Car #77 Loaded onto Wrecker, 1953
| Description: |
Pat Flaherty's #77 Peter Schmidt Special is pulled onto a wrecker on the track. Suffering from the heat, Flaherty sustained serious head injuries after crashing his car into the north chute wall. |
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| Origin: | 1953 |
| Contributor(s): |
Funding provided by an Institute of Museum and Library Services grant, administered by the Indiana State Library |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/IMS/id/9974 |
| 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: |
Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Speedway, Ind.) Automobiles, Racing Automobile racing accidents Automobile mechanics Wreckers (Vehicles) Crowds |
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