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
Creators
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
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