Mario Andretti, Al Unser, Sr., and Parnelli Jones
Photographer
Associated Press
(founded 1846)
Date1973
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions6 1/16 × 8 7/16 in. (15.3 × 21.4 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker
Object numberPA2019.041.066
DescriptionParnelli Jones kneels in front of a race car at Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California. In the cockpit of the car is Mario Andretti and sitting on the side of the car, next to Andretti, is Al Unser, Sr. The car is parked on the track of the speedway. Other cars and people are in the background. Andretti and Unser are both wearing race suits. Jones is wearing a leather shirt and black pants. All three men are looking toward the camera. A caption on the back of the photograph reads, "This is the new lower, wider and faster car which Parnelli Jones has built for the 1973 USAC championship season. Jones, kneeling in front to conceal a feature he didn’t want photographed, watched Mario Andretti, in cockpit, hit 197.8 per hour in tests at Ontario (California) Motor Speedway. Sitting beside Andretti is Al Unser who with Joe Leonard, will drive the new car this year."On View
Not on view
June 2, 1972
