Racing Gloves worn by Mario Andretti during the Indianapolis 500
date: label: date made
content: ca 1969
name: label: Associated Name
content: Rowlands, Edwin
notes: label: Description
content: Gloves worn by auto-racer Mario Andretti while winning the 1969 Indianapolis 500 and later given to collector Ed Rowlands. Held at the Indianapolis (Indiana) Motor Speedway, the "Indy" 500, first run in 1911, is considered one of the most prestigious events in motorsports. In 1969 Andretti won in a (then) record-breaking time of 3:11:14.71. It was the accomplished drivers lone Indy 500 victory.
label: Description
content: Considered on of the greatest athletes in auto-racing history, Mario Andretti emigrated to the United States from Italy in 1955, becoming a naturalized citizen in 1964. Beginning with stock cars, Andretti competed in myriad types of races throughout his career, including NASCAR, IROC, IndyCar and Formula 1, becoming one of the few drivers to win races in each format. Notable victories include the 1967 Daytona 500 and the 1978 Dutch Grand Prix (part of a campaign where he finished the year as Formula 1’s Champion Driver.)
label: Description
content: Named United States “Driver of the Year” three times, Andretti has been given numerous accolades, including being named “Driver of the (20th) Century” by the Associated Press. He was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2001.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: auto racing
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: Subject
content: Italian Americans
label: related event
content: Indianapolis 500
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Edwin A. Rowlands
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0347.08
label: accession number
content: 1983.0347
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0347.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: gloves, auto racing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 5 in; 19.05 cm x 12.7 cm