Old Original Indy 500 USAC Badge "CALIFORNIA 500" Myron Stevens 1977 Very Rare

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"NO RESERVE AUCTION" An original old early California 500 USAC Race Car Badge from 1977. On the front say's MYRON STEVENS CALIFORNIA 500 1977 "TECHNICAL INSPECTOR" #73 UNITED STATES AUTO CLUB and on the back
still has it's original Pin Back Keeper.
Myron Stevens
(17 February 1901
Los Angeles, California
– 2 July 1988
Sun City West, Arizona
) was an
American
racecar driver
, but achieved more fame as a racecar builder. Stevens started working for Harry A. Miller in 1922, building bodies, frames and fuel tanks for Miller race cars. In 1927,
Frank S. Lockhart
, the winner of the 1926
Indianapolis 500
, hired Stevens to help create the body for Lockhart's Stutz Black Hawk land speed record car. After Lockhart was killed in that car while attempting a land speed record in 1928, Stevens established his own shop and continued building racecar bodies.
In 1930, the second through sixth place finishers at the Indianapolis 500 all had Stevens chassis. He built cars for Indy stars such as
Louis Meyer
,
Wilbur Shaw
,
Peter DePaolo
,
Chet Gardner
,
Rex Mays
and others. In 1955, one of his cars took pole position at Indy
. These early rare Race Car Badges were given to the Race Car Members registered with the USAC to work with the Race Car Drivers & Owners at a sanctioned event!!!
I am selling off all my old Indy 500 racing memorabilia that I have collected for the past 50+ years so I can CASHOUTANDTRAVEL!!!!
This
old original Race Car Badge measures 3 inches across and 3 1/2 inches tall. A Very Rare Find!!! Check out the pictures before bidding. A very rare and hard to find USAC Race Car piece of memorabilia. I will combine shipping to help you save on postage.
"NO RESERVE AUCTION"
Payment by U.S.A.$$$$ or PAYPAL. U.S.A. Shipping is .95 with tracking or Free Local Pickup. International Buyers contact seller for shipping costs. Please note: I will accept check or m.o. payment from a buyer if (and only if) the buyer requests it. Can be picked up at Steve McQueens old airplane hangar here on the old Santa Paula Airport in Santa Paula California. If you have any questions message me.
Danny Brucker
8053405547
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