Jackie Stewart with the 1984 March 84C-Cosworth Racer during a Grand Prix Reception, Henry Ford Museum, 1985
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Artifact Overview
Sir Jackie Stewart, a three-time Formula One world champion driver and a leading advocate for motorsport safety, visited Henry Ford Museum in 1985. Stewart was in town for that year's Detroit Grand Prix, held on June 23. Here he poses with the newly acquired March 84C-Cosworth race car that Tom Sneva drove in the 1984 Indianapolis 500.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Subject Date
29 June 1985
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.2905
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4.25 in
Width: 5.25 in
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