Wilbur Shaw Talking with Barney Oldfield at Muroc Dry Lake, 1932
| Description: |
Wibur Shaw stands beside the #48 Gilmore Blu-Green Special and talks with Barney Oldfield, a former driver and land speed record setter who was a member of the AAA Contest Board, while at Muroc Dry Lake. It was there that on March 30, 1932, Shaw would take the International Class C Land Speed Record for the flying mile with a speed of 137 mph. |
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| Origin: | 1932 |
| 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/13254 |
| 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: |
Oldfield, Berna Eli, 1878-1946 Shaw, Warren Wilbur, 1902-1954 Automobile racing drivers AAA (Organization: U. S.) Automobiles, Racing Helmets Goggles |
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