Jerry Titus, Driver of Shelby 1968 Mustang at 24 Hours of Daytona Race, February 1968

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Artifact Overview

Jerry Titus studied trumpet at Juilliard before he began writing about cars in the mid-1950s. He started racing in 1960, and he earned a Trans-Am championship in 1967 and a class win at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1969. Titus died following a crash during pre-race practice in 1970. He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2010.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Date Made

03 February 1968 - 04 February 1968

Subject Date

03 February 1968 - 04 February 1968

Creator Notes

Photography by Jack Brady Associates, Santa Barbara, California

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.158.N.680311.13

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 0.875 in
Width: 1.375 in

Inscriptions

Blue ink stamp on back of contact sheet with 21 images reads in part: SUBJECT: DAYONA (sic) 24-HOURS NO: 680201 Permission..... / JACK BRADY ASSOCIATES / [address] / SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA Handwritten in ink on lower right back corner: 680211