Corrections? There are no volunteers for this cemetery. because the 200 mph barrier was within the sights of drivers and on the minds of trackside Art and his crew started 28 main events and won an astonishing 22 of them., Perhaps his most admirable quality (off the track) was his ability to take a moment of his time and make everybody he talked with feel important. Art Pollard was a top-notch racecar driver, but there was more to him than that. He was an engaging speaker and frequent spokesman. 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. His car rolled over and was engulfed in a fireball. And so that helped. In 1968, he teamed up to drive one of Andy Granatelli's famous STP Lotus Turbines. Year should not be greater than current year. Safety was the watchword for the 1974 Indianapolis 500. "By then, I could laugh about it. On the track, he won 83 championship events and became one of Southern Oregons biggest stars in Indianapolis. Survivors were his widow, Patricia; a son Michael; a daughter, Judy Dipple of Speedway; and his mother, Mrs. Artie Pollard of McMinnville. If I can find it, I will attach a shot of it in another e-mail. Pollard dominated racing on the super modified circuit on the West Coast in the late '50s and early '60s. 'You don't want to go up there.' A scarecrow.". Smiley's funeral was held on May 20, 1982 and he was buried in his birth location in Nebraska. Art is shown holding his three year old daughter Judy. Approximately one hour after the accident, Art Pollard was pronounced dead. The front of Walther's car was torn off. Arts wife, Pat Pollard, was unable to get to a phone before the general media reported Arts accident and subsequent death. 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. There he came under the influence of Frederick John de St. Vrain Schwankovsky, a painter and illustrator who was also a member of the Theosophical Society, a sect that promoted metaphysical and occult spirituality. Arts friend Johnny Rutherford remembers, I was the first one by the scene of the accident where he crashed. Reality set in quickly when, in a windy practice before pole qualifying, Pollard crashed in the first turn. Fast forward 36 years. A TV news report, that included interviews with friends and daughter, Judy Dippell. google_color_text = "000000"; Indianapolis Star - Sunday, May 13, 1973. Email to Arts brother, Robert Bob Pollard. I had a lot of skin grafts on it. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Art Pollard (7232111)? Rene Thomas, the 1914 race winner, was driven around the track. It was a lot of fun.. But it was his love of adventure that got him into racing stock cars and midgets in the 40s and 50s. For a moment it was up in the air and then it spun sideways and came down on fire. And that soon became a tradition, and he was the first one to do that. Bob Stewart was a member of his first crew at Indianapolis, and a life-long friend. Art Pollard (born 05 May 1927 Dragon, Utah; died 12 May 1973 Indianapolis, Indiana). google_ad_type = "text_image"; The rain came while workers were still cleaning the track. 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. Pollard, away from racing, worked as a car dealer and mechanic and worked with mental health charities. This brought back many memories for Fletcher, who owned the car that Art Pollard died in during the 1973 race. We got treated terrible until we qualified. Evergreen Memorial Park. interrupted and shortened the race. google_ad_width = 728; He waved his checkered cap from the riding mechanic's seat of his winning Delage. As I was driving along I had the radio on, and thats when I heard about Arts crash. another driver," Johncock said. Driver Art Pollard was killed in an accident during pole day practice. Swede Savage, driver of another Patrick Racing, STP-sponsored car, and Armando Teran, mechanic on a third Patrick/STP car, also died. cemeteries found in McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA will be saved to your photo volunteer list. google_color_link = "0033FF"; Johncock, who would win again when he beat Rick Mears by .16 seconds in 1982, didn't look or sound happy. "I had the gloves on, so I grabbed the hottest thing, the turbocharger, which was They said it was my fault. crash, ended up on the pole at 198.413 mph, including one lap in the 199s. I suppose there is truth in the 7 degrees of separation theory. rescue Walther. 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. | Main Jackson Pollock is best known for his action paintings and Abstract Expressionist works. He would share an apartment in Greenwich Village with Sanford and his wife until 1942. The grid was reset without Walther. So We were kind of a joke. By Lap 42, Savage, the 26-year-old charger from California, had taken the lead, a On-board fuel capacity was cut from 75 gallons to 40, turbocharger boost pressure Parking Photo courtesy of Mike Pollard. wrong," said Dan Gurney, himself a driver until 1970 and later an owner and car Fletcher warned Smiley. There was a mirror over the sink in the bathroom. Don Caskey was on his tractor when his wife Shirley called him inside on May 12, 1973. There is a problem with your email/password. Driver Art Pollard was killed in a horrific pole-day qualifying crash. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jackson-Pollock, National Gallery of Art, Washington - Biography of Jackson Pollock, Guggenheim - Biography of Jackson Pollock, The Art Story - Biography of Jackson Pollock, Jackson Pollock - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11), Jackson Pollock - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up). Kind, generous, friendly, outgoing, persistent, honest, gentlemanly, optismistic, competitive, even-tempered, vibrant - these words describe a few of the qualities of this exceptional person who was also a great race driver. one of the corners that was grabable," said Dallenbach, who is now the chief steward Driver Art Pollard was killed in an accident during a practice Driver Swede Savage and mechanic Armando Teran also died A crowd estimated at 250,000 swarmed Indianapolis Motor Speedway's. And you dont always get that from, not just race drivers, but also other stars so-to-speak. ($117,009.92 in 2017 dollars Enough to pay cash for a house in some Cities). Pre Race Events 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500 2016, Marc Evans, 3. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). friends . The racing thing interested me also.. Death 12 May 1973 (aged 46) Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA. Somewhere in my possessions I have an autographed photo of Art and the Indy car. He had burns, broken bones, and a severe spinal cord injury. 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. He qualified in 31st spot in 1971. There was an error deleting this problem. Swede Savage Fan site - articles and pictures, | But Patrick also lost a crewman, Teran, and a driver, Savage. Add to your scrapbook. That point was clearly emphasized in Art Pollard: The Life and Legacy of a Gentleman Racer. His tires were warmed, his four-speed gear box in high. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. driving on the track. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? Again on Wednesday, after another rain delay, the teams tried again. She is the daughter of Art Pollard. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. Actor Michael J. Pollard, known for his roles in "Bonnie and Clyde" and "Star Trek," has died at the age of 80. Art died inIndianapolis,Indianaas a result of injuries sustained in practice for the 1973Indianapolis500. 1927) Artle Lee Pollard, Jr. (May 5, 1927 - May 12, 1973), was an American racecar driver. It was one of the most miserable weekends of his life. 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. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. After his time in Roseburg, Pollard left for Medford and later became a national figure. He died of liver failure, attending physician Steve Olvey wrote in his book, "Rapid Response," due to a transfusion of contaminated plasma. He told him he was going to hit 200 mph, or die trying. Pollard moved in next door to Caskey in 1944. emphasis on safety. Art Pollard's story deserves to be told, from his birth to his untimely death. Pollard's was an uncommon touch. MEDFORD, Ore. Among those starting their engines in the 1950s, 60s and early 70s were two Southern Oregon natives, Bob Christie of Grants Pass and Art Pollard of Medford. He did everything so well. Among his contemporaries, he was respected for his deeply personal and totally uncompromising commitment to the art of painting. One of the top athletes probably in the country. Paul Jackson Pollock was the fifth and youngest son of Stella May McClure and LeRoy Pollock, who were both of Scotch-Irish extraction (LeRoys original surname was McCoy before his adoption about 1890 by a family named Pollock) and born and raised in Iowa. In 1928 they moved to Los Angeles, where Pollock enrolled at Manual Arts High School. He went on to become a popular super-modified champion in the Western States in the 1960sand finally, the Indy Racing circuitachieving the pinnacle of racing, the famed BrickyardIndianapolis Motor Speedway in 1967. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. He won two Indy car events in 1969, and finished second in the first two California 500s at Ontario Motor Speedway. Over the course of time, speeds have continued to increase but safety measures have May, 1972 - On May 7th Art Pollard became the 13th member of the 180 . "That's what people saw. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. The family left Cody, Wyoming, 11 months after Jacksons birth; he would know Cody only through family photographs. Then they had two big fellas, two great big fellas, come in and lift me up and hold me up in the air and let me try and move my legs. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. He didn't get to race in 1972 although he qualfied his STP Lola in 10th spot. Characteristic paintings from this period include Bird (c. 1941), Male and Female (c. 1942), and Guardians of the Secret (1943). [4] Pollard had turned 46 one week before he died. 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.. The grandstand was showered in debris and burning fuel. More than 70 gallons of burning fuel sprayed into the grandstand and puddled on the track as cars scattered down the front stretch. Foyt had already went up that way and had walked back and grabbed a hold of me and said, The rear of the car slipped out in Turn 4, and when Savage caught the car it was We just got on the plane and came home.". Tom Carnegie, you know, the voice of Indy, when he says, after being there 60 years, that dad was the most loved driver among the other drivers, that means more than if he ever won Indianapolis to me. He is believed to be the first driver from Southern Oregon to race at Indy. They saw, instead, the fatal first day of the old track's deadliest May since 1937. His best finish was tenth in 1960, and he finished 13th in three other races. To use this feature, use a newer browser. In 1961, Art won one of his favorite races, The Western States Championship in Fresno Ca. On Friday Art qualified fastest with a new track record. Like Christie, Art Pollard of Medford began his racing career in midgets and stock cars. Over the left hand I wear a glove, a black glove. Car trouble ends his day early on lap 45. Judy is an author, speaker and publishing consultant. He was 46. A lot of fans - and drivers too - said that Walther blew it. It did provide money. | Survivors were his widow, Patricia; a son Michael; a daughter, Judy Dipple of Speedway; and his mother, Mrs. Artie Pollard of McMinnville. As they were being 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. It was a May to forget. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. a driver's body of accidents, some of which have a force of 70 or 100 times that of remember very vividly It was an unspectacular run. It just makes driving at Indianapolis easier. For the next two years Pollock lived in poverty, first with Charles and, by the fall of 1934, with his brother Sanford. He had a high sense of ethics, Martin said. But, hell, that 150 was a hell of a lot harder than that 250, you know what I mean? The men invested countless evenings in the garage, burning the midnight oil to help transform an old 1933 Chevy Coupe into a bonafide competitor. You can also read the documentation to learn about Wordfence's blocking tools, or visit wordfence.com to learn more about Wordfence. He went to a hospital locally and started visiting that hospital and bringing drivers with him. Nov 13, 1957 - Oct 2, 2019 He was rushed to Methodist Hospital, but died shortly afterward. But the luck and success ran out preparing for the 1973 Indy 500, a race remembered for deadly accidents. The second car out on the track was Graham Hill #70, who posted a four-lap average of 171.208 mph. recalled pole-sitter Johnny Rutherford. (Just last week, the wall was fitted with an innovative series of I thought you might like to see a memorial for Art Lee Pollard Jr. Your access to this service has been limited. Going through turn one on one of the four laps, the car snapped on me. Failed to delete memorial. He never looked back. His family lived there for 11 months after his birth, and Pollock never returned to the town. Art won $941.00 for his 14th place finish and Bobby Unser won the race. He also won the A Dash, the Fast Heat Race, and all three of his 25 lap main events. In 1973, that figure was in excess of 1,000. canceled and he and many others on the team went instead to Methodist Hospital to check on 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. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Mike lives in Reno, Nev., and works at a jewelry shop. Pollard was known as a giving man who did things like visit troops in Vietnam and give speeches at churches and high schools all over the nation. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. Car trouble ends his day early on lap 28. Dallenbach also talked to Savage in the hospital, because he was hired to replace him. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. If you are a WordPress user with administrative privileges on this site, please enter your email address in the box below and click "Send". Drivers who survived an earlier era now openly wonder how they did. In the fifties he soon built a reputation as a tough competitor. This isn't going to do any good either. The death drew notice, but the loss of one more driver wasn't all that unexpected. His death hit my family very hard, and to this day we miss him. He was a truck driver who was elated when asked to become an STP crewman.]. Current IndyCars generate 670 horsepower. admitted that seeing an old friend's accident kept him on the safe side of 200. The traditional victory banquet was canceled. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. Rutherford was among the first on the scene of the crash. google_ad_channel ="0983136519"; Bob and his wife Karen reside in Hillsboro, Oregon. Arts son, Mike, turned away from the flatbed truck he was working on when the radio newsman uttered his fathers name. Fuel capacity was reduced from 75 to 40 gallons. Christie was born in Grants Pass in 1924 and helped his family raise hops. Tuesday was wet, as well, and the drivers saw the red flag while on their parade lap. He made every race from then on until 1979 with a best finish of 9th in 1976. for Championship Auto Racing Teams. From a small hydroplane on Oregon's Umpqua River to micro-midgets and modified stock cars on a half-mile oval in Roseburg, Oregon. Milwaukee-area auto dealer. Please reset your password. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Empty.". For the 1973 race Art Pollard had a new Eagle, two good mechanics, and a new sponsor. It was then Joe Leonards turn in his #60 STP turbine. Granatelli had always watched the race from the pits but that year for the first time was in a penthouse suite overlooking pit lane from across the track. He was just an everyday, common person that shared stories. 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. The two day event was held at the Kearney Bowl in Fresno California. Caskey is 81 and Green is 85. Johncock, who led 64 laps, was declared the winner while sitting in the pits. Walther's In 1956, Time magazine gave Pollock the name "Jack the Dripper," referencing his unique style of action painting. Plain and simple. Henry Martin always admired Bob Christie. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? momentarily blinded by the fuel spray and ended up in the infield grass. | Who Painted the Most Expensive Paintings in the World? Kunzman took over Pollard's car for the remainder of the 1973 season. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Art Pollard (7232111)? You will then receive an email that helps you regain access. Contact Bob Kehoe, author of Art Pollard:The Life and Legacy of a Gentleman Racer.Request an autographed copy. Dallenbach said. google_ad_width = 728; At this time Pollock, who had been raised an agnostic, also attended the camp meetings of the former messiah of the theosophists, Jiddu Krishnamurti, a personal friend of Schwankovsky. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. At last glance, Granatelli had seen Teran standing alongside McRea's crew chief, Granatelli's son Vince. Invalid memorial. They shared hamburgers at the Burger Chef restaurant on West 16th Street, just east of the track. And I think it was a tribute to him and the fact that he cared. June 8, 1969 The STP team showed up at Milwaukee with Greg Weld in the #57 STP Gerhardt Offy and it was a good thing. Finally the green flag waved at 3 p.m. Antsy drivers made for a haphazard field, with four cars across the narrow track in His first attempt fell short in 1966, but in 1967 he qualified to start 13th and finished 8th. "I thought, my goodness, we're never going to recover from this," said the speedway's Carnegie. First published in 2016, this is an expanded version of Art Pollards biography that includes more content and photos. Pollard died Wednesday of cardiac arrest at a Los Angeles hospital, his longtime. respectfully declines requests to talk about the race. 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. The car was demolished. Thanks for your help! "I thought I was blind until I flipped up my visor. But he never forgot about his old friends. "He was like a family member. He is our most famous son, and whether you were privileged to know him or not you can take pride in the fact that Art was one of us., Our promise to Mike and Judy, and all who all knew him best, is as long as there is a Pacific Racing Association, Art Pollard will never be forgotten, both for the kind of guy he was and for his contributions to the sport we all love so much., (In early 1960s) I felt more comfortable running wheel-to-wheel with Art than anyone in history. based on information from your browser. "They could have just as well red-flagged the thing and we would have been happy to have gone on to Milwaukee.". Qualifying speeds were down nearly 10 mph, with Foyt winning the pole and Rutherford collecting the first of his three victories. And I saw myself and , honest to God, didn't believe it was me. Johncock parked his car in the short chute and climbed out, intending to check on Savage, his teammate. 0 cemeteries found in McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA. The race was postponed until Tuesday, when on the second parade lap, the sky opened again and another washout was declared. He moved up the ranks, eventually testing himself against the best in the United States Auto Club Championship Car Series. Still, his professionalism and upbeat demeanor had impressed his peers. A month later, after Savage's kidneys had failed, he died of pneumonia. Learn more about merges. Each year it got a little faster and a better car, and then we he started going to out-of-town races, said Green, who was a body shop mechanic for more than 40 years. It was horrendous and I could tell it was not good. "Probably after me and you are dead and gone, that stuff they'll be racing will be But I didn't have enough muscles to do anything. And third, what happened? He made speeches at schools and churches and visited the troops in Vietnam, but his pet project was the LaRueCarter Memorial Hospital for retarded children in Indianapolis. Early attrition knocked out Mario Andretti, stock-car regular Bobby Allison and A.J. He was a true sportsman, a very strong competitor, and wouldnt hurt a fly. Steve Krisiloff, who started the 1973 race seventh and finished sixth, recalled coming around to take the green flag on his pole day qualifying attempt. His fathers Studebaker dealership sponsored his midget race car. Since 1973, three competitors have been killed at Indy -- Gordon Smiley in '82, Jovy Marcelo in '92 and Scott Brayton in '96 -- along with two spectators and a trespasser Not a single lap was complete when the race was halted. He had just turned 46 one week before he died. He was a people magnet, and I feel privileged that he was my dad, for that reason. My left hand was burned so bad that the tips of all the fingers were amputated. The yellow came out when light rain began falling on Lap 129. He was killed during practice on Pole Day for the 1973 Indianapolis 500 when his car hit the wall and caught fire. When he married in 1945, Pollock moved to Long Island, where he lived for the rest of his life. Wally Dallenbach stepped into Savage's. The fingertips on his charred left hand were amputated. As Judy relates, There is no good way to get the horrible news that your dad has had an accident and died. Pollard, an internationally known portrait painter, who painted four presidents and a pope, movie stars and basketball players, died at home last night. Actually, it isnt the turbine, but the four-wheel drive and the engineering and the chassis. Richards writes for The Indianapolis Star, a Gannett property. Christie started at Indianapolis every year from 1956 to 63. Smiley died instantly from massive trauma inflicted by the severe impact. The red flag flew as the rain intensified on Lap 133. It was just a week after the local heros 46th birthday. They wore the same uniform. After a while, I told my friend that I had to get back home to watch the time trials. 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. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. It was really impressive, he said. "We flipped it over and I didn't want to see him because I knew I had to race. The car slammed into the outside wall coming out of turn one, burst into flames, and spun as it headed to the grass on the inside of the short chute. He died in Indianapolis, Indiana in a practice run during the first day of time trials for the 1973 Indianapolis 500. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. His work and example had enormous influence on them and on many subsequent art movements in the United States. Approximately one hour after the accident, Art Pollard was pronounced dead. Then I progressed to hand grips. When a race driver is killed on the track the first thing everybody says is,"That's too bad, he was a hell of a guy." In the obituary the next day, his past performances are listed and any other worthy achievements are mentioned. The book was released this year by Bob Kehoe of Hillsboro. The car was uncompetitive and Art switched to a new Lotus Offy. 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. If you wait too long, you bog down.. "When somebody's hurt, he goes through a helluva rehabilitation process. "Terrible. 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. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. The start was Foyt approached and put a hand on Johncock's arm. He was found unconscious, and was rushed to Methodist Hospital in the new Cardiac ambulance. We just dont!, It was hard, and I still miss having him in my life, adds Judy. To this day, he To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. It was a quick input on the wheel to the right, and it came right backit only happened that one time. "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. get down the bloody straightaway.' Born in Dragon, Utah, and raised in the Portland, Oregon area, Pollard drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1965-1973 seasons, with 84 career starts, including the 1967-1971 Indianapolis 500 races. Its just like driving a passenger car. GREAT NEWS! Art was born May 5, 1927 in Dragon, Utah. That's 500 pounds of high explosive. I was in the Michigan Burn Center for two and a half months. 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