Fans sleep atop cars the night before the 1955 race. Many of them came to see Vukovich win his third straight "500".

Longtime fan and always first in line Larry Basiglia waits for the gates to open at 5:00 a.m.

Safety Patrol the morning of race. Jeep which was hit by Vukovich car is in photo.

Photo shows cars and fans outside the Main Gate on Race Morning. The following three photos were taken and submitted by Ron Austin.

View looking toward Southwest showing Grandstand B and the infield from the Garage Area. Photo shows the ominous looking clouds that dominated the weather that day.

Photo looking North from South end of Pit Road. Vukovich car is up the track below Pagoda. The Austin images were scanned from slides.

Cars lined up in respective pits. Vukovich car is in front of McGrath car #3.

The Purdue University Marching Band during pre-race festivities. Crowd can be seen gathered around Vukovich car.

Sid Collins and Dinah Shore the morning of the race. Collins was interviewing Shore on radio when Vukovich accident occurred.

Violinist Florian Zabach was being interviewed by Sid Collins on radio when the announcement Vukovich had been fatally injured was made.

Dinah Shore rides around the track in the 1955 Chevrolet convertible pace car.

500-Mile-Race Yearbook Publisher Floyd Clymer shakes hands with Vukovich just before the race.

Vukovich walks along pit road after the annual drivers photograph.

Waiting for the command to start engines.

The 33-car field pulls out onto the parade lap with Vukovich behind Bettenhausen who is in middle of first row.

The Main Straightway starting parade lap.

Entering Turn One.

Cars in Turn One on the pace lap.

Cars in front of Grandstand E.

Pack goes through short chute on pace lap.

Pace lap from ground level.

Rumbling out of the Northwest turn just prior to the start of the race.

Another of the Austin slides showing the start of the race.

Cars take the green flag and head into the Southwest Turn. McGrath heads for the lead.

Cars go through Turn One

From his vantage point in Grandstand B, Austin took this slide of cars going through the Southwest Turn early in the race.

This is about lap three. Vukovich is closing in.

Vukovich starts ro reel in McGrath.

One of the best pictures ever taken of the duel shows the intensity of competition between the two drivers.

Vukovich drafts McGrath.

Pack of cars exit Turn Four during early stages of race.

Smoke begins to trail McGrath as Vukovich challenges.

Another color shot of The Duel.

Vukovich hounds McGrath in Southwest Turn as McGraths car lays down smoke.

Vukovich on the race track.

Vukovich blasts out of the Southeast Turn.

A good color shot of McGrath in Southwest turn. Side of car has been covered with stains from smoking engine.

Vukovich gets left front tire off the pavement as he roars through the Northwest Turn.

Just prior to the famous Southwest Turn attempted pass, Vukovich storms down the main straightaway side-by-side with McGrath

Vukovich dives to the inside almost touching the grass in an effort to take McGrath.

A closer view of the attempted pass. McGrath slammed the door on Vukovich.

Another shot of the two drivers headed into Turn One.

Johnny Boyd roars through the Southeast Turn.

Color shot of Agabashian during the race shortly before he spun out iin Southeast Turn prior to where Vukovich accident happened.