Spencer Wishart, Mercer Type 45, Mercer Factory, Trenton, New Jersey, 1914
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Philadelphia native Spencer Wishart competed in each of the first four Indianapolis 500 races from 1911 to 1914. He earned his personal-best Indy finish in 1913, scoring a second-place position with the #22 Mercer car. Wishart was killed after a collision in a race at Elgin, Illinois, in August 1914.
Philadelphia native Spencer Wishart competed in each of the first four Indianapolis 500 races from 1911 to 1914. He earned his personal-best Indy finish in 1913, scoring a second-place position with the #22 Mercer car. Wishart was killed after a collision in a race at Elgin, Illinois, in August 1914.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1914
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.103.P.4915.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.00 in
Width: 10.00 in
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