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Winner of the 2014 Dean Batchelor Award, Motor Press Guild Book of the Year

Short-listed for 2015 PEN / ESPN Literary Award for Sports Writing

Before noon on May 30th, 1964, the Indy 500 was stopped for the first time in history by an accident. Seven cars had crashed in a fiery wreck, killing two drivers, and threatening the very future of the 500.

Black Noon chronicles one of the darkest and most important days in auto-racing history. As rookie Dave MacDonald came out of the fourth turn and onto the front stretch at the end of the second lap, he found his rear-engine car lifted by the turbulence kicked up from two cars he was attempting to pass. With limited steering input, MacDonald lost control of his car and careened off the inside wall of the track, exploding into a huge fireball and sliding back into oncoming traffic.

Closing fast was affable fan favorite Eddie Sachs. The Clown Prince of Racing hit MacDonald''s sliding ca

Black Noon The Year They Stopped the Indy 500

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      Publisher St. Martin's Griffin
      Published 24 May 2016
      ISBN-13 9781250075123
      978-1250075123
      ISBN-10 1250075122
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      Sport History of sport

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Winner of the 2014 Dean Batchelor Award, Motor Press Guild Book of the Year

      Short-listed for 2015 PEN / ESPN Literary Award for Sports Writing

      Before noon on May 30th, 1964, the Indy 500 was stopped for the first time in history by an accident. Seven cars had crashed in a fiery wreck, killing two drivers, and threatening the very future of the 500.

      Black Noon chronicles one of the darkest and most important days in auto-racing history. As rookie Dave MacDonald came out of the fourth turn and onto the front stretch at the end of the second lap, he found his rear-engine car lifted by the turbulence kicked up from two cars he was attempting to pass. With limited steering input, MacDonald lost control of his car and careened off the inside wall of the track, exploding into a huge fireball and sliding back into oncoming traffic.

      Closing fast was affable fan favorite Eddie Sachs. The Clown Prince of Racing hit MacDonald''s sliding ca

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