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. |
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| 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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