, spun in flames and hit the pit lane wall, and was burned. Bobby Unser hit Duman's car from behind, and Johnny Rutherford's car on its left rear tire, and crashed into the outside wall. Chuck Stevenson and Norm Hall also crashed. Sachs aimed for an opening along the outside wall, but MacDonald's burning car slid into his path. Sachs hit MacDonald's car broadside, causing a second explosion; Sachs died instantly, although it remains unknown if he died of blunt force trauma or incendiary injuries. Despite Sachs's body being trapped in the burning car, his driver's suit was only scorched and he received burns on his face and hands. The car was covered with a tarp before being towed to the garage area for removal of his body. A lemon that had been on a string around Sachs's neck was found inside Rutherford's engine compartment after the crash. MacDonald was pulled from the wreckage and taken into the infield hospital. Although very badly burned, he was alive. His lungs were seared from flame inhalation, causing acute pulmonary edema. He died at 13:20 after being taken to Methodist Hospital. The crash was well documented in film and still images, and shown worldwide. For the first time in its history, the Indianapolis 500 was stopped because of an accident. Partially in response to media pressure, USAC mandated cars carry less fuel (and crafted the rules to effectively eliminate the use of gasoline, effective for the 1965 season). This resulted in a change to methanol fuel, with a switch to ethanol starting in 2006, although gasoline returned in 2012 with the introduction of the current E85 formula of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline.IndyStar.com: Indy 500 https://web.archive.org/web/20070808003405/http://www2.indystar.com/cgi-bin/indy500/index.php?action=show_race&id=48 2007-08-08 Another response to the crash was the 1965 introduction of the Firestone "RaceSafe" fuel cell, with technology used in military helicopters.bleacherreport.com: Not so "Good Old Days" Bleacher Report http://bleacherreport.com/articles/215918-joe-weatherly-1964-and-nascars-not-so-good-good-old-days-pt-2/show_full https://web.archive.org/web/20120326015234/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/215918-joe-weatherly-1964-and-nascars-not-so-good-good-old-days-pt-2/show_full 2012-03-26 dead 2009-10-06 The Sachs/MacDonald crash came just six days after the fiery crash of Fireball Roberts at the World 600. Roberts died about a month later, on July 2, 1964. The sense of gloom within the American racing community was further compounded when, just a week after the tragedy at Indianapolis, popular driver Jim Hurtubise was critically burned at Milwaukee. 2016 reunion The crash deeply disturbed the MacDonald family. Members of MacDonald's family avoided visiting the Speedway. Closure was not met until son Rich MacDonald began researching his father's career, with the DaveMacDonald.net Web domain since 2003 a tribute to his father's accomplishments and a family diary to the modern era, meeting Sachs's son Edward Julius III (known as Eddie Jr) on social media. Curt Cavin, an Indianapolis Star reporter, was able to contact MacDonald first, and shortly afterwards, contacted Sachs. Along with other contacts, most notably Angela Savage, daughter of Swede Savage, killed in the 1973 race, whose first visit to the 500 was celebrated in 2014 and has become an annual visit, the MacDonalds were able to meet at the Speedway again.Cavin Curt Dave MacDonald's crash: 'When your mom cries you cry, right?' https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/motor/2016/05/23/dave-macdonalds-crash-when-your-mom-cries-you-cry-right/83818246/ Indianapolis Star Gannett 2023-10-10 CavinStar At the 2016 Indianapolis 500, Sherry MacDonald, Dave's widow and son Rich MacDonald appeared for race day, and were joined by Eddie Sachs III. All three took a photo near the site of the fatal crash, the wall which had been heightened and where track boxes had been removed in time for the 1974, that at the time was marked by the series fuel supplier sign behind the wall, which since 2000 has been the pit lane exit for clockwise road course events.Dave MacDonald Family's 2016 Indianapolis 500 trip https://www.davemacdonald.net/gallery/closeups/2016%20Indianapolis%20500%20trip.htm DaveMacDonald.net 2023-10-10 DM2016 Earlier in 2016, Rich MacDonald appeared in a podcast presented by Angela Savage, the posthumously born daughter of Swede (killed at the 1973 race), which struck a friendship between the two children of the fallen racers. Rich and Angela appeared together at events until his June 2024 death to cancer.Savage Angela Good News with Angela Savage - March 28, 2016 with Rich MacDonald https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSsG9aIehj8 Youtube.com Google 2023-10-10 GNAS Box score Beginning in 1964, the time allowed for drivers behind the winner to complete the 200-lap race distance was reduced to "approximately five minutes of extra time", whereas before 1964, several minutes might be granted for the purpose. This five-minute time allowance was allowed until 1974, after which all drivers were flagged off the track after the winner crossed the line.https://doctorindy.com/2015/10/28/the-fastest-500s-part-1/ The Fastest 500s (Part 1) doctorindy500 2015-10-28 JI500 2017-07-23 FinishStartNoNameChassisEngineTireQualLapsStatusPoints151USA A. J. Foyt gold W silverWatsonOffenhauserFirestone154.672200 147.350 mph1000232USA Rodger Ward gold W silverWatsonFordFirestone156.406200 +1:24.358003718USA Lloyd RubyWatsonOffenhauserFirestone153.932200 +4:16.4770042199USA Johnny White orange R silverWatsonOffenhauserFirestone150.893200 +5:53.4960051388USA Johnny BoydKuzmaOffenhauserFirestone151.835200 +7:09.5250061915USA Bud TingelstadTrevisOffenhauserFirestone151.210198Flagged (-2 laps)40071223USA Dick RathmannWatsonOffenhauserFirestone151.860197Flagged (-3 laps)3008274USA Bob Harkey orange R silverWatsonOffenhauserFirestone151.573197Flagged (-3 laps)25093268USA Bob Wente orange R silverTrevisOffenhauserFirestone149.869197Flagged (-3 laps)200102016USA Bobby GrimKurtis KraftOffenhauserFirestone151.038196Flagged (-4 laps)15011303USA Art MaloneKurtis KraftNoviFirestone151.222194Flagged (-6 laps)1001295USA Don BransonWatsonOffenhauserFirestone152.672187Clutch50131053USA Walt Hansgen orange R silverHuffakerOffenhauserFirestone152.581176Flagged (-24 laps)141156USA Jim HurtubiseWatsonOffenhauserFirestone152.542141Oil pressure15866USA Len SuttonVollstedtOffenhauserFirestone153.813140Magneto163362USA Bill CheesbourgEpperlyOffenhauserFirestone148.711131Engine17612USA Dan GurneyLotusFordDunlop154.487110Tire wear181814USA Troy Ruttman gold W silverWatsonOffenhauserFirestone151.29299Spun T3192354USA Bob VeithHuffakerOffenhauserFirestone153.38188Piston202552AUS Jack BrabhamBrabhamOffenhauserFirestone152.50477Fuel tank212628USA Jim McElreathKurtis KraftNoviFirestone152.38177Filter system222877USA Bob Mathouser orange R silverWaltherOffenhauserFirestone151.45177Brakes23498USA Parnelli Jones gold W silverWatsonOffenhauserFirestone155.09955Pit lane fire2416GBR Jim ClarkLotusFordDunlop158.82847Suspension25251USA Bobby MarshmanLotusFordFirestone157.85739Oil plug262484USA Eddie JohnsonThompsonFordSearsAllstate152.9056Fuel pump271586USA Johnny RutherfordWatsonOffenhauserFirestone151.4002Crash FS282995USA Chuck StevensonWatsonOffenhauserFirestone150.8302Crash FS291483USA Dave MacDonald orange R silver ✝ThompsonFordSearsAllstate151.4641Crash FS301725USA Eddie Sachs ✝ HalibrandFordFirestone151.4391Crash FS 311664USA Ronnie Duman orange R silverTrevisOffenhauserFirestone149.7441Crash FS32229USA Bobby UnserFergusonNoviFirestone154.8651Crash FS333126USA Norm HallWatsonOffenhauserFirestone150.0941Crash FSSources:Davidson Donald https://archive.org/details/autocourseoffici0000davi/ Autocourse Official History of the Indianapolis 500 Shaffer Rick Icon Publishing 2013 375 978-1-905334-82-7 Second Malvern, Worcestershire, England Donald Davidson (historian) registration Internet ArchivePopely Rick https://archive.org/details/indianapolis500c0000pope/ Indianapolis 500 Chronicle Riggs L. Spencer Publications International 1998 179 0-7853-2798-3 Lincolnwood, Illinois registration Internet Archive1964 Indianapolis 500 https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1964_Indianapolis_500/UO/ live August 8, 2021 Racing-Reference May 31, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210531015614/https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1964_Indianapolis_500/UO/ gold W silver Former Indianapolis 500 winner orange R silver Indianapolis 500 Rookie Race statistics Lap Leaders Laps Leader1–6 Jim Clark7–39 Bobby Marshman40–47 Jim Clark48–54 Parnelli Jones55–200 A. J. Foyt Total laps led Driver LapsA. J. Foyt 146Bobby Marshman 33Jim Clark 14Parnelli Jones 7 Yellow Lights: 30 minutes, 17 seconds Laps* Reason 2–3 Sachs/MacDonald crash (red flag) 37–41 Bob Mathouser spun in turn 3 (9 minutes) 47–48 Jim Clark lost wheel in turn 1 (3 minutes) 109–110 Troy Ruttman spun in turn 3 (2 minutes, 46 seconds) 120 Debris from Walt Hansgen's car 165 Spin turn 3* - Approximate lap counts Tire participation chartSpeedway Tire 'War' To Continue https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-news-1964-indy-500-tire/153037525/ The Indianapolis Star Lyle Mannweiler 42 Newspapers.com May 29, 1964 August 10, 2024Fords, Offys, Novis, Vie For Supremacy https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-news/153038384/ Indianapolis News Wayne Fuson 6 Newspapers.com May 29, 1964 August 10, 2024SupplierNo. of startersFirestone 29*Dunlop 2 Sears Allstate 2 Goodyear Practice only* - Denotes race winner Gallery Broadcasting For the first time ever, the race was shown live, flag-to-flag, on closed-circuit television in theater venues across the country. Charlie Brockman served as the anchor. A few minutes of filmed highlights appeared a week later on ABC's "Wide World Of Sports" Radio The race was carried live on the IMS Radio Network. Sid Collins served as chief announcer. Fred Agabashian served as "driver expert." Lou Palmer conducted the winner's interview in victory lane. The broadcast was carried by a record 558 affiliates in the United States. With the addition of WJAR-AM in Providence, Rhode Island, for the first time, the broadcast was carried by at least one affiliate originating in all 50 states (listeners in that state would otherwise rely on the network's affiliates in Boston and Hartford). The broadcast featured a 30-minute pre-race. Bernie Herman departed the crew, and newcomer Chuck Marlowe was stationed at the backstretch location. During the broadcast, a young Donald Davidson visited the booth, and made a brief appearance for an interview.One on One With Mark Montieth May 10, 2009 Episode http://www.1070thefan.com/oneonone/ WFNI 2009-05-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110717160855/http://www.1070thefan.com/oneonone/ July 17, 2011 Charlie Brockman left the radio crew permanently in 1964 to take over anchoring the MCA closed-circuit television broadcast. John DeCamp joined the booth to serve as statistician. Other guests in the booth included Pete DePaolo, and Indiana Governor Matthew E. Welsh. Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network Booth AnnouncersTurn ReportersPit/garage reportersChief Announcer: Sid Collins Driver expert: Fred Agabashian Statistician: John DeCampTurn 1: Bill Frosh Turn 2: Howdy Bell Backstretch: Chuck Marloweorange R silver Turn 3: Mike Ahern Turn 4: Jim SheltonJack Shapiro (north pits)Luke Walton (center pits)Lou Palmer (south pits) Eddie Sachs eulogy During the live radio broadcast of the race, IMS Radio Network anchor Sid Collins drew critical praise for an impromptu on-air eulogy for Eddie Sachs. During the red flag, track public address announcer Tom Carnegie made the official announcement of the death of Sachs (MacDonald had not yet expired, and his death was not announced until later).1964 Indianapolis 500 - Radio Broadcast, May 30, 1964 The announcement was simulcast on the radio feed. "It is with deepest regret that we make this announcement. Driver Eddie Sachs was fatally injured in the accident on the mainstraightaway." Silence was heard on-air for about five seconds, and at that point, Collins chimed in with a solemn, unprepared eulogy: You heard the announcement from the public address system. There's not a sound. Men are taking off their hats. People are weeping, over three hundred thousand fans, here; not moving; disbelieving. Some men try to conquer life in a number of ways. These days of our outer space attempts, some men try to conquer the universe. Race drivers are courageous men who try to conquer life and death, and they calculate their risks. And in our talking with them over the years, I think we know their inner thoughts in regards to racing: they take it as part of living. No one is moving on the race track. They're standing silently. A race driver who leaves this earth mentally, when he straps himself into the cockpit, to try what for to him is the biggest conquest he can make, is aware of the odds, and Eddie Sachs played the odds. He was serious and frivolous. He was fun. He was a wonderful gentleman. He took much needling and he gave much needling. And just as the astronauts do perhaps, these boys on the race track ask no quarter and they give none. If they succeed they're a hero, and if they fail, they tried. And it was Eddie's desire, I'm sure, and will to try with everything he had, which he always did. So the only healthy way perhaps we can approach the tragedy of the loss of a friend like Eddie Sachs is to know that he would have wanted us to face it, as he did: as it has happened, not as we wish it would have happened. It is God's will, I'm sure, and we must accept that. We're all speeding towards death at the rate of sixty minutes every hour. The only difference is that we don't know how to speed faster, and Eddie Sachs did. So as since death has a thousand or more doors, Eddie Sachs exits this earth in a race car. And knowing Eddie, I assume that's the way he would have wanted it......Byron said 'who the gods love, die young'. Eddie was 37. To his widow Nance we extend our extreme sympathy and regret. And to his two children. This boy won the pole here in 1961 and 1962 [sic], and was a proud race driver. Well, as we do at Indianapolis and in racing: as the World Champion Jimmy Clark I'm sure would agree, as he's raced all over the world: the race continues. Unfortunately today, without Eddie Sachs. And we'll be restarting it in just a few moments. Collins received over 30,000 letters requesting a transcript of the eulogy.Sid Collins https://web.archive.org/web/20110610205928/http://www.depauw.edu/library/archives/ijhof/inductees/collinss.htm 2011-06-10 ; Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame; 1980; Jani Lange; Retrieved May 5, 2008 Rebroadcasts of the speech in subsequent years have generally omitted Collins's reference to Sachs's consecutive pole positions, due to his accidental misattribution of their being won a year later than they actually were, in 1960 and 1961. Notes References Works cited Indianapolis 500 History: Race & All-Time Stats - Official Site 1964 Indianapolis 500 Radio Broadcast, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network Bibliography Garner Art Black Noon: The Year They Stopped the Indy 500 6 May 2014 Thomas Dunne Books 978-1250017789 1963 Parnelli Jones 1964 A. J. Foyt 1965 Jim Clark 147.350 143.137 mph(1963 Indianapolis 500) 150.686 mph(1965 Indianapolis 500) Category:Indianapolis 500 races Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500 Category:1964 in American motorsport Category:May 1964 sports events in the United States