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

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