People came to see the storied track's first 200-mph laps. | In 1943, after the liquidation of the Federal Art Project, Pollock was given a contract by Peggy Guggenheim at her Art of This Century gallery in New York, and his first one-man show was held there in November. He earned money doing it, but like my mom tells it, it pretty much just broke us even, and we could travel and not go into debt, because he won all the time. It was a needed and welcome improvement. The Art Pollard Day in May continued for decades after dads death. None of the men ever forgot about May 12, nor did they let their glowing recollections of the man they called friendly, loving and one of a kind fade. Legendary Track Announcer Tom Carnegie says Pollard carried a high level of sportsmanship and driving that attracted fans. Try again later. In years since, there has been no final determination on the cause of Arts accident. "This is why there has been such a terrible atmosphere of fear here, all weekend long.". One driver, when he saw me, made a claw of his hand and with that warped fist, waved and said, "Hi, how are you?" the blue McLaren-Offy of rookie David "Salt" Walther drifted to the right, It was a May to forget. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Qualifying speeds were down nearly 10 mph, with Foyt winning the pole and Rutherford collecting the first of his three victories. No one did. Survivors were his widow, Patricia; a son Michael; a daughter, Judy Dipple of Speedway; and his mother, Mrs. Artie Pollard of McMinnville. Emily Kasriel explores the art of plague from the Black Death to current times. Teran, a mechanic on Graham McRae's car, sprinted down pit lane to see if he could be of help to his injured teammate. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. Resend Activation Email. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. He was 46. Art Pollard lived in Medford Oregon during the 1960s and early 70s and was killed during the Indianapolis 500 time trials on May 12, 1973. (Jackson dropped his first name, Paul, about the time he went to New York in 1930.) Over the left hand I wear a glove, a black glove. Kind, generous, friendly, outgoing, persistent, honest, gentlemanly, optismistic, competitive, even-tempered, vibrant - these words describe a few of the qualities of this exceptional person who was also a great race driver. Upon his death, Pollard's family established the Art Pollard Fund with a $25,000 bequest. Art was buried in McMinnville Oregon. I discovered an interesting fact the other day while following some of your links. "He was like a family member. Jackson Pollock was an American painter who was a leading exponent of Abstract Expressionism, an art movement characterized by the free-associative gestures in paint sometimes referred to as action painting.. scheduled 200 laps. He went on to become a popular super-modified champion in the Western States in the 1960sand finally, the Indy Racing circuitachieving the pinnacle of racing, the famed BrickyardIndianapolis Motor Speedway in 1967. Clouds threatened again but sun broke through and the track dried. I had to learn to walk again. And third, what happened? I was in the Michigan Burn Center for two and a half months. And that soon became a tradition, and he was the first one to do that. He turned the car over to its owner, Foyt, who had gone out on Lap 37 with a failed bolt. Can You Match These Lesser-Known Paintings to Their Artists? "I couldn't see where I was going or what I was doing. It was a lot of fun.. Art had little practice time in the car, but late in the afternoon, Art pulled onto the track in his #20 turbine, and his average speed of 166.297 was good enough to earn the 11thstarting spot in the middle of the fourth row. | The car was running smoothly. Jackson Pollock, in full Paul Jackson Pollock, (born January 28, 1912, Cody, Wyoming, U.S.died August 11, 1956, East Hampton, New York), American painter who was a leading exponent of Abstract Expressionism, an art movement characterized by the free-associative gestures in paint sometimes referred to as action painting. During his lifetime he received widespread publicity and serious recognition for the radical poured, or drip, technique he used to create his major works. But racing colleagues and fans agree, it was a huge loss. "I thought I was blind until I flipped up my visor. In the Saturday morning practice session on May 12th, Pollard was running 191.4 mph when he lost control of his Dan Gurney Eagle car and smashed into the outside retaining wall at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 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. Armando Moreno Teran - STP pit crewman A TV news report, that included interviews with friends and daughter, Judy Dippell. 1927) Artle Lee Pollard, Jr. (May 5, 1927 - May 12, 1973), was an American racecar driver. Born in Dragon, Utah, and raised in the Portland, Oregon area, Pollard drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1965-1973 seasons, with 84 career starts, including the 1967-1971 Indianapolis 500 races. The car was demolished. He was unconscious until his death an hour later at Methodist Hospital of flame inhalation. "They had everybody stopped there in Turn 4," Johncock said. Born in Dragon, Utah, Pollard died in Indianapolis, Indiana, as a result of injuries sustained in practice for the 1973 Indianapolis 500. Indianapolis Star - Sunday, May 13, 1973. Richards writes for The Indianapolis Star, a Gannett property. "By then, I could laugh about it. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. Since 1973, three competitors have been killed at Indy -- Gordon Smiley in '82, Jovy Marcelo in '92 and Scott Brayton in '96 -- along with two spectators and a trespasser for Championship Auto Racing Teams. "I thought, my goodness, we're never going to recover from this," said the speedway's Carnegie. Parking Actually, it isnt the turbine, but the four-wheel drive and the engineering and the chassis. Pollard, an internationally known portrait painter, who painted four presidents and a pope, movie stars and basketball players, died at home last night. crash, ended up on the pole at 198.413 mph, including one lap in the 199s. Second, where was I? I was lucky to have him for a dad, even if I had him less time than I wanted. (Just last week, the wall was fitted with an innovative series of "I pulled up right at the end of pit road and remember telling the radio She is the daughter of Art Pollard. They carried a full fuel load of 75 gallons. After a while, I told my friend that I had to get back home to watch the time trials. You have to get on the turbine much sooner. His car exploded in an angry orange flash. He went to a hospital locally and started visiting that hospital and bringing drivers with him. Make a life-giving gesture Pollard raced a wide variety of both cars and other machinery; this included hydroplanes, micro midgets and super modified stock cars. Salt miraculously made it back the next year, qualifying in 14th position for the 1974 Indy 500. Mike lives in Reno, Nev., and works at a jewelry shop. Safety was the watchword for the 1974 Indianapolis 500. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. google_color_text = "000000"; . safety truck, speeding up pit road in the opposite direction of normal traffic, hit Teran They were going to cut off the left hand at first, but the doctor felt he could save it. "Terrible. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. For a moment it was up in the air and then it spun sideways and came down on fire. Among his contemporaries, he was respected for his deeply personal and totally uncompromising commitment to the art of painting. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. And you know, hell, I was a damn good athlete. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. "People don't realize how the driver gets himself geared up for battle," said Bobby Unser, who would lead 39 laps before retiring with a blown engine. He moved up the ranks, eventually testing himself against the best in the United States Auto Club Championship Car Series. "Probably after me and you are dead and gone, that stuff they'll be racing will be But it was his love of adventure that got him into racing stock cars and midgets in the 40s and 50s. Please select which sections you would like to print: Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. I couldn't believe it was that bad. "Back then, about the only way to get a better ride, move up the ladder, was when somebody got hurt or killed," Kunzman said. He was found unconscious, and was rushed to Methodist Hospital in the new Cardiac ambulance. He had suffered internal lung lesion due to flame inhalation, a broken leg, a fractured right arm, third-degree burns and a severe spinal injury. This is a carousel with slides. and reduce the possibility of fire. Each year it got a little faster and a better car, and then we he started going to out-of-town races, said Green, who was a body shop mechanic for more than 40 years. Racing Accident Of Art Pollard Matthew Cipolla 3.25K subscribers Subscribe 7.6K views 1 year ago INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY He died in Indianapolis, Indiana as a result of injuries sustained in. Art was buried in McMinnville Oregon. Then I thought: Well, shit. He explored themes including surrealist navigation of the unconscious and Jungian symbolism. He made every race from then on until 1979 with a best finish of 9th in 1976. My name was Salt Walther. During pole qualifying earlier that month, driver Art Pollard was killed in a horrific crash when his car topped 191 mph, then struck the outside wall, burst into flames, spun into the infield. 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. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. When they got me up to walk, I'd get dizzy and go sit back down. His racing was not professional in the Northwest and the Western states. It was just a week after the local heros 46th birthday. Judy is an author, speaker and publishing consultant. "Swede wasn't much older than my son (Steve)," Patrick said. "Back then, it was like me sitting on this stool with a seat belt," Foyt said. squeezing Jerry Grant against the wall. Failed to remove flower. He died after driving drunk and crashing into a tree in New York in 1956, at age 44. Again on Wednesday, after another rain delay, the teams tried again. The start was google_ad_height = 90; Driver Art Pollard was killed in a horrific pole-day qualifying crash. Very late in 1943, possibly in the early weeks of 1944, Pollock painted his first wall-size work, called Mural (c. 194344). Rain hampered practice the first two weeks, delayed the race for 2 days and graciously ended it, on Wednesday, May 30, after 133 laps and 332 miles. By Wednesday, tension and exhaustion infected the track. "They looked exactly alike," Andy said, speaking in the hushed tones of grief 40 years later. Early attrition knocked out Mario Andretti, stock-car regular Bobby Allison and A.J. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. google_ad_width = 728; "I still feel bad about it. Colin Chapman had returned to Indianapolis and Parnelli Jones was lending his expertise to the Granatelli team. As they were being 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. Thirty-two cars returned to their original positions. Johncock's celebration wasn't much of a party. When a race driver is killed on the track the first thing everybody says is,"That's too bad, he was a hell of a guy." In the obituary the next day, his past performances are listed and any other worthy achievements are mentioned. They shared hamburgers at the Burger Chef restaurant on West 16th Street, just east of the track. 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. He had to relearn to walk but he was back at Indy, back in the field for the 1974 Indianapolis 500. The grid was reset without Walther. clean this time, with Bobby Unser getting a jump on Rutherford, who missed a gear change. Johncock, who led 64 laps, was declared the winner while sitting in the pits. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. During one period in 1961, he won 22 of 28 main events. Photo courtesy of Mike Pollard. | Art Pollard: The Life and Legacy of a Gentleman Racer by Bob Kehoe. driving through a river of flaming methanol," recalled David Hobbs, now a The flames melted it and crinkled it all up.". Savage, 26, suffered critical burns but survived 33 days. "I thought it was my son who had been hit.". I told 'em I was at the Indy 500. Oops, something didn't work. He really put his foot into it and topped teammate Hills speed with an incredible 171.559 mph average. Kunzman took over Pollard's car for the remainder of the 1973 season. Failed to report flower. The car was demolished. Car trouble ends his day early on lap 28. google_color_url = "0033FF"; Bob Green remembers that windy Saturday morning, too; cant forget it really. Current IndyCars generate 670 horsepower. After 1 lap, Art replaced Weld in the #57. google_color_link = "0033FF"; Support Small Business by ordering the book from Coastal181: Or order from Amazon.com Print or Kindle: Art Pollards story deserves to be told, from his humble beginnings in Dragon, Utah to his untimely death on Pole Day at Indianapolis in 1973. Weve updated the security on the site. Wally Dallenbach stepped into Savage's. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? Walther's fate might have been worse; had the tank stayed with the car he surely would Unfortunately, Indianapolis Motor Speedway was where Pollard lost his life in an accident on May 12, 1973, during a practice run for the Indy 500. Pollard was pronounced dead an hour later. From a small hydroplane on Oregons Umpqua River to micro-midgets and modified stock cars on a half-mile oval in Roseburg, Oregon. Tales another driver," Johncock said. "It was my job," he said. Like Christie, Art Pollard of Medford began his racing career in midgets and stock cars. and trigger another explosion of fuel and car parts. He is our most famous son, and whether you were privileged to know him or not you can take pride in the fact that Art was one of us., Our promise to Mike and Judy, and all who all knew him best, is as long as there is a Pacific Racing Association, Art Pollard will never be forgotten, both for the kind of guy he was and for his contributions to the sport we all love so much., (In early 1960s) I felt more comfortable running wheel-to-wheel with Art than anyone in history. Drag images here or select from your computer for Art Lee Pollard Jr. memorial. The 1973 Indianapolis 500 remains one of the lowest points in American motor sports overturned, flaming car came to rest right in front of Dallenbach, who helped firefighters [4] Pollard had turned 46 one week before he died. Smiley died instantly from massive trauma inflicted by the severe impact. A.J. But for a while I was very depressed. Tuesday was wet, as well, and the drivers saw the red flag while on their parade lap. Jackson Pollock is best known for his action paintings and Abstract Expressionist works. If you wait too long, you bog down.. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. "We used to average a death a year out here," recalled track announcer Tom Map 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. Reports on the number of spectators injured ranged from 11 to 13. 'You don't want to go up there.' But I didn't have enough muscles to do anything. 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. Mike couldnt believe what he was hearing. Robin Millers 2016 Christmas Gifts Suggestions including Art Pollard: The Life and Legacy of a Gentleman Racer by Bob Kehoe. Following a stint in the U.S. Coast Guard and a career in the high-tech industry, he turned to automotive writing on a full-time basis, beginning with the Oregonian newspaper in 1994. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. Just didn't go that way.". Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA. 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 large wings of 1972-73 were reduced in size. Pollard moved in next door to Caskey in 1944. Swede Savage - driver (died later), His death hit my family very hard, and to this day we miss him. google_ad_channel ="0983136519"; //-->. I remember, though,that when they pulled me out of the car right after it happened, they asked me first, what was my name? 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. POLLARD--Barbara, who retired in 2002 as the English Department Chairperson at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York City . Maybe not to dad, because I think he took the relationships he had for granted, because he was that way though his whole life. His car rolled over and was engulfed in a fireball. It was a quick input on the wheel to the right, and it came right backit only happened that one time. Over the next 16 years his family lived in California and Arizona, eventually moving nine times. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. Hell, we'd take him on hunting trips, fishing trips, everywhere. In 1961, Art won one of his favorite races, The Western States Championship in Fresno Ca. catching its nose and twirling like a propeller a half-dozen times while also overturning. "We flipped it over and I didn't want to see him because I knew I had to race. Pole Day - Saturday May 12 - Death of Art Pollard. This account has been disabled. A lot of fans - and drivers too - said that Walther blew it. ". 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