Unusual color shot of Tony Bettenhausen qualifying picture. This was on Pole Day when few cars qualified at end of day. Crowd is still large.

Clear shot of Vuky holding Indianapolis News after getting second victory in '54.

Vuky laughs at something while sitting in Speedway Garage in 1953.

Sam Hanks goes head to head with Vuky down the Main Straightaway in 1954. Comparison of two cars does show how small FIS was.

Nice shot of IMS Front Gate from 1953, '54, or '55.

Cars wait to practice in 1956. Rebuilt Hopkins Special driven by Jim Rathman is in background. Car appeared to have same pit as Vukovich in '55.

Jim Rathman qualifying picture from 1955. Note antenna on rear cowling. Car was the first Indy car to use radios in race but they were intermittant.

Interesting "studio" type shot of Vuky in Fuel Injection Special in 1952.

Billy Vukovich III

News clipping of Vukovich receiving winners check from Wilbur Shaw at 1954 "500" Victory Dinner.

News photo of Eli Vukovich posing in front of the radio in which he listened to the '55 race and heard the tragic news of his brother's death.

Thank you note placed in the newspaper expressing gratitude for the tremendous outpouring of sympathy and support.

Scan of original copy of email from Ward family explaining cause of accident. To read, put pointer in right hand corner and click on icon to enlarge.

Photo taken the same day as the famous "Vukovich putting gas in Boyd's car" picture. J.C. Agajanian holds up three fingers indicating a possible three Indy victories for Vuky.

A clear shot of Vukovich pumping gas at his Fresno service station.

At the Fresno service station, Agajanian points at the writing on the side of Vukovich's pace car awarded to him for winning the '54 Indy 500.

Vuky stands in front of his name on the pit wall which has been altered as a prank.. Taken in '53 and Vukovich was considered the favorite to win.

Vuky points to his ears to indicate he can't hear anything after the blistering '53 race.

The parade in Fresno honoring Vuky in '54 featured a marching band.

A cropped picture of the parade in Fresno showing the rest of the parade entourage.

A clear picture of Vukovich in the special Chrysler Phaeton car the family rode in the parade in Fresno

A closer image of Vukovich and the family during the parade.

The Fuel Injection Special was driven out and put on a flat bed truck and rode in the parade for everybody to see.

A closer view of the FIS on the flatbed truck. The people on the trailer appear to be Jim Travers (left) and Jack Beckley.

A great shot of Vukovich and his family in the Chrysler Phaeton after arriving at the Fresno Memorial Auditorium after the completion of the parade.

The cars blast into the first turn in the 1953 "500" with Vukovich in the lead. Note how close fans are to fence.

Vukovich talks with an unidentified person outside his garage in Gasoline Alley in 1955.

A rare color shot Vukovich and the Hopkins Special on pit road. Faded color has been corrected as much as possible.

Another one of the faded color shots with the Hopkins Special on pit road. Appears to be qualifying day.

Drivers (Vukovich in center) listen to instructions during drivers meeting for '55 race.

Drivers sign autographs during drivers meeting in 1955. Vukovich is in center.

Vukovich's pit on what appears to be the morning of the '55 race.

This photo appears to be the morning of the 1955 race. The car appears to be being rolled out in preparation for the race.

Rare color shot of Vuky with one of his early midget rides.