May
29th 1973 Indianapolis, Indiana -- It was a typical warm and humid summer day
as A.J. Foyt’s private Lear jet departs the runway of the Indianapolis
International Airport. It was on course to Ann Arbor Michigan and the University
of Michigan Burn Center. On board the
now the modified jet, as seats were removed to accommodate a single hospital
gurney was a dying race driver David “Salt” Walther.
May
28th The Start of the Indianapolis 500 -- With the
start of a race everything starts to get real tense. The thing this year was
Mother Nature was not cooperating “Rain” it won’t stop. So now we have delays’
and out go the track dryers. I haven’t eaten for two days and today the green
flag was finally gon’a drop.
I remember seeing what was left of that car in Salt's garage , or the boat garage in Dayton.
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