Johnny Rutherford, who had been one of the first drivers on the scene of Pollard's he also had the rookie of the year, Graham McRae, who finished 16th. Twelve cars were caught up in the wreckage as Walther's car pin-wheeled down the track upside down, gushing flaming methanol. And that was the most impressive thing, Bobby Plump said. Richards writes for The Indianapolis Star, a Gannett property. Johncock left the track quickly. We were kind of a joke. He served time in jail. Granatelli was the CEO and affable pitchman of the car's sponsor, STP oil products. This position gave him economic security during the remaining years of the Great Depression as well as an opportunity to develop his art. Art Pollard: The Life and Legacy of a Gentleman Racer. His death hit my family very hard, and to this day we miss him. google_ad_channel ="0983136519"; So They had recently returned from a New Orleans vacation with their wives and two other couples. "I couldn't see where I was going or what I was doing. The grandstand was showered in debris and burning fuel. google_color_border = "DDAAAA"; Just didn't go that way.". Pole Day - Saturday May 12 - Death of Art Pollard. On lap 57, Savage pitted and took on a full fuel load. He qualified in 31st spot in 1971. She is the daughter of Art Pollard. google_color_text = "000000"; Tales Legendary Track Announcer Tom Carnegie says Pollard carried a high level of sportsmanship and driving that attracted fans. I found on Findagrave.com. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. Driver Salt Walther suffered disfiguring burns in a fiery first-lap crash that injured 13 spectators. But more often than not, car trouble kept him from winning the big prize at Indy. 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. She also provided a stabilizing factor that he sorely needed, given his drinking and social awkwardness. Of course, he got along with everyone real well.. I had no brows and almost like a burr haircut. They saw, instead, the fatal first day of the old track's deadliest May since 1937. He is believed to be the first driver from Southern Oregon to race at Indy. Back then, the Wide World of Sports televised the qualifier, but they did radio updates every 30 minutes, Mike said. Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. It was too late for too many. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jackson-Pollock, National Gallery of Art, Washington - Biography of Jackson Pollock, Guggenheim - Biography of Jackson Pollock, The Art Story - Biography of Jackson Pollock, Jackson Pollock - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11), Jackson Pollock - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up). It was a lot of fun.. google_color_url = "0033FF"; for Championship Auto Racing Teams. He went to a hospital locally and started visiting that hospital and bringing drivers with him. Arts friend Johnny Rutherford remembers, I was the first one by the scene of the accident where he crashed. Somebody from the hospital released the news, but I was not able to get in touch with anybody before the news became public.. You can always change this later in your Account settings. I was in the Michigan Burn Center for two and a half months. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. Clouds threatened again but sun broke through and the track dried. Billy Vukovich called me after I'd been out of the hospital a while and said "We just want to tell you we just inducted you into the Crispy Critter Club.". driving through a river of flaming methanol," recalled David Hobbs, now a 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. "They looked exactly alike," Andy said, speaking in the hushed tones of grief 40 years later. No one did. This painting represents Pollocks breakthrough into a totally personal style in which Bentons compositional methods and energetic linear invention are fused with the Surrealist free association of motifs and unconscious imagery. Tom Carnegie, you know, the voice of Indy, when he says, after being there 60 years, that dad was the most loved driver among the other drivers, that means more than if he ever won Indianapolis to me. improved even more. "I thought I was blind until I flipped up my visor. google_ad_type = "text_image"; ", "To me, it was a horrible year," recalled Andy Granatelli. His car exploded in an angry orange flash. Plump organized charity basketball games that Pollard helped promote with other drivers, in addition to his own charity work at an Indianapolis hospital. "I still feel bad about it. It came out in the papers that i said that maybe I didn't get bumped. | 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. Caskey is 81 and Green is 85. It was like a blanket of fire on the track. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. He was killed during practice on Pole Day for the 1973 Indianapolis 500 when his car hit the wall and caught fire. "We flipped it over and I didn't want to see him because I knew I had to race. To use this feature, use a newer browser. 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. It was just a week after the local heros 46th birthday. Characteristic paintings from this period include Bird (c. 1941), Male and Female (c. 1942), and Guardians of the Secret (1943). Learn more about managing a memorial . You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. He turned the car over to its owner, Foyt, who had gone out on Lap 37 with a failed bolt. while injuring a dozen spectators. Magazine and eBay Motors. Art Pollard - driver Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. Nov 13, 1957 - Oct 2, 2019 It was a needed and welcome improvement. driving on the track. 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. (Pollard Family Collection), Innovative Turbines of 1968: Art drove #20, Art commented on what it was like to drive the turbine car for the first time. 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. | interrupted again by rain, which, mercifully, caused it to be stopped at Lap 133 of the Driver Art Pollard was killed in a horrific pole-day qualifying crash. canceled and he and many others on the team went instead to Methodist Hospital to check on During one period in 1961, he won 22 of 28 main events. For a moment it was up in the air and then it spun sideways and came down on fire. The total distance covered was 1,450 feet (440 m). I didn't cry 'til I got back to the bed. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. Art and his crew started 28 main events and won an astonishing 22 of them., Perhaps his most admirable quality (off the track) was his ability to take a moment of his time and make everybody he talked with feel important. It was 5:30 p.m. Only 10 cars were still running. Foyt approached and put a hand on Johncock's arm. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Pollard frequently visited Larue Carter Memorial Hospital, a facility for mentally ill youth, and each May arranged for a busload or two of its children to come to the track for a picnic. Art is shown holding his three year old daughter Judy. Smiley's funeral was held on May 20, 1982 and he was buried in his birth location in Nebraska. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. I actually had an opportunity to meet him once in Lexington. Not a single lap was complete when the race was halted. Art L. Pollard. From his years with Benton through 1938, Pollocks work was strongly influenced by the compositional methods and regionalist subject matter of his teacher and by the poetically expressionist vision of the American painter Albert Pinkham Ryder. "This is what everybody feared," ABC's Jim McKay told the worldwide television audience. There wouldn't be another on-track fatality at IMS until Gordon Smiley in 1982. "Seldom have so many things that potentially could go wrong actually gone Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. The total distance covered was 1,450 feet (440m). 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. Walther struggled with addiction to pain medicine after his fiery wreck. Cars were on the edge. Although the tragic '73 race left the whole sport in a sour mood, nobody recalls having doubts about going back in '74. He pulled into his pit and climbed out of his car. 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 never looked back. But he never forgot about his old friends. And I was wasted. I went out in qualifying later and set a new track record. 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. 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 Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. We were listening to the radio broadcast of the activity at Indy when they announced that Art had crashed and later passed away in the hospital. Maybe not to dad, because I think he took the relationships he had for granted, because he was that way though his whole life. 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. Generated by Wordfence at Wed, 1 Mar 2023 22:21:11 GMT.Your computer's time: document.write(new Date().toUTCString());. The flames melted it and crinkled it all up.". Granatelli had always watched the race from the pits but that year for the first time was in a penthouse suite overlooking pit lane from across the track. Kunzman took over Pollard's car for the remainder of the 1973 season. squeezing Jerry Grant against the wall. Learn more about merges. Other cars were losing parts. Pollock was employed by the WPA Federal Art Project in the fall of 1935 as an easel painter. The impact tore off two wheels immediately, and the wings were also torn off during the slide. Art Pollard (born 05 May 1927 Dragon, Utah; died 12 May 1973 Indianapolis, Indiana). By Lap 42, Savage, the 26-year-old charger from California, had taken the lead, a This isn't going to do any good either. 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. GREAT NEWS! Here, we celebrate Arts remarkable life. Then Johncock recorded an unofficial lap of 199.4 mph during tire testing in March 1973. But, hell, that 150 was a hell of a lot harder than that 250, you know what I mean? The two day event was held at the Kearney Bowl in Fresno California. He hit the inside wall almost head-on at full speed. The race was postponed until Tuesday, when on the second parade lap, the sky opened again and another washout was declared. Time trials began on time, at 11 a.m. Rutherford qualified at 198.413 to set a track record and take the pole. The start was Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. You never saw him when he wasnt smiling, Mike said. . Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. He was always racing. As the race started, Salt Walther and Jerry Grant touched wheels, launching Walther's car into the catch fence . If you are a WordPress user with administrative privileges on this site, please enter your email address in the box below and click "Send". I was surprised to find the site honoring your brother, his career, and untimely death. He started twenty-fifth and finished twenty-second after a spin. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Pop-off valves cut boost and the horsepower generated by turbochargers. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. announcer, 'We're supposed to have 33 of the best drivers in the world and they can't even Art Pollard. 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. nationality American born May 5, 1927 hometown Dragon, Utah died May 12, 1973 place of death Indianapolis. He hit it head-on with enough force to rip the machine in two Being a big race fan, I was fortunately allowed to go. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. If you think you have been blocked in error, contact the owner of this site for assistance. Its different to drive, too. He finished in the top ten 30 times, with two victories, both in 1969, at Milwaukee and Dover. Fletcher warned Smiley. Current IndyCars generate 670 horsepower. On the track, he won 83 championship events and became one of Southern Oregons biggest stars in Indianapolis. 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. And I set to work to build myself up. 'George, he was a great lover of . Foyt had already went up that way and had walked back and grabbed a hold of me and said, Oops, something didn't work. Pollard, 46, was pronounced dead an hour later from pulmonary damage due to flame inhalation. You can also read the documentation to learn about Wordfence's blocking tools, or visit wordfence.com to learn more about Wordfence. He lived with his brother Charles and later in an apartment in Greenwich Village with his brother Sanford and Sanfords wife. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. 'You don't want to go up there.' What I really admired about Bob Christie was that he was such a gentleman on the track. "I pulled up right at the end of pit road and remember telling the radio Survivors were his widow, Patricia; a son Michael; a daughter, Judy Dipple of Speedway; and his mother, Mrs. Artie Pollard of McMinnville. "Well, you were running 150 mph, you're not running 250. Jungian symbolism and the Surrealist exploration of the unconscious also influenced his works of this period; indeed, from 1939 through 1941 he was in treatment with two successive Jungian psychoanalysts who used Pollocks own drawings in the therapy sessions. A popular super-modified champion in the Western States in the 1960s to ultimately the Championship Car Series achieving the pinnacle of racing at the famed Brickyard in Indiana. [1][2][3] He was pronounced dead approximately one hour and three minutes after the accident. Teran, a mechanic on Graham McRae's car, sprinted down pit lane to see if he could be of help to his injured teammate. From a small hydroplane on Oregon's Umpqua River to micro-midgets and modified stock cars on a half-mile oval in Roseburg, Oregon. He had a high sense of ethics, Martin said. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. At the Brickyard, back in Indianapolis, they always knew him as the kinda guy that looked out for the other drivers. Wordfence is a security plugin installed on over 4 million WordPress sites. The yellow came out when light rain began falling on Lap 129. I suppose there is truth in the 7 degrees of separation theory. His father, LeRoy Pollock, was. He made every race from then on until 1979 with a best finish of 9th in 1976. Approximately one hour after the accident, Art Pollard was pronounced dead. 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.. Art won $941.00 for his 14th place finish and Bobby Unser won the race. recalled pole-sitter Johnny Rutherford. Now engineers design and redesign cars and seats and helmets to minimize the effect on Schwankovsky gave Pollock some rudimentary training in drawing and painting, introduced him to advanced currents of European modern art, and encouraged his interest in theosophical literature. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. He went to the hospital with Patrick to visit Savage. "I thought it was my son who had been hit.". The rain came while workers were still cleaning the track. He did everything so well. Savage lost control. "I think it was because of things like that that I really never got that close to Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. 2. "He was kind of cheering me on and was happy I was in a car, because we were The death drew notice, but the loss of one more driver wasn't all that unexpected. A He didn't get to race in 1972 although he qualfied his STP Lola in 10th spot. This browser does not support getting your location. My left hand was burned so bad that the tips of all the fingers were amputated. He moved up the ranks, eventually testing himself against the best in the United States Auto Club Championship Car Series. Safety was the watchword for the 1974 Indianapolis 500. Somewhere in my possessions I have an autographed photo of Art and the Indy car. 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. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. Early attrition knocked out Mario Andretti, stock-car regular Bobby Allison and A.J. Once I got the news I called the hospital, but by then he had passed away. He earned 300 points and $17,362.00. Please reset your password. He was a natural race car driver, Caskey said. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. another driver," Johncock said. Map It was one of the most miserable weekends of his life. But racing colleagues and fans agree, it was a huge loss. what should have been the sixth row. | One of the top athletes probably in the country. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. 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. But after the wreck, I looked like I was fifteen years old again. Pre Race Events 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500 2016, Marc Evans, 3. Oops, we were unable to send the email. ). Qualifying speeds were down nearly 10 mph, with Foyt winning the pole and Rutherford collecting the first of his three victories. Art L. Pollard, 61, of Commerce City, passed away October 2, 2019 in Brighton CO surrounded by his family. Empty.". The 1973 Indianapolis 500 remains one of the lowest points in American motor sports "When I finally got out, I was still weak. | The race started four hours late under threatening skies. Email to Arts brother, Robert Bob Pollard. You will then receive an email that helps you regain access. "It really tries on a driver hard. This account has been disabled. Parts of my kneecap were smashed. (Jackson dropped his first name, Paul, about the time he went to New York in 1930.) Art was born May 5, 1927 in Dragon, Utah. The car was demolished. A lot of fans - and drivers too - said that Walther blew it. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. google_color_bg = "ECF8FF"; In 1968, all three of Andy Granatelli/Colin Chapman designed turbines made the field on the first day of qualifications. 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. An accident had not killed a driver here since 1973, when Art Pollard died on the first day of qualifications and Swede Savage died of injuries sustained in an accident during the race. Over the left hand I wear a glove, a black glove. limits were instituted and the rear wings were clipped from 64 inches in width to 55. | A race in his name has been held in the Rogue Valley and in Roseburg, where he lived for several years prior to moving to Medford. 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. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Bob Kehoes book, Art Pollard: The Life and Legacy of a Gentleman Racer, Chapter 30 May 12, 1973, Lifelong friends respond to Arts fatal accident, May 12, 1973. 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. I went out in qualifying later and set a new track record. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. To this day, he If you wait too long, you bog down.. "When somebody's hurt, he goes through a helluva rehabilitation process. A native of Portland, Oregon, Bob Kehoe is a freelance automotive journalist and photographer who wrote his first car column for his high school newspaper. Drag images here or select from your computer for Art Lee Pollard Jr. memorial. The car careened off the wall, burst into flames and spun into the infield, where it rolled several times. We got treated terrible until we qualified. I just walked away.". He was a real nice guy and we got along very well, Green said. "He said, 'You don't want to see it.". Include gps location with grave photos where possible. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? He was 88. The grid was reset without Walther.
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