Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: i utua e Mickey Thompson a MacDonald ki te taraiwa i tētahi o ana waka whakataetae motokā whakamuri-motokā whakahirahira i te
Ko te 1964 Indy 500. Ko nga kaiwhakataetae Ford-powered a Thompson i hoahoahia kia rere i runga i nga taera 12 "a ka tiimata i te 1963 Indy 500 i raro i te mana Chevrolet. I mōhiotia ngā waka ko ngā "tīwiriwiri". He nui rawa atu i mua i to ratou wa, engari he kino te hoahoa me te uaua ki te taraiwa. I whakamatauria e Graham Hill te motuka i mua o te whakataetae '63 Indy a kaore ia i pai ki te taraiwa na te mea he kino te whakahaere, he kino ake te ahua mo te 1964 i te wa i akina a Thompson ki te whakahou i nga motuka kia uru ki te teitei taera iti a te USAC.