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- Ford "999" Race Car and Indianapolis 500 Pace Car on the Ford Test Track, April 1953 - Ford Motor Company celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1953 and was invited to provide the pace car for that year's Indianapolis 500. Six weeks before the race, William Clay Ford and Ken Schuntz posed on the company's Dearborn test track with the pace car, a 1953 Ford Sunliner, and the "999," a race car built by Henry Ford in 1902.
- April 01, 1953
- Collections - Artifact
Ford "999" Race Car and Indianapolis 500 Pace Car on the Ford Test Track, April 1953
Ford Motor Company celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1953 and was invited to provide the pace car for that year's Indianapolis 500. Six weeks before the race, William Clay Ford and Ken Schuntz posed on the company's Dearborn test track with the pace car, a 1953 Ford Sunliner, and the "999," a race car built by Henry Ford in 1902.
- Pacing at the Start of the Indianapolis 500 Race, 1929 - After starting back in the sixth position at the 1929 Indianapolis 500, Ray Keech crossed the finish line first in his Miller race car. It is not surprising that Keech won in a Miller race car because Harry Miller was America's most innovative race car builder pre-World War II. Miller's vehicles dominated Indianapolis races from 1918-1930.
- May 30, 1929
- Collections - Artifact
Pacing at the Start of the Indianapolis 500 Race, 1929
After starting back in the sixth position at the 1929 Indianapolis 500, Ray Keech crossed the finish line first in his Miller race car. It is not surprising that Keech won in a Miller race car because Harry Miller was America's most innovative race car builder pre-World War II. Miller's vehicles dominated Indianapolis races from 1918-1930.