Dan Gurney and Swede Savage at the Klondike Trail 200 Race, September 29, 1968
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Artifact Overview
David "Swede" Savage (left) raced sports cars for Dan Gurney's All American Racers team, and Gurney served as his mentor. Savage's only professional racing victory came in 1970 at the Bobby Ball 150, at Phoenix International Raceway, in an AAR-built Eagle-Ford car. Savage died 33 days after being injured in a crash at the 1973 Indianapolis 500.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
29 September 1968
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.185
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 6.75 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Text on back:
Printed label with handwriting in categories adhered to back of image reads:
Must Credit:
Dave Friedman /
[address]
Driver: Savage & Gurney
Machine: Lola & McLaren
Date and event: Edmonton 9-68
Remarks:
This photograph is the copyright of Dave / Friedman and must not be reproduced with / out the expressed permission.
Handwritten i blue marker upper left corner on back: E68
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