1964 INDIANAPOLIS 500

The 48th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 30, 1964. It was won by A.J. Foyt, but is primarily remembered for a fiery seven-car accident that resulted in the deaths of Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald. It is also the last race won by a front-engined "roadster", as all subsequent races have been won by rear-engined, formula-style cars. It was Foyt's second of four Indy 500 victories.
Jim Clark, who finished second the previous year, won the pole position^[1] in the Lotus 34 quad-cam Ford V-8. He took the lead at the start, and led for a total of 14 laps. However, a tire failure caused a broken suspension, and he dropped out on lap 47.^[2] Bobby Marshman led during the early stages of the race, at one point stretching his lead to as much as 90 seconds.^[3] During his aggressive charge in front, he became uncharacteristically obsessed with putting A. J. Foyt a lap down.^[4] On lap 39, he went too low in turn one, bottoming out the car, and dropped out with a broken transmission oil plug. Parnelli Jones later dropped out after a pit fire. With Marshman, Clark, and Jones all out of the race, A. J. Foyt cruised to victory, leading the final 146 laps.
Race winner Foyt drove the whole 500 miles without changing tires.^[5] Goodyear supplied tires for some entries, but participated only in practice. No cars used Goodyear tires during the race itself. Foyt's 1964 winning car remains the only car in the collection of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame and Museum, regularly on display, that has never been restored to pre race condition. Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Indianapolis_500

Starting Lineup:

Row 1	Jim Clark	Bobby Marshman	Rodger Ward
Row 2	Parnelli Jones	A.J. Foyt	Dan Gurney
Row 3	Lloyd Ruby	Len Sutton	Don Branson
Row 4	Walt Hansgen	Jim Hurtubise	Dick Rathmann
Row 5	Johnny Boyd	Dave MacDonald	Johnny Rutherford
Row 6	Ronnie Duman	Eddie Sachs	Troy Ruttman
Row 7	Bud Tingelstad	Bobby Grim	Johnny White
Row 8	Bobby Unser	Bob Veith	Eddie Johnson
Row 9	Jack Brabham	Jim McElreath	Bob Harkey
Row 10	Bob Mathouser	Chuck Stevenson	Art Malone
Row 11	Norm Hall	Bob Wente	Bill Cheesbourg
Other Drivers on Entry List:
Al Miller (Krulac)
Bob Christie
Bobby Johns
Chuck Arnold
Chuck Hulse
Chuck Rodee
Cliff Griffith
Dee Jones
Dempsey Wilson
Don Horvath
Duane Carter
Ed Kostenuk
Elmer George
Gig Stephens
Jerry Grant
Jud Larson
Masten Gregory
Paul Russo
Pedro Rodríguez
Ralph Liguori
Race Results:
Finish	Driver	Laps	Status	Prize Money
1	A.J. Foyt	200	147.35	$153,650
2	Rodger Ward	200	146.339	$56,925
3	Lloyd Ruby	200	144.32	$35,650
4	Johnny White	200	143.206	$21,200
5	Johnny Boyd	200	142.345	$17,625
6	Bud Tingelstad	198	Running	$15,425
7	Dick Rathmann	197	Running	$13,500
8	Bob Harkey	197	Running	$12,200
9	Bob Wente	197	Running	$11,350
10	Bobby Grim	196	Running	$10,000
11	Art Malone	194	Running	$9,200
12	Don Branson	187	Transmission	$7,600
13	Walt Hansgen	176	Running	$7,150
14	Jim Hurtubise	141	Lost oil	$6,650
15	Len Sutton	140	Magneto	$6,450
16	Bill Cheesbourg	131	Gear box	$6,400
17	Dan Gurney	110	Withdrawn-tires	$6,450
18	Troy Ruttman	99	Spun out	$6,500
19	Bob Veith	88	Piston	$6,550
20	Jack Brabham	77	Fuel tank	$6,000
21	Jim McElreath	77	Filter system	$5,850
22	Bob Mathouser	77	Spun out	$5,450
23	Parnelli Jones	55	Pit fire	$8,200
24	Jim Clark	47	Suspension	$12,400
25	Bobby Marshman	39	Transmission	$12,000
26	Eddie Johnson	6	Fuel Pump	$5,900
27	Johnny Rutherford	2	Accident	$5,200
28	Chuck Stevenson	2	Accident	$5,200
29	Dave MacDonald	1	Accident	$5,100
30	Eddie Sachs	1	Accident	$6,300
31	Ronnie Duman	1	Accident	$5,000
32	Bobby Unser	1	Accident	$6,750
33	Norm Hall	1	Accident	$5,750
Lap Leaders:
1 6	Jim Clark
7 39	Bobby Marshman
40-47	Jim Clark
48-54	Parnelli Jones
55-200	A.J. Foyt