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- Driven to Win: Sneak Peek - As we prepare to open our major new exhibit, Driven to Win: Racing in America, join us for a preview of the Sports Car Performance Center. Explore the story of the Ford GT from inception to success at the 2016 Le Mans 24-hour race, and learn how engineers optimized the car through aerodynamic design, high-tech materials, and careful data analysis.
- March 23, 2021
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Driven to Win: Sneak Peek
As we prepare to open our major new exhibit, Driven to Win: Racing in America, join us for a preview of the Sports Car Performance Center. Explore the story of the Ford GT from inception to success at the 2016 Le Mans 24-hour race, and learn how engineers optimized the car through aerodynamic design, high-tech materials, and careful data analysis.
- Driven to Win: Hill Climb Racing - Learn about Bobby Unser and the 1958 hill climb car he repeatedly drove to victory at Pikes Peak, as well as other artifacts and stories related to hill climb racing that you'll see in our new racing exhibit, Driven to Win.
- May 03, 2021
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Driven to Win: Hill Climb Racing
Learn about Bobby Unser and the 1958 hill climb car he repeatedly drove to victory at Pikes Peak, as well as other artifacts and stories related to hill climb racing that you'll see in our new racing exhibit, Driven to Win.
- Driven to Win: Stock Car Racing - Our new exhibit, Driven to Win: Racing in America, features a 2011 Ford Fusion driven by Trevor Bayne and many other artifacts related to stock car racing.
- July 02, 2021
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Driven to Win: Stock Car Racing
Our new exhibit, Driven to Win: Racing in America, features a 2011 Ford Fusion driven by Trevor Bayne and many other artifacts related to stock car racing.
- Driven to Win: Indy Car Racing - The Indianapolis 500 is the greatest spectacle in automobile racing. Learn more about the Indy Cars and other artifacts you'll see in our new racing exhibit, Driven to Win, in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation.
- June 04, 2021
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Driven to Win: Indy Car Racing
The Indianapolis 500 is the greatest spectacle in automobile racing. Learn more about the Indy Cars and other artifacts you'll see in our new racing exhibit, Driven to Win, in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation.
- Driven to Win: Igniting the Passion - Explore the "Igniting the Passion" section of our new auto racing exhibit Driven to Win to learn how children find a lifelong interest in racing.
- May 20, 2021
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Driven to Win: Igniting the Passion
Explore the "Igniting the Passion" section of our new auto racing exhibit Driven to Win to learn how children find a lifelong interest in racing.
- Race Cars of Driven to Win - Scotsman Jim Clark won the Indianapolis 500 with this rear-engine car in 1965. After his victory, a traditional front-engine car never won that race again. The Lotus-Ford combined a European Formula One-inspired lightweight chassis with a big Ford V-8 engine. The Lotus-Ford's success effectively killed the traditional Indy roadster and established a new design for American race cars.
- April 01, 2021
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Race Cars of Driven to Win
Scotsman Jim Clark won the Indianapolis 500 with this rear-engine car in 1965. After his victory, a traditional front-engine car never won that race again. The Lotus-Ford combined a European Formula One-inspired lightweight chassis with a big Ford V-8 engine. The Lotus-Ford's success effectively killed the traditional Indy roadster and established a new design for American race cars.
- "Your Bird Friends and How to Win Them," 1928 - Joseph Dodson used his observations of songbird behavior to design products for his company, Dodson Bird Houses. In the company's catalog, <em>Your Bird Friends and How to Win Them</em> (1928), customers could choose from dozens of unique houses, feeders, and baths designed for different species' needs. It also featured essays on how to attract and care for wild birds.
- 1928
- Collections - Artifact
"Your Bird Friends and How to Win Them," 1928
Joseph Dodson used his observations of songbird behavior to design products for his company, Dodson Bird Houses. In the company's catalog, Your Bird Friends and How to Win Them (1928), customers could choose from dozens of unique houses, feeders, and baths designed for different species' needs. It also featured essays on how to attract and care for wild birds.
- "Driven to Win: Racing in America" Crosses Finish Line - Hear from some of The Henry Ford's partners and advisers how our new exhibit, Driven to Win: Racing in America, brings the world of auto racing to life.
- May 12, 2021
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"Driven to Win: Racing in America" Crosses Finish Line
Hear from some of The Henry Ford's partners and advisers how our new exhibit, Driven to Win: Racing in America, brings the world of auto racing to life.
- Newspaper Article, "Ford Steps Win O.K. in Test...Ford's Old-Time Dances Win Approval of Parents...," 1926 - As Henry Ford extended his traditional American dance classes to local Dearborn schoolchildren, some parents grew alarmed--they weren't sure they approved of boys and girls dancing together. A dance demonstration by the children soon set most of the parents' minds at ease. They quickly realized the benefit of having their children learn these old-time dances--and the good manners that went along with them.
- December 17, 1926
- Collections - Artifact
Newspaper Article, "Ford Steps Win O.K. in Test...Ford's Old-Time Dances Win Approval of Parents...," 1926
As Henry Ford extended his traditional American dance classes to local Dearborn schoolchildren, some parents grew alarmed--they weren't sure they approved of boys and girls dancing together. A dance demonstration by the children soon set most of the parents' minds at ease. They quickly realized the benefit of having their children learn these old-time dances--and the good manners that went along with them.
- "Will to Win," Clip from Interview with Al Unser Jr., January 6, 2009 - Al Unser, Jr., followed his father, Al, and uncle, Bobby, to Victory Lane at the Indianapolis 500 with wins in 1992 and 1994. Unser also competed in the 1993 Daytona 500. In 2009, staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Al Unser, Jr., at the Unser Racing Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- January 06, 2009
- Collections - Artifact
"Will to Win," Clip from Interview with Al Unser Jr., January 6, 2009
Al Unser, Jr., followed his father, Al, and uncle, Bobby, to Victory Lane at the Indianapolis 500 with wins in 1992 and 1994. Unser also competed in the 1993 Daytona 500. In 2009, staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Al Unser, Jr., at the Unser Racing Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.