[Spridgets] Colors--BRG and the wee Scot

[Bob Van Kirk]

--- Robert Bruce Evans <b-evans at 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....
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
http://mail.yahoo.com