Flaming Eagle - Lee Roy Yarbrough of Columbia, S.C., is engulfed by flames here Sunday as his Eagle-Offy hit the turn-one wall at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and burst into flame. Yarbrough escaped serious injury but the championship car had extensive damage.

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Flaming Eagle - Lee Roy Yarbrough of Columbia, S.C., is engulfed by flames here Sunday as his Eagle-Offy hit the turn-one wall at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and burst into flame. Yarbrough escaped serious injury but the championship car had extensive damage.

Associated Press · [ca. May 1971]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Auto Racing: Wrecks

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