Title |
Auto racing in Utah: the Gary Dean Brown Collection [538] |
Photo Number |
p1238n01_02_400 |
Description |
Color photo of the 1953 Studebaker hardtop with the number "974" on the side and "Just Glad to be Here" near the engine ran in class B/BGCC. "BGCC" stands for "blown gas competition coupe." The car was driven by Lloyd "Hooley" Huffman on the salt flats of the Bonneville Speedway in 2005. A group of men wearing tee shirts and various styles of hats are standing next to the race car. Other vehicles are parked nearby. |
Creator |
Brown, Gary Dean |
Date |
2005 |
Keywords |
Race cars--Photographs; Studebakers--Photographs |
Subject |
Automobiles, Racing--Utah--Bonneville Salt Flats--Photographs; Automobile racing drivers--Utah--Photographs; Bonneville Salt Flats (Utah)--Photographs |
Spatial Coverage |
Bonneville Racetrack (Utah); Bonneville Salt Flats (Utah); Tooele County (Utah) |
Latitude |
40.807778 |
Longitude |
-113.815278 |
Additional Information |
Collection contains photographs of various models of racing cars and their owners and drivers in Utah associated with the Salt Lake Valley Racing Association. Some of them are shown in the Rose Park neighborhood where Gary Dean Brown lived; and many of them were taken at the Bonneville Salt Flats raceway east of Wendover, Utah, where many land speed records were broken. There are also photos taken at race tracks elsewhere in the country where Gary Dean Brown worked, including Indianapolis and Phoenix |
Collection Number and Name |
P1238 Gary Dean Brown Photograph Collection |
Collection Name |
Gary Dean Brown |
Donated By/Purchased From |
Donated by Gary Dean Brown. |
Rights |
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Type |
Image/StillImage |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s67p9q31 |
Setname |
uum_map |
ID |
985037 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s67p9q31 |