Battens #8 Car on Fire, 1927

Description: Norman Battens Miller special catches fire on Main straightaway during 1927 race. Batten drove the car past the pit area to the South end of the track before jumping out, thus preventing injury to any of the pit crews.
Origin: 1927
Contributor(s): Funding provided by an Institute of Museum and Library Services grant, administered by the Indiana State Library
Source: http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/IMS/id/12629
Collection: Indianapolis Motor Speedway Collection
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/
Copyright: Copyright Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Copyright permissions granted for non-commercial use by Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Subjects: Batten, Norman, 1893-1928
Automobiles, Racing
Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Speedway, Ind.)
Indianapolis Speedway Race
Car fires
Automobile racing drivers

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