Ted Horn Poster
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Michael Andretti, Tony Bettenhausen, Rex Mays… Who was the most gifted Indy car champion never to win the Indy 500? We can’t be sure – but Ted Horn needs to be part of the conversation. He won the 1946, ’47 and ’48 AAA titles (the equivalent of today’s IndyCar championship), but at Indy never quite clinched. Yet between 1936 and 1948 (Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s 1942-’45 dormancy due to World War II cost him four chances of glory), he scored nine consecutive finishes of fourth or better. At a time when racecars were far less reliable than today, and at a time when the Brickyard was a car-punisher, Horn’s record – and yes, it remains an Indy record, 80-something years later – is extraordinary.
This illustration depicts Horn in his gorgeous Maserati 8CTF at the Speedway in 1947. He took pole position but an early oil leak caused two long pitstops that cost him seven laps, but he charged hard, eventually claiming third place behind the “Blue Crown” Diedts of Mauri Rose and Bill Holland, having lapped 5mph faster than them.
The following year, still driving the aged Maserati, Horn qualified fifth and led 74 laps but sand in the rod bearings caused a strange noise that persuaded this mechanically sympathetic driver to back off and nurse the car to the finish. Horn wouldn’t get another chance at IMS: after clinching his third straight championship, he perished in a crash at DuQuoin, Illinois, on Oct. 10, 1948, after a wheel spindle broke.
Museum-quality posters made on thick matte paper.
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
• Paper is sourced from Japan
This illustration depicts Horn in his gorgeous Maserati 8CTF at the Speedway in 1947. He took pole position but an early oil leak caused two long pitstops that cost him seven laps, but he charged hard, eventually claiming third place behind the “Blue Crown” Diedts of Mauri Rose and Bill Holland, having lapped 5mph faster than them.
The following year, still driving the aged Maserati, Horn qualified fifth and led 74 laps but sand in the rod bearings caused a strange noise that persuaded this mechanically sympathetic driver to back off and nurse the car to the finish. Horn wouldn’t get another chance at IMS: after clinching his third straight championship, he perished in a crash at DuQuoin, Illinois, on Oct. 10, 1948, after a wheel spindle broke.
Museum-quality posters made on thick matte paper.
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
• Paper is sourced from Japan
