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[Photograph 2012.201.B0237.0224]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A veteran Taft stadium stock car driver is Roy Givens, Tinker Air Force base employee who will be one of 35 drivers in eight races including a 40-lap main event Friday night."
Date: July 30, 1959
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0237.0225]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sophomore race driver Roy Givens has his own good luck emblem for the 1954 stock car races in Taft stadium which get underway Tuesday at 8 p.m."
Date: March 20, 1954
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0553.0047]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "At a time when Grand Touring racing is being eaten alive by the turbocharged Porsche, David Hobbs is trying to survive the fast lane in a BMW."
Date: May 10, 1979
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0240.0329]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Hefty Ken Corbit, rookie race driver, inspects his car's powerful motor as he prepares for the 1959 stock car racing schedule which runs every Friday night at Taft Stadium."
Date: April 2, 1959
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.b1270.0472]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Bob Sweikert of Indianapolis, winner of Monday's 500-mile race at the Indianapolis Speedway, embraces his wife, Dolores, after taking his winning car to the garage."
Date: 1955
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1434.0868]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "David Brotherton, who won last week's A and B feature races, vaulted to within six points of super-modified points leader Larry Holman, and the lead will be up for grabs on Tuesday's 7:30 p.m. Oklahoma Racing Association stock car racing program at the fairgrounds track."
Date: May 27, 1975
Creator: Tullous, Don
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.b1270.0476]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Sweikert, Bob - Indianapolis, Indiana - Race driver / Zink Racing - Winner of the 1955 Indianapolis 500 - placed 6th in the 1956 Indianapolis 500 - Died 3 weeks later in fiery crash"
Date: unknown
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.b1270.0475]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Here's the trio that teamed together to win the most famous auto race of 'em all - the 1955 Indianapolis 500-miler. L-r, Bob Sweikert, driver; Jack Zink, Owner; and chief mechanic A.J. Watson."
Date: June 1, 1955
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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