We have set your language to They were going to cut off the left hand at first, but the doctor felt he could save it. But racing colleagues and fans agree, it was a huge loss. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. "Swede wasn't much older than my son (Steve)," Patrick said. In time trials, with a car with the new air wing design, and running in high winds, the car went out of control and flipped several times at speeds over 190 miles an hour. He grew up in California and Arizona, where his father worked on a string of unprofitable truck farms. the blue McLaren-Offy of rookie David "Salt" Walther drifted to the right, Martin says Bob Christie was a class act in the racing community. (Jackson dropped his first name, Paul, about the time he went to New York in 1930.) Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. He pulled into his pit and climbed out of his car. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. I'd splash on the alcohol and take a handful of sand and squeeze and squeese it. The following year, while driving one of the celebrated STP-Turbo cars, he qualified 11th and was running fourth with just a few laps to go when a fuel pump drive shaft broke and forced him from the competition. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. Bobby Unser took the pole at 195.940 mph, 17 mph faster than the year before. "I would do my racing, get in an airplane and go But I didn't have enough muscles to do anything. "Friends and Family Remember May 12 1973", "Art Pollard Racing in 1973, the Tragedy and Reactions", "Art Pollard: Early Years and Personal Facts", https://web.archive.org/web/20071205052904/http://artpollard.tripod.com/1972-73.html, https://web.archive.org/web/20110810203442/http://www.judydippel.com/cmsj/, https://artpollardracedriver.info/art-pollard-by-years/art-pollard-racing-in-1973-the-tragedy-and-reactions/, https://oilpressure.com/2012/02/27/art-pollard-somehow-always-overshadowed/, https://www.historicracing.com/driverDetail.cfm?driverID=5062, http://www.mailtribune.com/article/20160430/SPORTS/160439978, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Art_Pollard&oldid=1091444970, Pages using small with an empty input parameter, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 4 June 2022, at 11:04. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? You need a Find a Grave account to continue. Art Pollard (born 05 May 1927 Dragon, Utah; died 12 May 1973 Indianapolis, Indiana). He really was an extraordinary individual blessed with many rare qualities and talents., Art Pollard was a credit to the sport of auto racing. I couldn't walk at all. Pollard was known as a giving man who did things like visit troops in Vietnam and give speeches at churches and high schools all over the nation. Art Pollard. The grandstand was showered in debris and burning fuel. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. His car rolled over and was engulfed in a fireball. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. The large wings of 1972-73 were reduced in size. After 1 lap, Art replaced Weld in the #57. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. With Pollards legacy in mind, the Douglas County Speedway and ASA/Northwest Sprint car Racing Association hosts an annual Art Pollard Memorial race each year in July on a Saturday night. [5] Pollard also served in the United States Navy for a time. Once I got the news I called the hospital, but by then he had passed away. These spiritual explorations prepared him to embrace the theories of the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung and the exploration of unconscious imagery in his paintings in subsequent years. google_color_border = "DDAAAA"; "He told me, 'Don't go up there,'" Johncock recalled. 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. garbage, and half the 350,000 fans went home. Salt miraculously made it back the next year, qualifying in 14th position for the 1974 Indy 500. On lap 57, Savage pitted and took on a full fuel load. Among his contemporaries, he was respected for his deeply personal and totally uncompromising commitment to the art of painting. Twelve cars were caught up in the wreckage as Walther's car pin-wheeled down the track upside down, gushing flaming methanol. A fire truck traveling at an estimate 60 mph in the wrong direction hit Teran, who suffered crushed ribs and a fractured skull. He served time in jail. Fletcher warned Smiley. On Saturday Art broke his own track record from the day before, again he won the A Dash, the Fast Heat Race, and two out of three of his 25 lap main events and finished 2nd in the other.