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 . Pollard never regained consciousness, and his injuries were reported to include pulmonary damage due to flame inhalation, third degree burns on both hands, face and neck, a fractured right arm, a fractured leg, and a severe spinal cord injury. As I was driving along I had the radio on, and thats when I heard about Arts crash. He had burns, broken bones, and a severe spinal cord injury. 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. "Seldom have so many things that potentially could go wrong actually gone
After a while, I told my friend that I had to get back home to watch the time trials. [Armando Moreno Teran was a 22 y/o from Culver City Ca. His best finish was tenth in 1960, and he finished 13th in three other races. His first attempt fell short in 1966, but in 1967 he qualified to start 13th and finished 8th. "Terrible. Omissions? And I told 'em: "Goddammit, somebody hit me from behind.". This browser does not support getting your location. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. google_ad_client = "pub-8002195670072149";
nationality American born May 5, 1927 hometown Dragon, Utah died May 12, 1973 place of death Indianapolis. Pollard, 46, was pronounced dead an hour later from pulmonary damage due to flame inhalation. driving on the track. 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. pointed for the inside wall. 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. Unfortunately Art slipped in Johnny Rutherford's oil and crashed in turn 1. google_ad_client = "pub-8002195670072149";
He was killed during practice on Pole Day for the 1973 Indianapolis 500 when his car hit the wall and caught fire. I had to learn to walk again. Art was born November 13, 1957, in Denver, CO, to Arthur L. and Philomena "Minnie" (Schenfeld) Pollard. They shared hamburgers at the Burger Chef restaurant on West 16th Street, just east of the track. READ MORE. 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 had suffered internal lung lesion due to flame inhalation, a broken leg, a fractured right arm, third-degree burns and a severe spinal injury. . Who Painted the Most Expensive Paintings in the World? No matter. "I think we can trim it out and get a little more out of it," Pollard responded. Here, we celebrate Arts remarkable life. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. google_page_url = document.location;
Then they had two big fellas, two great big fellas, come in and lift me up and hold me up in the air and let me try and move my legs. A.J. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. Car trouble ends his day early on lap 28. plastic cylinders and covering plates designed to minimize the force of impact. He told him he was going to hit 200 mph, or die trying. Corrections? But, hell, that 150 was a hell of a lot harder than that 250, you know what I mean? "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. 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. It was a May to forget. from behind at 60 mph and killed him. The race started four hours late under threatening skies. Grandfather on the Pollard Side - Andrew Jackson Pollard . The rear of the car slipped out in Turn 4, and when Savage caught the car it was
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. while injuring a dozen spectators. There was a mirror over the sink in the bathroom. He died in Indianapolis, Indiana as a result of injuries sustained in practice during the first day of time trials for the 1973 Indianapolis 500. Other cars were losing parts. Art Pollard's story deserves to be told, from his birth to his untimely death. Drivers and crews were taut. Bring
Walther clipped Grant's left front tire, and the car jumped violently into the fence,
home.". In 1945 Pollock married the painter Lee Krasner and moved to East Hampton, on the southern shore of Long Island, New York. google_color_text = "000000";
Colin Chapman had returned to Indianapolis and Parnelli Jones was lending his expertise to the Granatelli team. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Pollard, an internationally known portrait painter, who painted four presidents and a pope, movie stars and basketball players, died at home last night. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Art Lee Pollard Jr. He waved his checkered cap from the riding mechanic's seat of his winning Delage. //-->. Swede Savage, driver of another Patrick Racing, STP-sponsored car, and Armando Teran, mechanic on a third Patrick/STP car, also died. "This is why there has been such a terrible atmosphere of fear here, all weekend long.". 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. March 18, 1972 - At Phoenix Art qualified 21st in the #11 Quality Racing Scorpion now with a turbocharged Foyt powerplant. catching its nose and twirling like a propeller a half-dozen times while also overturning. 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. He died of liver failure, attending physician Steve Olvey wrote in his book, "Rapid Response," due to a transfusion of contaminated plasma. "It was just a race that everybody wanted to get over with and go home and forget
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. Henry Martin always admired Bob Christie. ). It was like a blanket of fire on the track. "What happened - what people saw - was my car hit a tire on Jerry Grant's Eagle and flip high into the air. He pulled into his pit and climbed out of his car. By the mid-60s, car owners were trying to talk Pollard into driving their cars at Indianapolis. The owner of this site is using Wordfence to manage access to their site. Very late in 1943, possibly in the early weeks of 1944, Pollock painted his first wall-size work, called Mural (c. 194344). Art died inIndianapolis,Indianaas a result of injuries sustained in practice for the 1973Indianapolis500. The car careened off the wall, burst into flames and spun into the infield, where it rolled several times. With Memorial Day came gloomy skies and intermittent showers that interrupted
At the Brickyard, back in Indianapolis, they always knew him as the kinda guy that looked out for the other drivers. as good of friends as you can be when you race against each other,"
car owner in Champ car. All I asked was if theyd give me time to call his family in Oregon, Pat recalls. Savage was moving toward the front again on Lap 59
"He said, 'You don't want to see it.". At this time Pollock, who had been raised an agnostic, also attended the camp meetings of the former messiah of the theosophists, Jiddu Krishnamurti, a personal friend of Schwankovsky. Legendary Track Announcer Tom Carnegie says Pollard carried a high level of sportsmanship and driving that attracted fans. Art Pollard Race Driver: A Life Remembered, It would honor him to know he is remembered, not only for his passion for racing and skill as a driver, but for who he was as a person. "After the second day, you started thinking: 'Who's next?'" Bobby Unser, in Dan Gurneys Eagle chassis with turbo-Offy power, set the second fastest average speed of 169.507 mph. 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. Art Pollard As I See Him by Andy Granatelli, Auto Racing Magazine Of The Worlds Greatest Sport, August 1969. His car rolled over and was engulfed in a fireball. In 1928 they moved to Los Angeles, where Pollock enrolled at Manual Arts High School. Place of Birth - Dragon, Utah which became a ghost town shortly after his birth.. Siblings - A sister, Christine, 3 years older and a brother Robert, 3 years younger (shown in a 1930 photo).. And he always made time for both kids and adults!. George Snider had. 'George, he was a great lover of . //-->,