Shy Mike Spence spent most of his career in the shade. In today's Great Read, Paul Fearnley looks back at a man who was blossoming when he was killed at Indy on this day in 1968
The lights blinked yellow before the day-glo car hit the wall. The puff of dust as it dived into Turn 1 had told USAC chief observer Walt Myers all he needed to know: too high, out of the groove, trouble.
Impacting at 45 degrees, Lotus 56/2 screeched along the concrete for 400 feet, then veered back down onto the track. It slid for a further 240 feet before coming to rest, its Pratt & Whitney turbine still emitting that eerie whine. The rescuers were already on their way. The car didn't look too bad, considering. But its driver was inert – and helmetless.
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