Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - I whakapaehia e nga taote te mate o tana mate ki te pneumonia a ka pau i a ia nga ra 39 whakamutunga o tona oranga i te Charlotte Memorial Hospital (i tenei wa ko te Carolinas Medical Center) i roto i te ahua tino kino. Ko te wiki katoa mai i te 24 o Mei ki te 30 o Mei, 1964, i te mutunga ka noho ko tētahi o ngā wiki pouri rawa atu i roto i te hītori o ngā hākinakina motokā i te mea i mate a Eddie Sachs rāua ko Dave MacDonald i te Indianapolis 500 o taua tau
He aha? I tuhia ngā pikitia ataata tūturu o te tūtukitanga i te wā i puta ai te whakataetae. I whakaatahia te whakataetae i runga i te pouaka whakaata a WBTV o te rohe o CBS. I te mutunga ka tukuna te tinana o Roberts ki tana urupa tanumanga i Daytona Beach, Florida. Ko tētahi o ngā whakahua i puta i tētahi whakataetae o mua i mua i tōna matenga ko "Ko te ahi te mea nui rawa atu taku wehi!"