Dave sits in the Mickey Thompson owned Sears Allstate Special prior to the start of the Indy 500.
Mickey and crew members stand nearby.

The 33 best drivers in the world sit down for the 1964 Indy 500 drivers photo. Dave MacDonald
and Eddie Sachs are seated next to one another in the middle of the photo.

Official Indy 500 program signed by all 33 drivers

Mickey and USAC officials look on as Dave removes his rookie stripe

Dave talks with friends Jimmy Clark and Dan Gurney during the first week of testing

Dave sits in his car during May testing - at this point the front fenders still covered the wheels.

You can see in the photo below that closer to race day the fenders had been cut out - this was done
to accomodate the switch from the 12 inch wheels the car was designed for, to the new USAC
requirement of 15" wheels. This caused the car to lift so additional modifications were made. A new
nose cone was installed and then later hood scoops fabricated to help stablaize the car.

Broadcaster Chris Economaki sneaks in a quick word with Dave as Gurney & Thompson look on.

Dave in the middle of row 5 on the pace lap

On the pace lap Dave MacDonald acknowledged wife Sherry, throwing her a kiss as he went by.