Dave Mac Donald
David George MacDonald (July 23, 1936 – May 30, 1964) was an American road racing champion noted for his successes driving Corvettes and Shelby Cobras in the early 1960s. His promising career ended abruptly after a crash in the 1964 Indianapolis 500 in which he was killed along with fellow driver Eddie Sachs in a fiery inferno that directly led to a change in fuel type from gasoline to methanol. MacDonald was born in El Monte, California and died at the age of 27.
In a brilliant but all too brief career, MacDonald competed in 110 races with 47 victories and 69 top 3 finishes. In a 2008 interview with Hot Rod Magazine, legendary auto racer and designer Carroll Shelby said "I think Dave had more raw talent probably than any race driver I ever saw".
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