Jarvis, Elissa Pace car Ford pace car for a race parked in front of the Pitt County Courthouse where a band and chorus are performing. Dates from negative sleeve. 741.21.k.2 4324 282 1950 1959 1950-1959 eng still image negatives (photographic) 10cm x 12.5cm Automobile racing North Carolina Greenville Marching bands North Carolina Greenville Choruses North Carolina Greenville Courthouses North Carolina Greenville United States North Carolina Pitt County (N.C.) Greenville (N.C.) Daily Reflector (Greenville, N.C.) contributor Community Organizations and Celebrations Copyright held by Joyner Library. Permission to reuse this work is granted for all non-commercial purposes. The Daily Reflector Image Collection reflector Regional/National events rne 0741 Pace car Ford pace car for a race parked in front of the Pitt County Courthouse where a band and chorus are performing. Dates from negative sleeve. Automobile racing--North Carolina--Greenville Daily Reflector (Greenville, N.C.) 1950-1959 StillImage negatives (photographic) J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University eng 4324 Copyright held by Joyner Library. Permission to reuse this work is granted for all non-commercial purposes. Marching bands--North Carolina--Greenville Choruses--North Carolina--Greenville Courthouses--North Carolina--Greenville United States--North Carolina--Pitt County (N.C.)--Greenville (N.C.) 1953 Ford Sunliner Indy 500 Pace Car Convertible 1953 Ford Crestline Sunliner Indianapolis 500 Pace Car Convertible, rumored to be just one of 10 known to exist. The date, May 30, 1953 was permanently stenciled on its rear fender, as well as the words ‘official pace car’ on the driver’s door. 1953 was Ford’s 50th year. Driven in the 1953 race by William Clay Ford, Sr. He was the 4th member of the Ford family to be a pace car driver. Bill Vukovich (Fresno Ca.) won the 1953 Indy 500, he endured searing heat and led for 195 laps to win the 500, one of only five drivers that year to finish the race without relief. His average speed was 128.74 mph. His qualifying speed is 138.392 mph. local, filename 4324.0001 26634940 image/tiff 6.0 PRONOM PUID: fmt/10 little endian uncompressed MD5 9bc87b2a7dbff9bc42ffb42b5caff825 ecu:digital_collections 3962 3358 Grayscale BlackIsZero 100 mm 125 mm 20081121 Digital Collections Epson Perfection V750 PRO Silverfast Ai v6.4.4r7 object plane in. 875 1 875 1 16 integer 1 internal