A Racing Milestone of Sorts

Written by
Ellice Engdahl
Published9/20/2016
Explore nearly 500 newly-digitized auto racing images from the 1968 American Road Race of Champions (ARRC) held at Riverside, California, from the Dave Friedman Auto Racing Collection at The Henry Ford.

A Racing Milestone of Sorts

Written by
Ellice Engdahl
Published9/20/2016

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If you know a bit about The Henry Ford, you probably know that one of our areas of expertise is automobile racing. Along with many artifacts, we hold vast amounts of archival materials on the topic, including the Dave Friedman Collection of hundreds of thousands of racing images, among other materials. We’ve just digitized a grouping of nearly 500 images from the 1968 American Road Race of Champions (ARRC) held at Riverside, California—bringing the total number of images we’ve digitized from this collection to over 20,000. 

Visit our Digital Collections to see this dramatic 1968 ARRC shot—or browse all the digitized images from the Dave Friedman Collection.

Ellice Engdahl is Digital Collections & Content Manager at The Henry Ford.