Helmet Visor, Used by Racing Driver Joey Hand in the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans Endurance Race

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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company returned to Le Mans in 2016. Drivers Sebastien Bourdais, Joey Hand, and Dirk Muller won their class with the #68 Ford GT on June 19, 2016 -- fifty years to the day after Ford's first victory in the famous French endurance race. This is one of several helmet visors used by Hand during the race.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Visor (Costume component)

Date Made

2016

Place of Creation

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2022.175.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Plastic

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 4.5 in (Packaging)
Width: 15.5 in (Packaging)
Length: 8 in (Packaging)

Inscriptions

on front of visor: [Ford logo] IHG(R) / Rewards / Club / [Ford logo] signed on front of visor: JH / 2016 / LEMANS on right side of visor: Arai GP-6 on left side of visor: 5/4 on front of packaging: Genuine Parts / & Accessories / INTERNATIONAL / Arai / HELMET (R) / PRODUCED BY ARAI / MADE IN JAPAN sticker on front of packaging: GP-6 SHIELD Yellow Coated / Part No. 1284 / US written on front of packaging: HAND on back of packaging: Genuine Parts / & Accessories / INTERNATIONAL / Arai / HELMET (R) / PRODUCED BY ARAI / MADE IN JAPAN / ARAI HELMET LTD. / 2-12 Azuma-cho, Omiya-ku, / Saitama-shi, SAITAMA 330-0841