Black Noon: The Year They Stopped the Indy 500

Black Noon: The Year They Stopped the Indy 500

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

Before noon on May 30th, 1964, the Indy 500 was stopped for the first time in history by an accident. Seven cars had crashe…

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