As the race started, Salt Walther and Jerry Grant touched wheels, launching Walther's car into the catch fence . No matter.
Died after a huge crash in a practice session for the 1973 Indy 500. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. I had a lot of skin grafts on it. Wordfence is a security plugin installed on over 4 million WordPress sites. He was rushed to Methodist Hospital, but died shortly afterward. He started twenty-fifth and finished twenty-second after a spin. A 10 car pile up on the opening lap eliminated Art and the #40 car. Other cars were losing parts. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. He was just an everyday, common person that shared stories. Photo courtesy of Mike Pollard. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. car owner in Champ car. remember very vividly
[5] Pollard also served in the United States Navy for a time. By Wednesday, tension and exhaustion infected the track. Approximately one hour after the accident, Art Pollard was pronounced dead. For these pieces, many made during his poured period, Pollock dripped paint onto canvas to convey the emotion of movement. He is believed to be the first driver from Southern Oregon to race at Indy. He beat me every time by about six-inches, but we had standing ovations from the crowd, Dick Simon, retired driver and owner, Championship and Indy Racing League, NASCAR, Race driver, Dick Simon: Art was phenomenal, and probably one of the best individuals Ive met in my entire life. Pollard died in Indianapolis, Indiana, as a result of injuries sustained in a crash during practice on the first day of time trials for the 1973 Indianapolis 500. Art went on to win his first Champ Car race after a wild start (shown above). Despite his hard luck with cars, Pollard quickly gained a strong fan base, not just from Southern Oregon, but at Indy as well. "I remember the first time I saw what I looked like. position he would hold until pitting. ", Meanwhile in the pits, Teran, an STP crewman, headed toward the accident scene. A fire truck traveling at an estimate 60 mph in the wrong direction hit Teran, who suffered crushed ribs and a fractured skull. Tuesday was wet, as well, and the drivers saw the red flag while on their parade lap. Born in Dragon, Utah, and raised in the Portland, Oregon area, Pollard drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 19651973 seasons, with 84 career starts, including the 19671971 Indianapolis 500 races. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. Jim Malloy had crashed in this same turn 2 days before and would die 2 days later. "I was down by the pit wall, steering left, and . The original comment we heard on the radio was Veteran driver Art Pollard was killed at the Speedway this morning. Our mom, Bobbie Pollard, called after the announcement, asking if what she heard was true. Verify and try again. Coming out of Turn 4 on the next lap, the rear of his 1,500-pound Eagle, heavy with 500 pounds of methanol, twitched. One of the top athletes probably in the country. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. GREAT NEWS! Pollard died Wednesday of cardiac arrest at a Los Angeles hospital, his longtime. Please enter your email and password to sign in. He died of natural causes last year, at the age of 85. pointed for the inside wall. Pollocks evolution from this point throughout the 1940s shows a struggle to find a process by which he could translate his entire personality into painting. google_ad_channel ="0983136519";
There was a mirror over the sink in the bathroom. There is a problem with your email/password. Born in Dragon, Utah, Pollard died in Indianapolis, Indiana, as a result of injuries sustained in practice for the 1973 Indianapolis 500. Please reset your password. I was a helluva mess at the time but still conscious. Find the obituary of Art Pollard (1957 - 2019) from Commerce City, CO. Leave your condolences to the family on this memorial page or send flowers to show you care. After these experiences, his work became semiabstract and showed the assimilation of motifs from the modern Spanish artists Pablo Picasso and Joan Mir, as well as the Mexican muralist Jos Clemente Orozco. "He was kind of cheering me on and was happy I was in a car, because we were
After his time in Roseburg, Pollard left for Medford and later became a national figure. That's 500 pounds of high explosive. Both men stood frozen in their separate locations as news broke on the radio that their friend, Art Pollard, had died in a crash on Pole Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 1954 Art competes in Bob and Ollies Micro-Midget at the Roseburg Fairgrounds in Oregon. ARTHUR POLLARD OBITUARY *ARTHUR POLLARD* Former University of Arizona football star and horse racing legend, Arthur Pollard, died on September 8th, 2008 at age 86. The chassis dug into the grass and flipped upside-down, slid a short distance and then flipped back over as it reached the pavement again in turn two, finally coming to a stop in the middle of the track. "I thought it was my son who had been hit.". When they got me up to walk, I'd get dizzy and go sit back down. Art was buried in McMinnville Oregon. The 1973 Indianapolis 500 remains one of the lowest points in American motor sports
Then Johncock recorded an unofficial lap of 199.4 mph during tire testing in March 1973. Art Pollard, American race car driver (b. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Art Pollard's story deserves to be told, from his humble beginnings in Dragon, Utah to his untimely death on Pole Day at Indianapolis in 1973. Commerce City, Colorado. He is also one of the first American painters to be recognized during his lifetime and after as a peer of 20th-century European masters of modern art. with crashes that killed drivers Art Pollard and Swede Savage and crewman Armando Teran
And I looked like a skeleton walking in them because they didn't come close to fitting. The car slammed into the outside wall coming out of turn one, burst into flames, and spun as it headed to the grass on the inside of the short chute. "He came off the wall and almost landed on the front of my car," said Lee Kunzman, whose first Indy start carried him only a few hundred yards. He hit it head-on with enough force to rip the machine in two
[1][2][3] He was pronounced dead approximately one hour and three minutes after the accident. Robin Miller, the long-time Indianapolis Star racing writer who now works as an IndyCar reporter for NBC Sports Network and the Speed network, recalled sitting with Pollard on the pit wall early pole day morning. His car exploded in an angry orange flash. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. Now engineers design and redesign cars and seats and helmets to minimize the effect on
The neighborhood kids (and dogs) were thrilled! A. Jackson Pollock lived in New York after moving there in 1930 to study art. His work and example had enormous influence on them and on many subsequent art movements in the United States. The two went to high school together, played football together and even ended up at the same Navy base in San Diego. The grid was reset without Walther. "Probably after me and you are dead and gone, that stuff they'll be racing will be
For a while though, it was touch and go. "I jumped on the throttle coming out of 2," Krisiloff said, "and spun my wheels halfway down the back straight in high gear.". Using hardened brushes, sticks, and turkey basters, and household enamel paints, Pollock squirted, splashed, and dripped his paint onto canvas rolled out over his studio floor. Tales
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But he never forgot about his old friends. By the mid-50s, he was winning races all over the West Coast and attracted the attention of an Indy car owner in Southern California. Not a single lap was complete when the race was halted. He visited children at La Rue Carter Hospital in Indianapolis, where a playground there was named after him. Of course, he got along with everyone real well.. Again on Wednesday, after another rain delay, the teams tried again. The red flag flew as the rain intensified on Lap 133. Pollard was born in Dragon, Utah, but spent much of his youth in and around Los Angeles. During one period in 1961, he won 22 of 28 main events. His death hit my family very hard, and to this day we miss him. Miller was surprised when Pollard said he would take the car out during pre-qualifying practice. 1961 Art Pollard won the 1961 Western States Race of Champions with the 34 Willys racer with a longer chassis and some added body work and a new fuel tank which increased the weight to 2050 pounds. Caskey is 81 and Green is 85. At 9:37 a.m., Pollard hit the outside wall in turn 1, spun to the inside, then flipped over, coming to a rest in turn two with flames and heavy damage. Pop-off valves cut boost and the horsepower generated by turbochargers. . Another Southern Oregon racer began his career at Indianapolis just a few years after Bob Christie retired. when he lost control of his STP red Eagle-Offy. When it snapped, Art lost a wheel, spun around and slammed into the third turn concrete." Article, "Hospital Room Looks Like a Greenhouse," Robin Miller, The Indianapolis Star, 1972 The start was
First published in 2016, this is an expanded version of Art Pollards biography that includes more content and photos. Early attrition knocked out Mario Andretti, stock-car regular Bobby Allison and A.J. He waved his checkered cap from the riding mechanic's seat of his winning Delage. The. Drivers and crews were taut. hands. Rene Thomas, the 1914 race winner, was driven around the track. He went on to qualify for six races, but broke his leg in a qualifying accident in 1972 and had to sit out that race. All during practice he was saying that this might be his best year. I couldn't believe it was that bad. A proud family man, a well-respected competitor, a humanitarian, and a friend to all, was gone. Paul Jackson Pollock was the fifth and youngest son of Stella May McClure and LeRoy Pollock, who were both of Scotch-Irish extraction (LeRoys original surname was McCoy before his adoption about 1890 by a family named Pollock) and born and raised in Iowa. His racing was not professional in the Northwest and the Western states. plastic cylinders and covering plates designed to minimize the force of impact. 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. A.J. Once I got the news I called the hospital, and by then he had passed away.. Art L. Pollard. On the west coast, daughter Judy (then 23-years-old) and son Mike (25-years-old) heard this shocking and unwelcome news on radio and television in the early morning hours. "After the second day, you started thinking: 'Who's next?'" squeezing Jerry Grant against the wall. "I would do my racing, get in an airplane and go
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builder who was credited with discovering Savage. Qualifying speeds were down nearly 10 mph, with Foyt winning the pole and Rutherford collecting the first of his three victories. Oops, we were unable to send the email. Grandfather on the Pollard Side - Andrew Jackson Pollard . Mike couldnt believe what he was hearing. I went out in qualifying later and set a new track record. Over the course of time, speeds have continued to increase but safety measures have
Art Pollard book touches on racecar drivers kindness, humor | (Douglas County Oregon) News-Review | TOM EGGERS News-Review Sports Editor | Nov 25, 2016. At Milwaukee, on August 22, 1965 - Art Pollard made his USAC Champ Car debut, driving a rear-engine Rolla Vollstedt designed car owned by Jim Robbins. From a small hydroplane on Oregons Umpqua River to micro-midgets and modified stock cars on a half-mile oval in Roseburg, Oregon. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). google_color_bg = "ECF8FF";
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