Bob Bondurant with Checkered Flag at the Pacific Coast Championship Sports Car Races, Del Mar, California, September 1959

Summary

Dave Friedman captured and preserved auto racing history through his photography. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, drivers, cars, and teams. Bob Bondurant won SCCA's Pacific Coast Championship Road Race in his #51 Chevrolet Corvette. It was one of a series of races held at California's Del Mar Fairgrounds on September 19-20, 1959.

Dave Friedman captured and preserved auto racing history through his photography. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, drivers, cars, and teams. Bob Bondurant won SCCA's Pacific Coast Championship Road Race in his #51 Chevrolet Corvette. It was one of a series of races held at California's Del Mar Fairgrounds on September 19-20, 1959.

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Date Made

19 September 1959-20 September 1959

Subject Date

19 September 1959-20 September 1959

Collection Title

Dave Friedman Collection 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.158.N.590903.2

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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