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Photo of famous race car driver Bill Holland in his Blue Crown racing car, located behind what appears to be racetrack grand stand. Holland drove a Blue Crown car when he won the 1949 Indianapolis 500.
Signed on negative: ‘From one Firestone Booster to another. Sincerely, Bill Holland’.
His car has Firestone tires. Other sponsors with decals on side: ‘Blue Crown Spark Plug SPL’ and Mobil’s Pegasus Flying Horse.
Framed with glass.
8 ⅝” x 10 ⅝”
(Red text is an electronic watermark that is not physically part of the photo for sale)
Bill Holland (1907 –1984) was an American race car driver from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who won the Indianapolis 500 in 1949 and finished second in 1947, 1948 and 1950. He also was runner up in the 1947 AAA National Championship.
He nearly won the 1947 Indianapolis 500 as a rookie but slowed and allowed teammate Mauri Rose to pass him seven laps from the end, mistakenly believing that Rose was a lap down. Ironically, in 1949 Holland led late in the race when Rose (still teammate to Holland on Lou Moore's Blue Crown Spark Plug team) began to slowly close on Holland. Moore saw what was happening out on the track and hung out a pit board ordering both drivers to hold their respective positions to the finish. Rose picked up the pace, closing on Holland. But with 8 laps to go, Rose suffered a magneto failure and Holland cruised to the victory. When Rose (who had finished second) returned to the pits, Moore fired Rose on the spot.
Holland is believed to have got over 40 sprint car feature wins and 150 podiums.
