1966 was one of the first races broadcast by ABC, albeit a week later. Chris Schenkel did the race. You can find the broadcast, crash included, on Youtube- it is really cool
Yes, everyone was standing up and cheering the first lap when we could see the disaster happening.
I felt sick and had to sit down because I was sure that many drivers were casualties.
Just two years prior when we lived near the speedway we could hear the race and there was a horrendous fiery crash that killed Eddie Sachs and Dave McDonald.
AirEvac helicopters flew over our house taking the injured to the hospital.
My parents were with us in ‘67 and my Mom and I thought we had seen a near miracle when there were no injuries.