Sammy Sessions in Mickey Thompson's Spit-Fire Special Race Car at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 1967
THF134553 / Sammy Sessions in Mickey Thompson's Spit-Fire Special Race Car at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 1967
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Artifact Overview
Sammy Sessions competed in the USAC Championship Car series from 1965-1975. He started in 62 races, including seven appearances in the Indianapolis 500, and earned 21 top-ten finishes. Sessions made his personal-best fourth-place Indy 500 finish in 1972, and he earned a USAC Sprint Car Series championship that same year. Sessions was killed in a snowmobile racing accident in 1977.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Date Made
May 1967
Subject Date
May 1967
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.N.670511.41
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 0.875 in
Width: 1.375 in
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