Art shook down a pushrod Plymouth V8 in one of last year's wedge-shaped Loutus cars that wears new aero features. In the fifties he soon built a reputation as a tough competitor. The car was demolished. On lap 57, Savage pitted and took on a full fuel load. My name was Salt Walther. Wally Dallenbach stepped into Savage's. limits were instituted and the rear wings were clipped from 64 inches in width to 55. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. Then they had two big fellas, two great big fellas, come in and lift me up and hold me up in the air and let me try and move my legs. builder who was credited with discovering Savage. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. Clouds threatened again but sun broke through and the track dried. history. Please select which sections you would like to print: Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. "It's a sad thing to say, but it is.". He was a real nice guy and we got along very well, Green said. Instead, he survived with multiple burns, particularly to his Car trouble ends his day early on lap 45. I do not immediately recall the year, but one of our local motorcycle shops hosted him and his Indy car for a promotion. nationality American born May 5, 1927 hometown Dragon, Utah died May 12, 1973 place of death Indianapolis. He was a mechanic and car dealer at the time of his death. His car exploded in an angry orange flash. Pollard's lap prior to the crash was timed at a speed above 192 miles per hour (309km/h). Your Scrapbook is currently empty. (Just last week, the wall was fitted with an innovative series of I couldn't walk at all. Another Southern Oregon racer began his career at Indianapolis just a few years after Bob Christie retired. Yesterday Art Pollard left us. He finished in the top ten 30 times, with 2 victories, both in 1969, atMilwaukeeandDover. Johncock, who led 64 laps, was declared the winner while sitting in the pits. But racing colleagues and fans agree, it was a huge loss. It was a quick input on the wheel to the right, and it came right backit only happened that one time. Empty.". Born in Dragon, Utah, Pollard died in Indianapolis, Indiana, as a result of injuries sustained in practice for the 1973 Indianapolis 500. He served time in jail. Some of the pieces flew up in the stands. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. His racing career started in Roseburg racing hydroplanes on the Umpqua River, and micro-midgets at the fairgrounds. preparations four times. On the west coast, daughter Judy (then 23-years-old) and son Mike (25-years-old) heard this shocking and unwelcome news on radio and television in the early morning hours. Art Pollard. In time trials, with a car with the new air wing design, and running in high winds, the car went out of control and flipped several times at speeds over 190 miles an hour. Art Pollard As I See Him by Andy Granatelli, Auto Racing Magazine Of The Worlds Greatest Sport, August 1969. The book was released this year by Bob Kehoe of Hillsboro. With Memorial Day came gloomy skies and intermittent showers that interrupted Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? He qualified in 31st spot in 1971. "I would do my racing, get in an airplane and go Find the obituary of Art Pollard (1957 - 2019) from Commerce City, CO. Leave your condolences to the family on this memorial page or send flowers to show you care. Savage lost control. He went on to become a popular super-modified champion in the Western States in the 1960sand finally, the Indy Racing circuitachieving the pinnacle of racing, the famed BrickyardIndianapolis Motor Speedway in 1967. From his years with Benton through 1938, Pollocks work was strongly influenced by the compositional methods and regionalist subject matter of his teacher and by the poetically expressionist vision of the American painter Albert Pinkham Ryder. Being a big race fan, I was fortunately allowed to go. A crew. Finally, mercifully, the "72 Hours of Indianapolis" were over. But for a while I was very depressed. google_ad_channel ="0983136519"; Green, who lives in Eugene, was once Pollards body and paint man. another driver," Johncock said. | Indianapolis Star - Sunday, May 13, 1973. People in the pits recall the searing intensity of the heat. Henry Martin always admired Bob Christie. Survivors were his widow, Patricia; a son Michael; a daughter, Judy Dipple of Speedway; and his mother, Mrs. Artie Pollard of McMinnville. Make sure that the file is a photo. 0 cemeteries found in McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA. The yellow came out when light rain began falling on Lap 129. He died of liver failure, attending physician Steve Olvey wrote in his book, "Rapid Response," due to a transfusion of contaminated plasma. There he came under the influence of Frederick John de St. Vrain Schwankovsky, a painter and illustrator who was also a member of the Theosophical Society, a sect that promoted metaphysical and occult spirituality. "Well, you were running 150 mph, you're not running 250. And I looked like a skeleton walking in them because they didn't come close to fitting. Try again later. Johncock parked his car in the short chute and climbed out, intending to check on Savage, his teammate. He went to a hospital locally and started visiting that hospital and bringing drivers with him. He had suffered internal lung lesion due to flame inhalation, a broken leg, a fractured right arm, third-degree burns and a severe spinal injury. driving through a river of flaming methanol," recalled David Hobbs, now a Back then, the Wide World of Sports televised the qualifier, but they did radio updates every 30 minutes, Mike said. | Reality set in quickly when, in a windy practice before pole qualifying, Pollard crashed in the first turn. google_ad_type = "text_image"; For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. and reduce the possibility of fire. Hell, we'd take him on hunting trips, fishing trips, everywhere. I had to learn to walk again. Teran, a mechanic on Graham McRae's car, sprinted down pit lane to see if he could be of help to his injured teammate. With Pollards legacy in mind, the Douglas County Speedway and ASA/Northwest Sprint car Racing Association hosts an annual Art Pollard Memorial race each year in July on a Saturday night. Additionally, he has written for other publications including Speedvision Online, DRIVE! Art was born November 13, 1957, in Denver, CO, to Arthur L. and Philomena "Minnie" (Schenfeld) Pollard. "He was kind of cheering me on and was happy I was in a car, because we were Photo courtesy of Mike Pollard. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. All during practice he was saying that this might be his best year. Sunday marks the 99th year of what many call the greatest spectacle in racing, the Indianapolis 500. Salt miraculously made it back the next year, qualifying in 14th position for the 1974 Indy 500. And I saw myself and , honest to God, didn't believe it was me. In the Saturday morning practice session on May 12th, Pollard was running 191.4 mph when he lost control of his Dan Gurney Eagle car and smashed into the outside retaining wall at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. I couldn't believe it was that bad. When they got me up to walk, I'd get dizzy and go sit back down. And you know, hell, I was a damn good athlete. Thanks for your help! Art Lee Pollard, Jr. (May 5, 1927 - May 12, 1973), was an American racecar driver. Caskey is 81 and Green is 85. ". Please enter your email and password to sign in. Back then, the Wide World of Sports televised the qualifier, but they did radio updates every thirty minutes, Mike said. that much more safe.". He was very courteous as a driver, but very strong and aggressive on the trackbut with respect for the other driver.. He drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1965-1973 seasons, with 82 career starts, including the 1967-1971 Indianapolis 500 races. 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Parking Driver Salt Walther suffered disfiguring burns in a fiery first-lap crash that injured 13 spectators. google_color_url = "0033FF"; Oops, something didn't work. 1965: 3 races;0 wins; 0 Podiums; 0 Pole Positions, 1966: 7 races;0 wins; 0 Podiums; 0 Pole Positions, 1967: 10 races; 0 wins; 0 Podiums; 1 Pole Position, 1968: 20 races; 0 wins; 0 Podiums; 1 Pole Position, 1969: 18 races; 2 wins; 3 Podiums; 0 Pole Positions, 1970: 10 races; 0 wins; 1 Podium;0 Pole Positions, 1971: 10 races; 0 wins; 1 Podium;0 Pole Positions, 1972: 4 races;0 wins; 0 Podiums; 0 Pole Positions, 1967: Car #16; Thermo-King; Laps completed: 195; Start 13; Finished 8, 1968: Car #20; STP; Laps completed: 188; fuel shaft failure; Start 11; Finished 13, 1969: Car #40; STP; Laps completed: 7; driveline failure; Start 12; Finished 31, 1970: Car #10; Car Wash Systems; Laps completed: 28; Piston failure; Start 6; Finished 30, 1971: Car #64; Gilmore; Laps completed: 45; Valve failure; Start 31; Finished 26. Minutes later, Pollard's car smacked the outside wall in Turn 1, spun, flipped and slid to a stop in Turn 2, engulfed in flames. Pollard, a 1945 graduate of Roseburg High School, began his racing career in Roseburg. garbage, and half the 350,000 fans went home. Learn more about merges. His best finish was tenth in 1960, and he finished 13th in three other races. google_color_url = "0033FF"; It was an unspectacular run. Emily Kasriel explores the art of plague from the Black Death to current times. I'd splash on the alcohol and take a handful of sand and squeeze and squeese it. Survivors were his widow, Patricia; a son Michael; a daughter, Judy Dipple of Speedway; and his mother, Mrs. Artie Pollard of McMinnville. During pole qualifying earlier that month, driver Art Pollard was killed in a horrific crash when his car topped 191 mph, then struck the outside wall, burst into flames, spun into the infield. he also had the rookie of the year, Graham McRae, who finished 16th. If you are a WordPress user with administrative privileges on this site, please enter your email address in the box below and click "Send". Don Caskey was on his tractor when his wife Shirley called him inside on May 12, 1973. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Family members linked to this person will appear here. But he never forgot about his old friends. | He died in Indianapolis, Indiana as a result of injuries sustained in practice during the first day of time trials for the 1973 Indianapolis 500. Links Rene Thomas, the 1914 race winner, was driven around the track. Dallenbach said. The following year, while driving one of the celebrated STP-Turbo cars, he qualified 11th and was running fourth with just a few laps to go when a fuel pump drive shaft broke and forced him from the competition. "I think we can trim it out and get a little more out of it," Pollard responded. "When I finally did come back to racing, the other drivers didn't coddle me about what I'd been through. Photo courtesy of Bob Pollard. He is our most famous son, and whether you were privileged to know him or not you can take pride in the fact that Art was one of us., Our promise to Mike and Judy, and all who all knew him best, is as long as there is a Pacific Racing Association, Art Pollard will never be forgotten, both for the kind of guy he was and for his contributions to the sport we all love so much., (In early 1960s) I felt more comfortable running wheel-to-wheel with Art than anyone in history. They wore the same uniform. admitted that seeing an old friend's accident kept him on the safe side of 200. He was a truck driver who was elated when asked to become an STP crewman.]. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? But after the wreck, I looked like I was fifteen years old again. Pollard's was an uncommon touch. google_ad_height = 90; Fuel capacity was reduced from 75 to 40 gallons. In 1961, Art won one of his favorite races, The Western States Championship in Fresno Ca. It did provide money. He turned away from the flatbed truck he was working on when the radio news mentioned his fathers name. "I thought, my goodness, we're never going to recover from this," said the speedway's Carnegie. My left hand was burned so bad that the tips of all the fingers were amputated. Art had little practice time in the car, but late in the afternoon, Art pulled onto the track in his #20 turbine, and his average speed of 166.297 was good enough to earn the 11thstarting spot in the middle of the fourth row. google_ad_client = "pub-8002195670072149"; To use this feature, use a newer browser. Please reset your password. Try again later. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. A race in his name has been held in the Rogue Valley and in Roseburg, where he lived for several years prior to moving to Medford. His early work depicts landscapes and figures with surrealist elements. Photo courtesy of Mike Pollard. Art Pollard (Dad) began racing a small hydroplane on Oregons Umpqua River, next micro-midgets, then modified stockcars in a half-mile oval in Roseburg, Oregon. He is believed to be the first driver from Southern Oregon to race at Indy. By Lap 42, Savage, the 26-year-old charger from California, had taken the lead, a Swede Savage Fan site - articles and pictures, | "He came off the wall and almost landed on the front of my car," said Lee Kunzman, whose first Indy start carried him only a few hundred yards. interrupted again by rain, which, mercifully, caused it to be stopped at Lap 133 of the Pollard was born in Dragon, Utah, but spent much of his youth in and around Los Angeles. The flames melted it and crinkled it all up.". He did everything so well. Auto Racer. "It was my job," he said. It was then Joe Leonards turn in his #60 STP turbine. "I tried to keep an upbeat conversation: 'The seat's here for you, Swede, I'm just "Back then, it was like me sitting on this stool with a seat belt," Foyt said. Art Pollard lived in Medford Oregon during the 1960s and early 70s and was killed during the Indianapolis 500 time trials on May 12, 1973. She also provided a stabilizing factor that he sorely needed, given his drinking and social awkwardness. google_ad_width = 728; I suppose there is truth in the 7 degrees of separation theory. Born in Dragon, Utah, and raised in the Portland, Oregon area, Pollard drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1965-1973 seasons, with 84 career starts, including the 1967-1971 Indianapolis 500 races. A proud family man, a well-respected competitor, a humanitarian, and a friend to all, was gone. The two went to high school together, played football together and even ended up at the same Navy base in San Diego. Jackson Pollock was an American painter who was a leading exponent of Abstract Expressionism, an art movement characterized by the free-associative gestures in paint sometimes referred to as action painting.. Foyt approached and put a hand on Johncock's arm. 1954 Art competes in Bob and Ollies Micro-Midget at the Roseburg Fairgrounds in Oregon. They said it was my fault. Jim Malloy had crashed in this same turn 2 days before and would die 2 days later. He always made time for the people he knew and for the fans, Judy Pollard enjoying Arts race car in their Medford driveway in 1967. In 1948, Green and Caskey traveled with Pollard to race tracks all over the West Coast and Canada to compete in micro-midget and hard-top events. The large wings of 1972-73 were reduced in size. All three major accidents resulted in fireballs. wrong," said Dan Gurney, himself a driver until 1970 and later an owner and car Granatelli was the CEO and affable pitchman of the car's sponsor, STP oil products. In 1945 Pollock married the painter Lee Krasner and moved to East Hampton, on the southern shore of Long Island, New York. Corrections? Johnny Rutherford remembers May 12, 1973, the day of Arts fatal accident: I was the first one by the scene of the accident where he crashed, I could tell it was not good. He explored themes including surrealist navigation of the unconscious and Jungian symbolism. Here, we celebrate Arts remarkable life. Art Pollard was a top-notch racecar driver, but there was more to him than that. clean this time, with Bobby Unser getting a jump on Rutherford, who missed a gear change. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. Try again later. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? As their communities grappled with an invisible enemy, artists have often tried to make sense of the random . from behind at 60 mph and killed him. He never looked back. ", "To me, it was a horrible year," recalled Andy Granatelli. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. No one did. A popular super-modified champion in the Western States in the 1960s to ultimately the Championship Car Series achieving the pinnacle of racing at the famed Brickyard in Indiana. Rain hampered practice the first two weeks, delayed the race for 2 days and graciously ended it, on Wednesday, May 30, after 133 laps and 332 miles. The car slammed into the outside wall coming out of turn one, burst into flames, and spun as it headed to the grass on the inside of the short chute. Tom Carnegie, you know, the voice of Indy, when he says, after being there 60 years, that dad was the most loved driver among the other drivers, that means more than if he ever won Indianapolis to me. Steve Krisiloff, who started the 1973 race seventh and finished sixth, recalled coming around to take the green flag on his pole day qualifying attempt. ($117,009.92 in 2017 dollars Enough to pay cash for a house in some Cities). Art Pollard - driver Pollard moved in next door to Caskey in 1944. [Armando Moreno Teran was a 22 y/o from Culver City Ca. Evergreen Memorial Park. | May 1973 arrived at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with even more hype than usual, I didn't cry 'til I got back to the bed. Milwaukee-area auto dealer. You never saw him when he wasnt smiling, Mike said. Pre Race Events 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500 2016, Marc Evans, 3. But, hell, that 150 was a hell of a lot harder than that 250, you know what I mean? Schwankovsky gave Pollock some rudimentary training in drawing and painting, introduced him to advanced currents of European modern art, and encouraged his interest in theosophical literature. There is a problem with your email/password. "By then, I could laugh about it. The traditional victory banquet was canceled. In 1973, that figure was in excess of 1,000. observers. During one period in 1961, he won 22 of 28 main events. POLLARD--Barbara, who retired in 2002 as the English Department Chairperson at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York City . The chassis dug into the grass and flipped upside-down, slid a short distance and then flipped back over as it reached the pavement again in turn two, finally coming to a stop in the middle of the track. Walther struggled with addiction to pain medicine after his fiery wreck. But the luck and success ran out preparing for the 1973 Indy 500, a race remembered for deadly accidents. He started twenty-fifth and finished twenty-second after a spin. He moved up the ranks, eventually testing himself against the best in the United States Auto Club Championship Car Series. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Search above to list available cemeteries. Turbochargers and bolt-on wings introduced in 1972 resulted in an unprecedented spike in speeds that year. Since 1973, three competitors have been killed at Indy -- Gordon Smiley in '82, Jovy Marcelo in '92 and Scott Brayton in '96 -- along with two spectators and a trespasser home.". I actually had an opportunity to meet him once in Lexington. Verify and try again. The car slammed into the wall coming out of turn one and spun as it headed to the grass on the inside of the short chute. catching its nose and twirling like a propeller a half-dozen times while also overturning. They saw, instead, the fatal first day of the old track's deadliest May since 1937. Art Pollard: The Life and Legacy of a Gentleman Racer by Bob Kehoe. Art was a good human being; a drivers driver. Magazine and eBay Motors. It came out in the papers that i said that maybe I didn't get bumped. Your access to this service has been limited. . We got treated terrible until we qualified. google_color_bg = "ECF8FF"; Dallenbach also talked to Savage in the hospital, because he was hired to replace him. He was 46. Bob Kehoes book, Art Pollard: The Life and Legacy of a Gentleman Racer, Chapter 30 May 12, 1973, Lifelong friends respond to Arts fatal accident, May 12, 1973. Art was born May 5, 1927 in Dragon, Utah. Fast forward 36 years. You can always change this later in your Account settings. Pollard had clipped a wall, an impact that sent his car skidding into the infield grass . He sliced and diced his way up through the field and took the lead from STP teammate and Indy 500 winner Mario Andretti. The race was postponed until Tuesday, when on the second parade lap, the sky opened again and another washout was declared. It began on this day in 1973 when American race car driver Art Lee Pollard, Jr., died in an accident while running practice laps for the Indianapolis 500. The grid was reset without Walther. It was a lot of fun.. "This is what everybody feared," ABC's Jim McKay told the worldwide television audience. As I was driving along I had the radio on, and thats when I heard about Arts crash. Current IndyCars generate 670 horsepower. Patrick owned Patrick Racing, which fielded the winning car, driven by Gordon Johncock. Party Driver Art Pollard was killed in a horrific pole-day qualifying crash. Unfortunately, Indianapolis Motor Speedway was where Pollard lost his life in an accident on May 12, 1973, during a practice run for the Indy 500. Wordfence is a security plugin installed on over 4 million WordPress sites. respectfully declines requests to talk about the race. Once I got the news I called the hospital, and by then he had passed away.. He didn't get to race in 1972 although he qualfied his STP Lola in 10th spot. A.J. Johnny Rutherford won the pole position. If you wait too long, you bog down.. No matter. Generated by Wordfence at Wed, 1 Mar 2023 22:21:11 GMT.Your computer's time: document.write(new Date().toUTCString());. Pollard died in Indianapolis, Indiana, as a result of injuries sustained in a crash during practice on the first day of time trials for the 1973 Indianapolis 500. You will then receive an email that helps you regain access. Try again. Afterward, Patrick and Johncock held the most muted of victory banquets. I am sorry that you lost him at such an early age, but I thought you might appreciate knowing that a while ago, he made a young boys day. canceled and he and many others on the team went instead to Methodist Hospital to check on based on information from your browser. He was a good dad. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7232111/art-lee-pollard. Can You Match These Lesser-Known Paintings to Their Artists? Again on Wednesday, after another rain delay, the teams tried again. The start was Arts son, Mike, turned away from the flatbed truck he was working on when the radio newsman uttered his fathers name. The message was stressed in the costliest of terms Now engineers design and redesign cars and seats and helmets to minimize the effect on He had just turned 46 one week before he died. The. These spiritual explorations prepared him to embrace the theories of the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung and the exploration of unconscious imagery in his paintings in subsequent years. "It was January 1, 2016, and I was just like, 'Eh,. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. And third, what happened? We just took to each other, Green said. And I told 'em: "Goddammit, somebody hit me from behind.". May, 1972 - On May 7th Art Pollard became the 13th member of the 180 . On-board fuel capacity was cut from 75 gallons to 40, turbocharger boost pressure The family left Cody, Wyoming, 11 months after Jacksons birth; he would know Cody only through family photographs. Art qualified in 6th spot in 1970. After these experiences, his work became semiabstract and showed the assimilation of motifs from the modern Spanish artists Pablo Picasso and Joan Mir, as well as the Mexican muralist Jos Clemente Orozco. I was a helluva mess at the time but still conscious. ARTHUR POLLARD OBITUARY *ARTHUR POLLARD* Former University of Arizona football star and horse racing legend, Arthur Pollard, died on September 8th, 2008 at age 86. He had burns, broken bones, and a severe spinal cord injury. Email to Arts brother, Robert Bob Pollard. Smiley's funeral was held on May 20, 1982 and he was buried in his birth location in Nebraska. "My whole family was in tears. He pulled into his pit and climbed out of his car. "Everyone's friend," Unser called him. and trigger another explosion of fuel and car parts. Even though it was so hard to lose him, I find tremendous solace in my faith and the fact that I had such a loving dad. At Milwaukee, on August 22, 1965 - Art Pollard made his USAC Champ Car debut, driving a rear-engine Rolla Vollstedt designed car owned by Jim Robbins. Of course, he got along with everyone real well.. May of 1973 was a deadly month at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, earning it the nickname Bloody May. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. We were listening to the radio broadcast of the activity at Indy when they announced that Art had crashed and later passed away in the hospital. Martin says Bob Christie was a class act in the racing community. The grandstand was showered in debris and burning fuel. Ken Glass, a long-time Roseburg resident, sponsored Arts car until Indianapolis came calling and the rates simply got too expensive. "They had everybody stopped there in Turn 4," Johncock said. Johncock left the track quickly. Still, his professionalism and upbeat demeanor had impressed his peers. By Wednesday, tension and exhaustion infected the track. Wally Dallenbach, who started behind Walther in the middle of the seventh row, was Driver Art Pollard was killed in an accident during a practice Driver Swede Savage and mechanic Armando Teran also died A crowd estimated at 250,000 swarmed Indianapolis Motor Speedway's. gravity. Early attrition knocked out Mario Andretti, stock-car regular Bobby Allison and A.J. The racing thing interested me also.. The organization sanctioned the Indianapolis 500, which Pollard raced in five times. They carried a full fuel load of 75 gallons. There was a problem getting your location. At Indy, the closest grandstand seats were moved back from the fence, and the wall . 'George, he was a great lover of . He was found unconscious, and was rushed to Methodist Hospital in the new Cardiac ambulance. Its just like driving a passenger car. The rain came while workers were still cleaning the track. None of the men ever forgot about May 12, nor did they let their glowing recollections of the man they called friendly, loving and one of a kind fade. //-->. Rutherford was among the first on the scene of the crash. Its a shame she had to hear about Art over the radio, but thats the way things happen when a sporting event is being broadcast., As Harvel Pollard (Arts cousin) remembers, One of the fellows I coached with for a number of years wasnt feeling well that day. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Johnny Rutherford, who had been one of the first drivers on the scene of Pollard's Nov 13, 1957 - Oct 2, 2019 Smiley died instantly from massive trauma inflicted by the severe impact. He had to relearn to walk but he was back at Indy, back in the field for the 1974 Indianapolis 500. Both men stood frozen in their separate locations as news broke on the radio that their friend, Art Pollard, had died in a crash on Pole Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Pollard, 46, was pronounced dead an hour later from pulmonary damage due to flame inhalation. Then I thought: Well, shit. The original comment we heard on the radio was Veteran driver Art Pollard was killed at the Speedway this morning. Our mom, Bobbie Pollard, called after the announcement, asking if what she heard was true. google_color_link = "0033FF"; "We used to average a death a year out here," recalled track announcer Tom "He said, 'You don't want to see it.". 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