The Resource Black noon : the year they stopped the Indy 500, Art Garner
Black noon : the year they stopped the Indy 500, Art Garner
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The item Black noon : the year they stopped the Indy 500, Art Garner represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in J.V. Fletcher Library (Westford).
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "Just before high noon on May 30th, 1964, the Indy 500 stopped for the first time in history. Seven cars had crashed in a fiery accident, killing two drivers, and threatening the very future of the 500. In this tight, fast-paced narrative, Art Garner expertly reconstructs the events, circumstances, and fatal decisions leading up to the sport's blackest day. Recalling a bygone era when drivers lived hard, raced hard, and at times died hard, Black Noon takes readers back to the last race won by a front-engined roadster, to before the switch from gasoline to methanol, to tell one of the great untold stories in sports. Informed by his extensive interviews including six of the seven surviving drivers, Garner brings to life the greatest names in racing - A.J. Foyt, Dan Gurney, Parnelli Jones, Bobby Unser, and Johnny Rutherford - focusing on Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald, the two very different drivers whose lives accelerated toward the same catastrophic end that day. Publishing for the 50th anniversary of this iconic event, Black Noon remembers the race that changed everything and the men that heralded the Golden Age of Indy car racing"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 342 pages
- Contents
-
- Revolution
- Indy '63
- The Brickyard
- Dinosaurs and Funny Cars
- A Deadly Profession
- The Clown Prince
- The Natural
- Total Performance
- Tire Wars
- The Backyard Mechanic
- May Madness
- Learning to Walk
- Fan Favorites
- Gas or Fuel
- Herk Crashes
- Hanna's Hospital
- Hard Like a Nail
- Marshman Emerges
- Tipping the Can
- Decision Day
- A New Track Record Moving Day
- Let the Bumping Begin
- Final Preparations
- Black Noon
- Gentlemen, Start Your Engines
- A Curtain of Smoke and Flames
- "It's Eddie"
- It's Only A Sport
- Restart
- Thank God It's Over
- Aftermath
- Finger Pointing, Funerals and Fuel
- Indy '65 and the Golden Age
- Closure
- Isbn
- 9781250017772
- Label
- Black noon : the year they stopped the Indy 500
- Title
- Black noon
- Title remainder
- the year they stopped the Indy 500
- Statement of responsibility
- Art Garner
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Just before high noon on May 30th, 1964, the Indy 500 stopped for the first time in history. Seven cars had crashed in a fiery accident, killing two drivers, and threatening the very future of the 500. In this tight, fast-paced narrative, Art Garner expertly reconstructs the events, circumstances, and fatal decisions leading up to the sport's blackest day. Recalling a bygone era when drivers lived hard, raced hard, and at times died hard, Black Noon takes readers back to the last race won by a front-engined roadster, to before the switch from gasoline to methanol, to tell one of the great untold stories in sports. Informed by his extensive interviews including six of the seven surviving drivers, Garner brings to life the greatest names in racing - A.J. Foyt, Dan Gurney, Parnelli Jones, Bobby Unser, and Johnny Rutherford - focusing on Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald, the two very different drivers whose lives accelerated toward the same catastrophic end that day. Publishing for the 50th anniversary of this iconic event, Black Noon remembers the race that changed everything and the men that heralded the Golden Age of Indy car racing"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 796.7209772/52
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GV1033.5.I55
- LC item number
- G37 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Label
- Black noon : the year they stopped the Indy 500, Art Garner
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-330) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Revolution -- Indy '63 -- The Brickyard -- Dinosaurs and Funny Cars -- A Deadly Profession -- The Clown Prince -- The Natural -- Total Performance -- Tire Wars -- The Backyard Mechanic -- May Madness -- Learning to Walk -- Fan Favorites -- Gas or Fuel -- Herk Crashes -- Hanna's Hospital -- Hard Like a Nail -- Marshman Emerges -- Tipping the Can -- Decision Day -- A New Track Record Moving Day -- Let the Bumping Begin -- Final Preparations -- Black Noon -- Gentlemen, Start Your Engines -- A Curtain of Smoke and Flames -- "It's Eddie" -- It's Only A Sport -- Restart -- Thank God It's Over -- Aftermath -- Finger Pointing, Funerals and Fuel -- Indy '65 and the Golden Age -- Closure
- Control code
- 1544094
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 342 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250017772
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2014008819
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1544094
- (Sirsi) 1544094
- (OCoLC)857982380
- Label
- Black noon : the year they stopped the Indy 500, Art Garner
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-330) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Revolution -- Indy '63 -- The Brickyard -- Dinosaurs and Funny Cars -- A Deadly Profession -- The Clown Prince -- The Natural -- Total Performance -- Tire Wars -- The Backyard Mechanic -- May Madness -- Learning to Walk -- Fan Favorites -- Gas or Fuel -- Herk Crashes -- Hanna's Hospital -- Hard Like a Nail -- Marshman Emerges -- Tipping the Can -- Decision Day -- A New Track Record Moving Day -- Let the Bumping Begin -- Final Preparations -- Black Noon -- Gentlemen, Start Your Engines -- A Curtain of Smoke and Flames -- "It's Eddie" -- It's Only A Sport -- Restart -- Thank God It's Over -- Aftermath -- Finger Pointing, Funerals and Fuel -- Indy '65 and the Golden Age -- Closure
- Control code
- 1544094
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 342 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250017772
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2014008819
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1544094
- (Sirsi) 1544094
- (OCoLC)857982380
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