Johnny Rutherford in Pennzoil Chaparral Number 4 Race Car at the Indianapolis 500, 1980

Summary

This photograph shows Johnny Rutherford driving the Pennzoil Chaparral 2K Number 4 race car to victory at the 1980 Indianapolis 500. Owner Jim Hall employed designer John Barnard to create a race car winner. Barnard used various aerodynamic design elements to hold the vehicle close to the ground. Rutherford and the Chaparral 2K would win five races during the year.

This photograph shows Johnny Rutherford driving the Pennzoil Chaparral 2K Number 4 race car to victory at the 1980 Indianapolis 500. Owner Jim Hall employed designer John Barnard to create a race car winner. Barnard used various aerodynamic design elements to hold the vehicle close to the ground. Rutherford and the Chaparral 2K would win five races during the year.

Artifact

Print (Visual work)

Date Made

25 May 1980

Subject Date

25 May 1980

Creators

Unknown

Collection Title

Phil Harms Collection 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.103.47

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Photomechanical processes

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 8 in

Width: 10 in

Inscriptions

Printed on back of image: THE PENNZOIL CHAPARRAL / It's the most brilliant yellow race car ever seen at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway... Paragraph printed next to image of Jim Hall: ... creator of the famed series of Chapparal cars...truly a design pioneer in the sport. Paragraph printed next to image of Johnny Rutherford: Who is better qualified to drive the "yellow rose of Texas" ...

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