Jackson Pollock was born in Cody, Wyoming, on January 28, 1912. Pollard's volume of art in the past seven years came after a five-year period when he stopped drawing after the death of his grandmother. Cars were on the edge. Born in Dragon, Utah, Pollard died in Indianapolis, Indiana, as a result of injuries sustained in practice for the 1973 Indianapolis 500. Art shook down a pushrod Plymouth V8 in one of last year's wedge-shaped Loutus cars that wears new aero features. IndySpeedway.com
"When somebody's hurt, he goes through a helluva rehabilitation process. Verify and try again. There was a mirror over the sink in the bathroom. ($117,009.92 in 2017 dollars Enough to pay cash for a house in some Cities). "I thought, my goodness, we're never going to recover from this," said the speedway's Carnegie. And I looked in it. Art Pollard: The Gentleman Racer Paperback - September 13, 2019 by Bob Kehoe (Author) 9 ratings See all formats and editions Paperback $25.00 1 New from $25.00 First published in 2016, this is an expanded version of Art Pollard's biography that includes more content and photos. "Everyone's friend," Unser called him. He earned money doing it, but like my mom tells it, it pretty much just broke us even, and we could travel and not go into debt, because he won all the time. Links
His death was the first at Indy since 1973 when Art Pollard and Swede Savage were killed and, to date, the last driver to die during qualifying. [4] Pollard had turned 46 one week before he died. I told 'em I was at the Indy 500. But Patrick also lost a crewman, Teran, and a driver, Savage. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. The original comment we heard on the radio was Veteran driver Art Pollard was killed at the Speedway this morning. Our mom, Bobbie Pollard, called after the announcement, asking if what she heard was true. I couldn't believe it was that bad. Krasner, whom Pollock respected as an artist, had already proven her ability to handle his affairs with Guggenheim. Of course, he got along with everyone real well.. Raw speed ruled. [6][7], Art Pollard's cousin Brad Pollard and Art Pollard's son Mike Pollard both competed in various types of racing.[8][9][10]. The rain came while workers were still cleaning the track. |
People came to see the storied track's first 200-mph laps. My left hand was burned so bad that the tips of all the fingers were amputated. And third, what happened? His racing career started in Roseburg racing hydroplanes on the Umpqua River, and micro-midgets at the fairgrounds. google_color_bg = "ECF8FF";
Other cars were losing parts. He died in Indianapolis, Indiana as a result of injuries sustained in practice during the first day of time trials for the 1973 Indianapolis 500. Driver Art Pollard was killed in a horrific pole-day qualifying crash. Email to Arts brother, Robert Bob Pollard. Generated by Wordfence at Wed, 1 Mar 2023 22:21:11 GMT.Your computer's time: document.write(new Date().toUTCString());. A race in his name has been held in the Rogue Valley and in Roseburg, where he lived for several years prior to moving to Medford. google_ad_type = "text_image";
Art Pollard Race Driver: A Life Remembered, It would honor him to know he is remembered, not only for his passion for racing and skill as a driver, but for who he was as a person. I got up early and went to visit him. A scarecrow.". Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. He visited children at La Rue Carter Hospital in Indianapolis, where a playground there was named after him. He qualified 12th, but due to mechanical trouble on lap 7, he finished 31st. He finished in the top ten 30 times, with two victories, at Milwaukee and Dover, both in 1969. Jackson Pollock was an American painter who was a leading exponent of Abstract Expressionism, an art movement characterized by the free-associative gestures in paint sometimes referred to as action painting.. As I was driving along I had the radio on, and thats when I heard about Arts crash. google_color_link = "0033FF";
Christie started at Indianapolis every year from 1956 to 63. It was as if a message were being sent with the relentless rain that delayed,
During pole qualifying earlier that month, driver Art Pollard was killed in a horrific crash when his car topped 191 mph, then struck the outside wall, burst into flames, spun into the infield. "By then, I could laugh about it. Recent studies by art historians and scientists . another driver," Johncock said. And I was wasted. You can always change this later in your Account settings. Jackson Pollock lived in New York after moving there in 1930 to study art. scheduled 200 laps. In 1973, that figure was in excess of 1,000. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. |, Copyright 1999-2006
Please try again later. Methanol, at 70 degrees, weighs about 6.6 pounds a gallon. Its just like driving a passenger car. Henry Martin always admired Bob Christie. He was 88. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. To use this feature, use a newer browser. Once I got the news I called the hospital, and by then he had passed away.. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. Racing families never think it will be their loved-one. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. Arts friend Johnny Rutherford remembers, I was the first one by the scene of the accident where he crashed. BARBARA POLLARD OBITUARY. ToDo
Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. Bob and his wife Karen reside in Hillsboro, Oregon. Then I progressed to hand grips. I do not immediately recall the year, but one of our local motorcycle shops hosted him and his Indy car for a promotion. Dallenbach also talked to Savage in the hospital, because he was hired to replace him. Finally, mercifully, the "72 Hours of Indianapolis" were over. A.J. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. "It's a sad thing to say, but it is.". The two day event was held at the Kearney Bowl in Fresno California. The owner of this site is using Wordfence to manage access to their site. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. The book was released this year by Bob Kehoe of Hillsboro. Please reset your password. "They had everybody stopped there in Turn 4," Johncock said. wrong," said Dan Gurney, himself a driver until 1970 and later an owner and car
This isn't going to do any good either. Who Painted the Most Expensive Paintings in the World? Again on Wednesday, after another rain delay, the teams tried again. Pollard raced a wide variety of both cars and other machinery; this included hydroplanes, micro midgets and super modified stock cars. Walther clipped Grant's left front tire, and the car jumped violently into the fence,
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"This is what everybody feared," ABC's Jim McKay told the worldwide television audience. A month later, after Savage's kidneys had failed, he died of pneumonia. In time trials, with a car with the new air wing design, and running in high winds, the car went out of control and flipped several times at speeds over 190 miles an hour. A
The car was running smoothly. Find the obituary of Art Pollard (1957 - 2019) from Commerce City, CO. Leave your condolences to the family on this memorial page or send flowers to show you care. GREAT NEWS! On lap 57, Savage pitted and took on a full fuel load. "It was January 1, 2016, and I was just like, 'Eh,. Only a couple of hundred yards past the flag stand,
When he married in 1945, Pollock moved to Long Island, where he lived for the rest of his life. They shared hamburgers at the Burger Chef restaurant on West 16th Street, just east of the track. It was horrendous and I could tell it was not good. get down the bloody straightaway.' After four years in the Navy, he went to work at Hansen Chevrolet, where Art was a mechanic. position he would hold until pitting. It was too late for too many. With Pollards legacy in mind, the Douglas County Speedway and ASA/Northwest Sprint car Racing Association hosts an annual Art Pollard Memorial race each year in July on a Saturday night. It was a May to forget. because the 200 mph barrier was within the sights of drivers and on the minds of trackside
Upon his death, Pollard's family established the Art Pollard Fund with a $25,000 bequest. If you wait too long, you bog down.. Even though it was so hard to lose him, I find tremendous solace in my faith and the fact that I had such a loving dad. You will then receive an email that helps you regain access. Mike, then 25 and a steel fabricator in Fresno, Calif., didnt want to believe what he was hearing. Walther's
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March 18, 1972 - At Phoenix Art qualified 21st in the #11 Quality Racing Scorpion now with a turbocharged Foyt powerplant. It was a quick input on the wheel to the right, and it came right backit only happened that one time. The second car out on the track was Graham Hill #70, who posted a four-lap average of 171.208 mph. We just got on the plane and came home.". Very late in 1943, possibly in the early weeks of 1944, Pollock painted his first wall-size work, called Mural (c. 194344). and trigger another explosion of fuel and car parts. Art Pollard. Learn more about merges. Approximately one hour after the accident, Art Pollard was pronounced dead. "It was amazing to come back the next year and it was as if people had not forgotten about it, but cleansed it from their minds and were ready for another 500-mile race.". He finished in the top ten 30 times, with two victories, both in 1969, at Milwaukee and Dover. He died living his dream, doing what he loved; and it was a privilege for him to race at that level., Mike Pollard, was working as a steel fabricator for Fred Gerhardt in Fresno, California. google_color_link = "0033FF";
as good of friends as you can be when you race against each other,"
Savage hit was moved. His family lived there for 11 months after his birth, and Pollock never returned to the town. And you know, hell, I was a damn good athlete. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Art Lee Pollard Jr. He went on to qualify for six races, but broke his leg in a qualifying accident in 1972 and had to sit out that race. Add to your scrapbook. A fire truck traveling at an estimate 60 mph in the wrong direction hit Teran, who suffered crushed ribs and a fractured skull. Sorry! Actually, it isnt the turbine, but the four-wheel drive and the engineering and the chassis. And it was like talking to your next door neighbor. There was a problem getting your location. At the Brickyard, back in Indianapolis, they always knew him as the kinda guy that looked out for the other drivers. 1954 Art competes in Bob and Ollies Micro-Midget at the Roseburg Fairgrounds in Oregon. At Milwaukee, on August 22, 1965 - Art Pollard made his USAC Champ Car debut, driving a rear-engine Rolla Vollstedt designed car owned by Jim Robbins. Artle Lee Pollard, Jr. (May 5, 1927 May 12, 1973), was an American racecar driver. They were going to cut off the left hand at first, but the doctor felt he could save it. Grandfather on the Pollard Side - Andrew Jackson Pollard . More than 70 gallons of burning fuel sprayed into the grandstand and puddled on the track as cars scattered down the front stretch. Wally Dallenbach, who started behind Walther in the middle of the seventh row, was
He was a people magnet, and I feel privileged that he was my dad, for that reason. A 10 car pile up on the opening lap eliminated Art and the #40 car. "I still feel bad about it. Pollard was born in Dragon, Utah, but spent much of his youth in and around Los Angeles. Savage was moving toward the front again on Lap 59
crash, ended up on the pole at 198.413 mph, including one lap in the 199s. In 1943, after the liquidation of the Federal Art Project, Pollock was given a contract by Peggy Guggenheim at her Art of This Century gallery in New York, and his first one-man show was held there in November. He always made time for the people he knew and for the fans, Judy Pollard enjoying Arts race car in their Medford driveway in 1967. Pollard, an internationally known portrait painter, who painted four presidents and a pope, movie stars and basketball players, died at home last night. He was a natural race car driver, Caskey said. Magazine and eBay Motors. Can You Match These Lesser-Known Paintings to Their Artists? Search above to list available cemeteries. One of the top athletes probably in the country. "After the second day, you started thinking: 'Who's next?'" "I remember the first time I saw what I looked like. As their communities grappled with an invisible enemy, artists have often tried to make sense of the random . . canceled and he and many others on the team went instead to Methodist Hospital to check on
Pollard died in Indianapolis, Indiana, as a result of injuries sustained in a crash during practice on the first day of time trials for the 1973 Indianapolis 500. He grew up in California and Arizona, where his father worked on a string of unprofitable truck farms. Bob Stewart was a member of his first crew at Indianapolis, and a life-long friend. Pollard dominated racing on the super modified circuit on the West Coast in the late '50s and early '60s. And he always made time for both kids and adults!. Learn more about merges. Try again later. (Pollard Family Collection), Innovative Turbines of 1968: Art drove #20, Art commented on what it was like to drive the turbine car for the first time. The following year, while driving one of the celebrated STP-Turbo cars, he qualified 11th and was running fourth with just a few laps to go when a fuel pump drive shaft broke and forced him from the competition. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. Colin Chapman had returned to Indianapolis and Parnelli Jones was lending his expertise to the Granatelli team. The figurative character of works such as Totem Lesson 1 (1944) and The Blue Unconscious (1946) contrasts with the heavily painted, all-over design of Shimmering Substance (1946) and Eyes in the Heat (1946), indicating the range of imagery and technique he employed during this period. "Probably after me and you are dead and gone, that stuff they'll be racing will be
He was a truck driver who was elated when asked to become an STP crewman.]. Born in Dragon, Utah, and raised in the Portland, Oregon area, Pollard drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 19651973 seasons, with 84 career starts, including the 19671971 Indianapolis 500 races. google_page_url = document.location;
They said it was my fault. based on information from your browser. Art Pollard (Dad) began racing a small hydroplane on Oregons Umpqua River, next micro-midgets, then modified stockcars in a half-mile oval in Roseburg, Oregon. He won two Indy car events in 1969, and finished second in the first two California 500s at Ontario Motor Speedway. Pollard moved in next door to Caskey in 1944. I didn't cry 'til I got back to the bed. Pollocks evolution from this point throughout the 1940s shows a struggle to find a process by which he could translate his entire personality into painting. He had suffered internal lung lesion due to flame inhalation, a broken leg, a fractured right arm, third-degree burns and a severe spinal injury. and reduce the possibility of fire. It was a needed and welcome improvement. Carnegie, who will call his 53rd Indy 500 today. keeping it warm.' I had to learn to walk again. driving through a river of flaming methanol," recalled David Hobbs, now a
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After these experiences, his work became semiabstract and showed the assimilation of motifs from the modern Spanish artists Pablo Picasso and Joan Mir, as well as the Mexican muralist Jos Clemente Orozco. For a while though, it was touch and go. I remember, though,that when they pulled me out of the car right after it happened, they asked me first, what was my name? Swede Savage, driver of another Patrick Racing, STP-sponsored car, and Armando Teran, mechanic on a third Patrick/STP car, also died. The race was postponed until Tuesday, when on the second parade lap, the sky opened again and another washout was declared. The race recommenced an hour later. The traditional post-race banquet was
friends . Then all of a sudden we broke through that, and Bruce bought us white pants, we had Levis and t-shirtsand then about that time, we gained the respect of the rest of the people, Stewart said. Your access to this service has been limited. He died of natural causes last year, at the age of 85. Bring
By the mid-60s, car owners were trying to talk Pollard into driving their cars at Indianapolis. Fletcher warned Smiley. Granatelli was the CEO and affable pitchman of the car's sponsor, STP oil products. He moved up the ranks, eventually testing himself against the best in the United States Auto Club Championship Car Series. It did provide money. Foyt, although Foyt then took to teammate George Snider's car. In the fifties he soon built a reputation as a tough competitor. He had to relearn to walk but he was back at Indy, back in the field for the 1974 Indianapolis 500. I couldn't walk at all. Thanks for your help! In 1961, Art won one of his favorite races, The Western States Championship in Fresno Ca. In 1948, Green and Caskey traveled with Pollard to race tracks all over the West Coast and Canada to compete in micro-midget and hard-top events. "In that crash forty percent of my body was burned. Photo courtesy of Mike Pollard. "That's all you can say.". A TV news report, that included interviews with friends and daughter, Judy Dippell. He and Pollard were close friends. And I saw myself and , honest to God, didn't believe it was me. You never saw him when he wasnt smiling, Mike said. He beat me every time by about six-inches, but we had standing ovations from the crowd, Dick Simon, retired driver and owner, Championship and Indy Racing League, NASCAR, Race driver, Dick Simon: Art was phenomenal, and probably one of the best individuals Ive met in my entire life. One driver, when he saw me, made a claw of his hand and with that warped fist, waved and said, "Hi, how are you?" Pollard, a 1945 graduate of Roseburg High School, began his racing career in Roseburg. Foyt had already went up that way and had walked back and grabbed a hold of me and said,
. "They looked exactly alike," Andy said, speaking in the hushed tones of grief 40 years later. Failed to remove flower. The race started four hours late under threatening skies. The car was demolished. I just walked away.". They saw, instead, the fatal first day of the old track's deadliest May since 1937. During one period in 1961, he won 22 of 28 main events. He was killed during practice on Pole Day for the 1973 Indianapolis 500 when his car hit the wall and caught fire. The car careened off the wall, burst into flames and spun into the infield, where it rolled several times. Mike lives in Reno, Nev., and works at a jewelry shop. I was in the Michigan Burn Center for two and a half months. Johnny Rutherford, who had been one of the first drivers on the scene of Pollard's
He was very popular, very quiet, but on the race track, very successful, Carnegie said. Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. Andy Granatelli gave me the film of the race. Johnny Rutherford won the pole position. the condition of Savage. Art Lee Pollard, Jr. (May 5, 1927 - May 12, 1973), was an American racecar driver. Food
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Photo courtesy of Mike Pollard. Second, where was I? history. I've been lifting weights since I was sixteen years old. But after the wreck, I looked like I was fifteen years old again. For the next two years Pollock lived in poverty, first with Charles and, by the fall of 1934, with his brother Sanford. "I had the gloves on, so I grabbed the hottest thing, the turbocharger, which was
Turbochargers and bolt-on wings introduced in 1972 resulted in an unprecedented spike in speeds that year. Judy is an author, speaker and publishing consultant. Swede Savage Fan site - articles and pictures, |
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Art was buried in McMinnville Oregon. A native of Portland, Oregon, Bob Kehoe is a freelance automotive journalist and photographer who wrote his first car column for his high school newspaper. In 1956, Time magazine gave Pollock the name "Jack the Dripper," referencing his unique style of action painting. We got treated terrible until we qualified. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. Schwankovsky gave Pollock some rudimentary training in drawing and painting, introduced him to advanced currents of European modern art, and encouraged his interest in theosophical literature. Over the next 16 years his family lived in California and Arizona, eventually moving nine times. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. He was a real nice guy and we got along very well, Green said. Smiley's funeral was held on May 20, 1982 and he was buried in his birth location in Nebraska. Twelve cars were caught up in the wreckage as Walther's car pin-wheeled down the track upside down, gushing flaming methanol. Pollard's wreck (when he broke his leg in 1972) was a direct result of a broken right rear hub on his STP-Lola. overturned, flaming car came to rest right in front of Dallenbach, who helped firefighters
We were listening to the radio broadcast of the activity at Indy when they announced that Art had crashed and later passed away in the hospital. From the time I was a little girl, I never thought it would happen to him. Jackson Pollock, in full Paul Jackson Pollock, (born January 28, 1912, Cody, Wyoming, U.S.died August 11, 1956, East Hampton, New York), American painter who was a leading exponent of Abstract Expressionism, an art movement characterized by the free-associative gestures in paint sometimes referred to as action painting. During his lifetime he received widespread publicity and serious recognition for the radical poured, or drip, technique he used to create his major works. You have to anticipate the throttletheres a lag there. observers. Art qualified in the field for the 1972 race, but broke his leg in a post-qualifying accident and was unable to race. google_color_border = "DDAAAA";
Johnny Rutherford remembers May 12, 1973, the day of Arts fatal accident: I was the first one by the scene of the accident where he crashed, I could tell it was not good. He was an engaging speaker and frequent spokesman. Art Pollard book touches on racecar drivers kindness, humor | (Douglas County Oregon) News-Review | TOM EGGERS News-Review Sports Editor | Nov 25, 2016. I went out in qualifying later and set a new track record. Then Johncock recorded an unofficial lap of 199.4 mph during tire testing in March 1973. rescue Walther. Jungian symbolism and the Surrealist exploration of the unconscious also influenced his works of this period; indeed, from 1939 through 1941 he was in treatment with two successive Jungian psychoanalysts who used Pollocks own drawings in the therapy sessions. 2. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. "He told me, 'Don't go up there,'" Johncock recalled. The Art Pollard Day in May continued for decades after dads death. Johncock, who would win again when he beat Rick Mears by .16 seconds in 1982, didn't look or sound happy. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Patrick owned Patrick Racing, which fielded the winning car, driven by Gordon Johncock. The first part of May, 1968, Granatelli signed Art Pollard to replace Jackie Stewart. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Art Pollard (7232111)? Photo courtesy of Bob Pollard. Maybe not to dad, because I think he took the relationships he had for granted, because he was that way though his whole life. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. |
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