42nd Annual Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb, Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 4, 1964

Summary

Photographer Dave Friedman captured and preserved auto racing history. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, cars, and drivers. This photo is from the 1964 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, where driver Al Unser broke the existing speed record and finished first overall. Pikes Peak is called the "Race to the Clouds" because of its steep mountain route.

Photographer Dave Friedman captured and preserved auto racing history. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, cars, and drivers. This photo is from the 1964 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, where driver Al Unser broke the existing speed record and finished first overall. Pikes Peak is called the "Race to the Clouds" because of its steep mountain route.

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Date Made

04 July 1964

Subject Date

04 July 1964

Collection Title

Dave Friedman Collection 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.158.N.640707.1.23

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 0.875 in

Width: 1.375 in

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