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Originally Posted by rjbh20
What were Mickey Thompson's triumphs at Indianapolis? My recollection is that his cars seldom (ever?) finished and he's best known for the disastrous Allstate Special in 1964 that Dave MacDonald used to kill himself and Eddie Sachs.
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From what I've read, there were many contributors to that disaster, including the squirrelly car itself; the use of gasoline instead of methanol; use of older aircraft-style fuel bladders in the tank instead of safety fuel cells; and MacDonald's unfamiliarity with roundy-round racing (he was a talented road racer) and the Indy track and race; and possibly MacDonald's lack of caution. But a number of drivers did refuse to pilot Thompson's car that year, so the car is a known contributor.