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1964 Indy 500

#1 Sach and MacDonald's terrifying end- Indianapolis 1964

This year is known to be the darkest year ever in the history of Indianapolis 500. This was the 48th running of the event since its inception and something absolutely terrible happened. MacDonald's car spun after coming out of 2nd lap and hit the inside wall causing a massive explosion and pushing his car into the path of Sachs. Sachs hit his car causing another furious explosion, a frightful sound, screeching brakes were heard as drivers tried to aviod the crashed cars in the dense smoke. Both were killed and the race was stopped for over an hour. New safety measures were imposed after this traumatic incident.

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