The Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) Museum has recently acquired several original motorsports-themed works of art painted by the distinguished fine artist John C. Orfe III. Many of Orfe’s incredible works were featured in a one-artist show at the IMS Museum’s gallery during its inaugural art exhibit in 2017-18.

A sampling of the works depicts auto racing legends including Mario Andretti, Mark Donohue, Parnelli Jones, and Joe Leonard. The works also depict famous race cars covering multiple eras, from 1920s Millers to the 1952 Novi Pure Oil Special, to the late 1960s Andy Granatelli STP-sponsored turbines, to the unforgettable 1982 duel between Gordon Johncock’s Wildcat and Rick Mears’s No. 1 Gould Charge Penske/Cosworth.

The Museum also acquired Orfe originals of early NASCAR racing on Florida’s famed Daytona Beach, plus two large watercolor/gouache paintings of the 1936 and 1937 Vanderbilt Trophy Cup races.