--- Robert Bruce Evans <b-evans@earthlink.net> wrote:
> (The next year, in what
> was to me the worst of all Indy accidents, the even
> more-popular Sachs burned to death in his car on the
> main straight when it slammed into another in the
> midst of a seven or eight car pile-up. All of this
> in full view of the Pagoda and the main grandstands.
> Many of us wept!)
The other driver was Dave McDonald, happened right
in front of me.
>
> Ironically, Clark also actually won the 1966 Indy in
> a confused finish that saw him show up in Victory
> Lane expecting to take the winners trophy. He was,
> however, minutes behind Graham Hill, who reportedly
> told Clark off cheekily, "Sorry, mate, I already
> drank the milk!" In looking back at perhaps the
> most confused ending of any Indy running, most now
> agree that Clark was the legitimate winner, but Hill
> got both the milk and the trophy!
>
This was the year that Clark looped the Lotus a full
360 coming out of turn 4 and kept on going never
missing a beat....
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