Sixteen car pileup on track

Description: Original caption: Wheels Fly and Racing Cars Spin. Three tires of racing cars fly through the air during spectacular first-lap series of crashes which eliminated one-third of the field of 33 cars.
Image and original caption appear in Gear-O-Gram Magazine, Vol. 21, No. 02, 1966-06-17.
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Origin: 1966
Created By: Satterlee, Ralph
Source: http://dmr.bsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SatterleePh/id/694
Collection: Satterlee, Ralph J. Indianapolis 500 Photographs
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Geography: Speedway
Indianapolis
Marion County
Indiana
United States
North and Central America
Subjects: Automobile racing
Indianapolis Speedway Race
Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Speedway, Ind.)
Indy cars
Racetracks
Racing automobiles
Grandstands
Sports spectators
Tires
Accidents

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