Andy Granatelli - 1969 Indianapolis 500/STP Team Winner/Vintage Signed Photo

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Andy Granatelli - 1969 Indianapolis 500/STP Team Winner/Vintage Signed Photo
Anthony "Andy" Granatelli (1923-2013) -  American businessman, most prominent as the President and CEO of STP as well as a major figure in automobile racing events.
In 1946, the three brothers entered the first of several Indianapolis 500 races, as the Grancor racing team. Granatelli eventually became visible in the racing world in the 1960s as the spokesman for STP oil and gasoline treatment products, appearing on its television and radio advertisements as well as sponsoring race cars. He clad his pit crews in white coveralls with the oval STP logo scattered all over them, and once wore a suit jacket with the same STP-laden design. He made a cameo appearance in the 1968 Disney movie The Love Bug.
Granatelli's cars became a significant presence at the Indianapolis 500. While he first gained notoriety by re-introducing the Novi engine, his best known entries were his turbine-powered cars in 1967 and 1968. In both years, he saw probable race-winners fail near the end.
He was awarded as an Indianapolis 500 winner in 1969. After his innovative Lotus four-wheel drive car was destroyed in practice upon establishing itself as one of the most dominants cars to date, his driver Mario Andretti, nursing the burns from the Lotus crash, won at the wheel of a year-old backup car.
It was believed that Granatelli attended every Indianapolis 500, whether as a participant or as a spectator, from 1946–2012. He did not attend the race in 2013, and died later that year.
7.8” x 10” vintage black and white glossy photograph signed and inscribed in ballpoint pen. Very fine.
This is from an extensive 50 year collection covering all categories, that was built from the 1940’s through the 1980’s.
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