1954 INDIANAPOLIS 500 MILE RACE BILL VUKOVICH ART CROSS JACK MCGRATH 64694

This film — presented by Dodge, the official pace car of the 1954 Indianapolis 500 Mile Race — gives viewers a chance a to experience the sights and sounds of the 1954 race featuring the country’s top drivers, which was won by Bill Vukovich. The event was part of the 1954 AAA National Championship Trail, and was also race 2 of 9 in the 1954 World Championship of Drivers. The film opens with footage of the 1954 Dodge pace car as it drives by the grandstands, and various other cars speeding around the track. Jack McGrath positions his no. 2 car for qualifiers (01:21); he races on the track and smashes the qualifications record (02:00). Other drivers then qualify for the Indianapolis 500, including Jimmy Daywalt (02:35) and Duane Carter (02:52). Mechanics review the engines of their cars (03:57). The film then takes viewers on a tour of a roadster that is taken apart to show the various components of the car (04:30), before cutting back to footage of drivers trying to qualify for the race. Bill Vukovich, winner