"It was amazing to come back the next year and it was as if people had not forgotten about it, but cleansed it from their minds and were ready for another 500-mile race.". The back end jumped out and I caught it. Thanks for your help! Somewhere in my possessions I have an autographed photo of Art and the Indy car. Among his contemporaries, he was respected for his deeply personal and totally uncompromising commitment to the art of painting. And I looked in it. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. The men invested countless evenings in the garage, burning the midnight oil to help transform an old 1933 Chevy Coupe into a bonafide competitor. 1965: 3 races;0 wins; 0 Podiums; 0 Pole Positions, 1966: 7 races;0 wins; 0 Podiums; 0 Pole Positions, 1967: 10 races; 0 wins; 0 Podiums; 1 Pole Position, 1968: 20 races; 0 wins; 0 Podiums; 1 Pole Position, 1969: 18 races; 2 wins; 3 Podiums; 0 Pole Positions, 1970: 10 races; 0 wins; 1 Podium;0 Pole Positions, 1971: 10 races; 0 wins; 1 Podium;0 Pole Positions, 1972: 4 races;0 wins; 0 Podiums; 0 Pole Positions, 1967: Car #16; Thermo-King; Laps completed: 195; Start 13; Finished 8, 1968: Car #20; STP; Laps completed: 188; fuel shaft failure; Start 11; Finished 13, 1969: Car #40; STP; Laps completed: 7; driveline failure; Start 12; Finished 31, 1970: Car #10; Car Wash Systems; Laps completed: 28; Piston failure; Start 6; Finished 30, 1971: Car #64; Gilmore; Laps completed: 45; Valve failure; Start 31; Finished 26. Art drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1965 through 1973 seasons, with 84 career starts, including the 1967 through 1971 Indianapolis 500 races. He sliced and diced his way up through the field and took the lead from STP teammate and Indy 500 winner Mario Andretti. Johnny Rutherford, who had been one of the first drivers on the scene of Pollard's For my hands I got a box of sand. I am sorry that you lost him at such an early age, but I thought you might appreciate knowing that a while ago, he made a young boys day. Once I got the news I called the hospital, and by then he had passed away.. READ MORE. Driver Art Pollard was killed in an accident during a practice Driver Swede Savage and mechanic Armando Teran also died A crowd estimated at 250,000 swarmed Indianapolis Motor Speedway's. Being a big race fan, I was fortunately allowed to go. Very late in 1943, possibly in the early weeks of 1944, Pollock painted his first wall-size work, called Mural (c. 194344). We just took to each other, Green said. I couldn't walk at all. I was in the Michigan Burn Center for two and a half months. "I couldn't see where I was going or what I was doing. She is the daughter of Art Pollard. From the time I was a little girl, I never thought it would happen to him. For these pieces, many made during his poured period, Pollock dripped paint onto canvas to convey the emotion of movement. [5] Pollard also served in the United States Navy for a time. Although the tragic '73 race left the whole sport in a sour mood, nobody recalls having doubts about going back in '74. Bobby Unser, in Dan Gurneys Eagle chassis with turbo-Offy power, set the second fastest average speed of 169.507 mph. Grandfather on the Pollard Side - Andrew Jackson Pollard . His death was the first at Indy since 1973 when Art Pollard and Swede Savage were killed and, to date, the last driver to die during qualifying. Arts son, Mike, turned away from the flatbed truck he was working on when the radio newsman uttered his fathers name. The family left Cody, Wyoming, 11 months after Jacksons birth; he would know Cody only through family photographs. Pollard's lap prior to the crash was timed at a speed above 192 miles per hour (309km/h). Salt miraculously made it back the next year, qualifying in 14th position for the 1974 Indy 500. "I thought it was my son who had been hit.". He had just turned 46 one week before he died. Driver Salt Walther suffered disfiguring burns in a fiery first-lap crash that injured 13 spectators. what should have been the sixth row. Died after a huge crash in a practice session for the 1973 Indy 500. He did everything so well. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. "This is why there has been such a terrible atmosphere of fear here, all weekend long.". history. The racing thing interested me also.. It was just a week after the local heros 46th birthday. It was then Joe Leonards turn in his #60 STP turbine. Forty years later, children cavort on the hospital's "Art Pollard Playground" and the picnic survives in his honor, financed by his fund, the original $25,000 still untouched. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. He was a real nice guy and we got along very well, Green said. Walther's First published in 2016, this is an expanded version of Art Pollards biography that includes more content and photos. His racing career started in Roseburg racing hydroplanes on the Umpqua River, and micro-midgets at the fairgrounds. He also won the A Dash, the Fast Heat Race, and all three of his 25 lap main events. If you are a WordPress user with administrative privileges on this site, please enter your email address in the box below and click "Send". ($117,009.92 in 2017 dollars Enough to pay cash for a house in some Cities). //-->,
