Bobby Unser Collection--Photographs--Racing--1975 Miscellaneous--Item19
THF220972 / Bobby Unser Collection--Photographs--Racing--1975 Miscellaneous--Item19
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Artifact Overview
One of the perks of being an Indianapolis 500 winner -- in addition to a sizeable cash prize and lucrative endorsement opportunities -- is receiving your own copy of the race's pace car. Here is Bobby Unser's 1975 Buick Century Custom V-8, the official pace car of the 1975 race in which Unser claimed his second Indy 500 victory.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1975
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.123.205.1870
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Bobby Unser.
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.50 in
Width: 5.00 in
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