Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. Search above to list available cemeteries. The car was uncompetitive and Art switched to a new Lotus Offy. "I pulled up right at the end of pit road and remember telling the radio To use this feature, use a newer browser. Bob Kehoes book, Art Pollard: The Life and Legacy of a Gentleman Racer, Chapter 30 May 12, 1973, Lifelong friends respond to Arts fatal accident, May 12, 1973. 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. Death 12 May 1973 (aged 46) Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA. [Armando Moreno Teran was a 22 y/o from Culver City Ca. Please enter your email and password to sign in. Art Pollard - driver I had no brows and almost like a burr haircut. google_ad_client = "pub-8002195670072149"; | Note: Prior to 1965 Artwon 83 championship events in the Western Statesand Canada and became one ofSouthern Oregons biggest stars. He was a good dad. Photo courtesy of Mike Pollard. He moved up the ranks, eventually testing himself against the best in the United States Auto Club Championship Car Series. Contact Bob Kehoe, author of Art Pollard:The Life and Legacy of a Gentleman Racer.Request an autographed copy. On race day, Monday, May 28, the massive crowd included 23 U.S. prisoners of war recently released by Hanoi. Characteristic paintings from this period include Bird (c. 1941), Male and Female (c. 1942), and Guardians of the Secret (1943). The organization sanctioned the Indianapolis 500, which Pollard raced in five times. Evergreen Memorial Park. Over the next 16 years his family lived in California and Arizona, eventually moving nine times. that much more safe.". I was in the Michigan Burn Center for two and a half months. They were going to cut off the left hand at first, but the doctor felt he could save it. In years since, there has been no final determination on the cause of Arts accident. "I thought, my goodness, we're never going to recover from this," said the speedway's Carnegie. Following a stint in the U.S. Coast Guard and a career in the high-tech industry, he turned to automotive writing on a full-time basis, beginning with the Oregonian newspaper in 1994. You can also read the documentation to learn about Wordfence's blocking tools, or visit wordfence.com to learn more about Wordfence. 1927) Artle Lee Pollard, Jr. (May 5, 1927 - May 12, 1973), was an American racecar driver. Johnny Rutherford won the pole position. Can You Match These Lesser-Known Paintings to Their Artists? 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. "He came off the wall and almost landed on the front of my car," said Lee Kunzman, whose first Indy start carried him only a few hundred yards. A.J. Wordfence is a security plugin installed on over 4 million WordPress sites. Invalid memorial. (Just last week, the wall was fitted with an innovative series of [1][2][3] He was pronounced dead approximately one hour and three minutes after the accident. I told 'em I was at the Indy 500. All I asked was if theyd give me time to call his family in Oregon, Pat recalls. I had a lot of skin grafts on it. By the mid-50s, he was winning races all over the West Coast and attracted the attention of an Indy car owner in Southern California. An accident had not killed a driver here since 1973, when Art Pollard died on the first day of qualifications and Swede Savage died of injuries sustained in an accident during the race. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. 0 cemeteries found in McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA. another driver," Johncock said. Art Pollard book touches on racecar drivers kindness, humor | (Douglas County Oregon) News-Review | TOM EGGERS News-Review Sports Editor | Nov 25, 2016. friends . google_ad_channel ="0983136519"; On the west coast, daughter Judy (then 23-years-old) and son Mike (25-years-old) heard this shocking and unwelcome news on radio and television in the early morning hours. The red flag flew as the rain intensified on Lap 133. Minutes later, Pollard's car smacked the outside wall in Turn 1, spun, flipped and slid to a stop in Turn 2, engulfed in flames. Pollard raced at Indy seven times, finishing eighth in the 1967 race. Pollard moved in next door to Caskey in 1944. His death hit my family very hard, and to this day we miss him. Pollard's wreck (when he broke his leg in 1972) was a direct result of a broken right rear hub on his STP-Lola. Email to Arts brother, Robert Bob Pollard. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. I couldn't walk at all. Unfortunately Art slipped in Johnny Rutherford's oil and crashed in turn 1. "It's probably the lowest point in my life," said Patrick, who continues as a All during practice he was saying that this might be his best year. The rear of the car slipped out in Turn 4, and when Savage caught the car it was As Judy relates, There is no good way to get the horrible news that your dad has had an accident and died. "Seldom have so many things that potentially could go wrong actually gone The two went to high school together, played football together and even ended up at the same Navy base in San Diego. A 10 car pile up on the opening lap eliminated Art and the #40 car. It did provide money. Turbochargers and bolt-on wings introduced in 1972 resulted in an unprecedented spike in speeds that year. The grid was reset without Walther. The first part of May, 1968, Granatelli signed Art Pollard to replace Jackie Stewart. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. All three major accidents resulted in fireballs. Survivors were his widow, Patricia; a son Michael; a daughter, Judy Dipple of Speedway; and his mother, Mrs. Artie Pollard of McMinnville. Reality set in quickly when, in a windy practice before pole qualifying, Pollard crashed in the first turn. "When I finally got out, I was still weak. 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. Generated by Wordfence at Wed, 1 Mar 2023 22:21:11 GMT.Your computer's time: document.write(new Date().toUTCString());. Year should not be greater than current year. Emily Kasriel explores the art of plague from the Black Death to current times. Pollard died Wednesday of cardiac arrest at a Los Angeles hospital, his longtime. 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. Thanks for your help! Johncock left the track quickly. His fathers Studebaker dealership sponsored his midget race car. It was a quick input on the wheel to the right, and it came right backit only happened that one time. Maybe not to dad, because I think he took the relationships he had for granted, because he was that way though his whole life. gravity. At last glance, Granatelli had seen Teran standing alongside McRea's crew chief, Granatelli's son Vince. Art Pollard was a top-notch racecar driver, but there was more to him than that. No one did. Coming out of Turn 4 on the next lap, the rear of his 1,500-pound Eagle, heavy with 500 pounds of methanol, twitched. For a moment it was up in the air and then it spun sideways and came down on fire. His early work depicts landscapes and figures with surrealist elements. Art's Parents - Artle Lee Pollard Sr. (1903-1964) & Bobbie Marie (Jaynes) Pollard (1907-2000). ", "To me, it was a horrible year," recalled Andy Granatelli. Try again later. He was 46. They carried a full fuel load of 75 gallons. "When I finally did come back to racing, the other drivers didn't coddle me about what I'd been through. google_color_bg = "ECF8FF"; Second, where was I? People came to see the storied track's first 200-mph laps. Robin Millers 2016 Christmas Gifts Suggestions including Art Pollard: The Life and Legacy of a Gentleman Racer by Bob Kehoe. 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. On Saturday Art broke his own track record from the day before, again he won the A Dash, the Fast Heat Race, and two out of three of his 25 lap main events and finished 2nd in the other. Racing families never think it will be their loved-one. Jackson Pollock died in a car crash in the summer of 1956 at age 44. Fuel capacity was reduced from 75 to 40 gallons. The traditional victory banquet was canceled. from behind at 60 mph and killed him. These spiritual explorations prepared him to embrace the theories of the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung and the exploration of unconscious imagery in his paintings in subsequent years. 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. None of the men ever forgot about May 12, nor did they let their glowing recollections of the man they called friendly, loving and one of a kind fade. Using hardened brushes, sticks, and turkey basters, and household enamel paints, Pollock squirted, splashed, and dripped his paint onto canvas rolled out over his studio floor. respectfully declines requests to talk about the race. I'd lost fifty pounds or so. Driver Art Pollard was killed in a horrific pole-day qualifying crash. But, hell, that 150 was a hell of a lot harder than that 250, you know what I mean? limits were instituted and the rear wings were clipped from 64 inches in width to 55. Art qualified in 6th spot in 1970. "We used to average a death a year out here," recalled track announcer Tom the condition of Savage. google_color_url = "0033FF"; But more often than not, car trouble kept him from winning the big prize at Indy. To this day, he It just makes driving at Indianapolis easier. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. I didn't cry 'til I got back to the bed. More than 70 gallons of burning fuel sprayed into the grandstand and puddled on the track as cars scattered down the front stretch. ), "If you really stop and think about it and you follow racing, it seems like before They had recently returned from a New Orleans vacation with their wives and two other couples. Support Small Business by ordering the book from Coastal181: Or order from Amazon.com Print or Kindle: Art Pollards story deserves to be told, from his humble beginnings in Dragon, Utah to his untimely death on Pole Day at Indianapolis in 1973. The front of Walther's car was torn off. "He said, 'You don't want to see it.". You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Forty years later, children cavort on the hospital's "Art Pollard Playground" and the picnic survives in his honor, financed by his fund, the original $25,000 still untouched. A popular super-modified champion in the Western States in the 1960s to ultimately the Championship Car Series achieving the pinnacle of racing at the famed Brickyard in Indiana. Twelve cars were caught up in the wreckage as Walther's car pin-wheeled down the track upside down, gushing flaming methanol. ", Meanwhile in the pits, Teran, an STP crewman, headed toward the accident scene. Qualifying speeds were down nearly 10 mph, with Foyt winning the pole and Rutherford collecting the first of his three victories. This is a carousel with slides. He really was an extraordinary individual blessed with many rare qualities and talents., Art Pollard was a credit to the sport of auto racing. He won two Indy car events in 1969, and finished second in the first two California 500s at Ontario Motor Speedway. Art died inIndianapolis,Indianaas a result of injuries sustained in practice for the 1973Indianapolis500. . POLLARD--Barbara, who retired in 2002 as the English Department Chairperson at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York City . Jackson Pollock lived in New York after moving there in 1930 to study art. Nov 13, 1957 - Oct 2, 2019 The impact tore off two wheels immediately, and the wings were also torn off during the slide. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. In 1956, Time magazine gave Pollock the name "Jack the Dripper," referencing his unique style of action painting. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. Unser led early, then Savage went to the front. The pride of Roseburg and Medford, Oregon had driven his last lap. Ken Glass, a long-time Roseburg resident, sponsored Arts car until Indianapolis came calling and the rates simply got too expensive. Not just for publicity, but sincerely cared for people, Dippell said. Plain and simple. Additionally, he has written for other publications including Speedvision Online, DRIVE! Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA. [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]. But after the wreck, I looked like I was fifteen years old again. Meanwhile, the infield continued its metamorphosis into a bog of mud and stinking Verify and try again. What I really admired about Bob Christie was that he was such a gentleman on the track. By the mid-60s, car owners were trying to talk Pollard into driving their cars at Indianapolis. "I remember the first time I saw what I looked like. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7232111/art-lee-pollard. He had burns, broken bones, and a severe spinal cord injury. "Everyone's friend," Unser called him. Party 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. Add to your scrapbook. His car exploded in an angry orange flash. 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He graduated from Roseburg High School in 1945. The car was demolished. he also had the rookie of the year, Graham McRae, who finished 16th. Teran, a mechanic on Graham McRae's car, sprinted down pit lane to see if he could be of help to his injured teammate. And I told 'em: "Goddammit, somebody hit me from behind.". A proud family man, a well-respected competitor, a humanitarian, and a friend to all, was gone. All Rights Reserved. It was an unspectacular run. Cars were on the edge. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. [5] Pollard also served in the United States Navy for a time. The fingertips on his charred left hand were amputated. But racing colleagues and fans agree, it was a huge loss. Who Painted the Most Expensive Paintings in the World? Savage lost control. Try again later. On-board fuel capacity was cut from 75 gallons to 40, turbocharger boost pressure Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. 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