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Black Noon: The Year They Stopped the Indy 500
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- 9781250075123
- Book Title
- Black Noon: the Year They Stopped the Indy 500
- Item Length
- 8.2in
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Transportation
- Topic
- Automotive / General
- Item Width
- 5.7in
- Item Weight
- 10.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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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 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 car broadside, setting off a second explosion that killed Sachs instantly. MacDonald, pulled from the wreckage, died two hours later. After the track was cleared and the race restarted, it was legend A. J. Foyt who raced to a decisive, if hollow, victory. Torn between elation and horror, Foyt, along with others, championed stricter safety regulations, including mandatory pit stops, limiting the amount a fuel a car could carry, and minimum-weight standards. In this tight, fast-paced narrative, Art Garner brings to life the bygone era when drivers lived hard, raced hard, and at times died hard. Drawing from interviews, Garner expertly reconstructs the fateful events and decisions leading up to the sport's blackest day, and the incriminating aftermath that forever altered the sport. Black Noon remembers the race that changed everything and the men that paved the way for the Golden Age of Indy car racing.
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
1250075122
ISBN-13
9781250075123
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217086125
Product Key Features
Book Title
Black Noon: the Year They Stopped the Indy 500
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Automotive / General
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Transportation
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.7in
Item Weight
10.6 Oz
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Black Noon happened a long time ago, but Garner is correct is saying that this is a story worth telling. It was an important day in auto racing history, and deserves the good treatment that this book provides. Four stars.- Buffalo News / All Sports Book Reviews "A very well written and informative book... This book is highly recommended to both the casual racing and the hard-core motorsport historian types."- Racing Nation "Coming up on the 50th anniversary of one of the most tragic days in Indianapolis 500 history, when Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald were killed in a fiery crash in 1964, first-time author Garner recounts the tragic accident and the events leading up to and following the race... A great way for motor sports fans to learn about how their favorite sport's dark past influenced its bright future, this work proves Garner is off to a fast start as a racing writer."- Publishers Weekly "A good story, and an important one, Black Noon is highly recommended."- The Hamilton Spectator "Garner re-creates in great detail the awesome spectacle of the Indianapolis 500, one of America's great sporting events, and the tragedy that took two drivers' lives in 1964... a fitting tribute to the men who helped transform racing, sometimes with their lives, 50 years ago."- Booklist
Table of Content
I. Revolution 1. Indy '63 2. The Brickyard 3. Dinosaurs and Funny Cars 4. A Deadly Profession 5. The Clown Prince 6. The Natural 7. Total Performance 8. Tire Wars 9. The Backyard Mechanic II. May Madness 10. Learning to Walk 11. Fan Favorites 12. Gas or Fuel 13. Herk Crashes 14. Hanna's Hospital 15. Hard Like a Nail 16. Marshman Emerges 17. Tipping the Can 18. Decision Day 19. A New Track Record 20. Moving Day 21. Let the Bumping Begin 22. Final Preparations III. Black Noon 23. Gentlemen, Start Your Engines 24. A Curtain of Smoke and Flames 25. "It's Eddie" 26. It's Only A Sport 27. Restart 28. Thank God It's Over IV: Aftermath 29. Finger Pointing, Funerals and Fuel 30. Indy '65 and the Golden Age 31. Closure
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