Main And I set to work to build myself up. remember very vividly Savage was moving toward the front again on Lap 59 More than 70 gallons of burning fuel sprayed into the grandstand and puddled on the track as cars scattered down the front stretch. He is also one of the first American painters to be recognized during his lifetime and after as a peer of 20th-century European masters of modern art. google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; To this day, he "Probably after me and you are dead and gone, that stuff they'll be racing will be Clouds threatened again but sun broke through and the track dried. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. After 1 lap, Art replaced Weld in the #57. Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. He was an engaging speaker and frequent spokesman. The organization sanctioned the Indianapolis 500, which Pollard raced in five times. My car hit another and then spun down the track with the wheels off it. Magazine and eBay Motors. "I would do my racing, get in an airplane and go An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request, There is an open photo request for this memorial. In years since, there has been no final determination on the cause of Arts accident. So it was being a good father, a good man, and a person of integrity that I admire, Dippell said. I think I cried for about two minutes. The front of Walther's car was torn off. Art's dad was born in Anderson, Texas. Armando Moreno Teran - STP pit crewman 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. Fletcher warned Smiley. And so that helped. "When I first got out, I remember I put on my nice-looking crepe slacks and my good-looking shirts. Commerce City, Colorado. He told him he was going to hit 200 mph, or die trying. Art Pollard - driver The traditional post-race banquet was In 1945 Pollock married the painter Lee Krasner and moved to East Hampton, on the southern shore of Long Island, New York. Finally the green flag waved at 3 p.m. Antsy drivers made for a haphazard field, with four cars across the narrow track in Try again later. May of 1973 was a deadly month at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, earning it the nickname Bloody May. IndySpeedway.com for Championship Auto Racing Teams. He had just turned 46-years-old one week earlier. google_ad_height = 90; Art was buried in McMinnville Oregon. On lap 57, Savage pitted and took on a full fuel load. Still, his professionalism and upbeat demeanor had impressed his peers. His lover, artist Ruth Kligman, was the only survivor of the accident. You never saw him when he wasnt smiling, Mike said. Art's Parents - Artle Lee Pollard Sr. (1903-1964) & Bobbie Marie (Jaynes) Pollard (1907-2000). That point was clearly emphasized in Art Pollard: The Life and Legacy of a Gentleman Racer. You slow down the film and there's no other conclusion you can come to. The car was demolished. As the race started, Salt Walther and Jerry Grant touched wheels, launching Walther's car into the catch fence . It was a needed and welcome improvement. Pollard, away from racing, worked as a car dealer and mechanic and worked with mental health charities. He explored themes including surrealist navigation of the unconscious and Jungian symbolism. It was then Joe Leonards turn in his #60 STP turbine. The car slammed into the wall coming out of turn one and spun as it headed to the grass on the inside of the short chute. It was a May to forget. And I looked like a skeleton walking in them because they didn't come close to fitting. And that soon became a tradition, and he was the first one to do that. From a small hydroplane on Oregons Umpqua River to micro-midgets and modified stock cars on a half-mile oval in Roseburg, Oregon. Pole Day - Saturday May 12 - Death of Art Pollard. Arts wife, Pat Pollard, was unable to get to a phone before the general media reported Arts accident and subsequent death. Art was born May 5, 1927 in Dragon, Utah. He was very courteous as a driver, but very strong and aggressive on the trackbut with respect for the other driver.. 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. google_color_url = "0033FF"; Pollard had clipped a wall, an impact that sent his car skidding into the infield grass . The yellow came out when light rain began falling on Lap 129. He went to a hospital locally and started visiting that hospital and bringing drivers with him. The fingertips on his charred left hand were amputated. (Jackson dropped his first name, Paul, about the time he went to New York in 1930.) His father, LeRoy Pollock, was. 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. 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. Mud and sodden trash was everywhere. nationality American born May 5, 1927 hometown Dragon, Utah died May 12, 1973 place of death Indianapolis. "It was my job," he said. I had to learn to walk again. history. ToDo "By Wednesday, when we showed up at the race track, the place stunk," he said. builder who was credited with discovering Savage. emphasis on safety. He visited children at La Rue Carter Hospital in Indianapolis, where a playground there was named after him. His work and example had enormous influence on them and on many subsequent art movements in the United States. //-->,