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4 unusual facts about Peter Helck


James Dietz

Peter Helck Award, Automotive Fine Artists of America show at Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, 1999, 2000

Peter Helck

In 1941 Helck acquired the famous Locomobile Old 16 racecar, which had won the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup, the first American-made car to win a race against international competition.

Helck worked for many of the major automobile magazines, in particular The Autocar, which took him to England and to major races in France and Italy.

Helck developed an early interest in automobiles, and as a boy caught rides with the race car driver who tested Simplex cars.


Famous Artists School

For the founding faculty, Dorne recruited John Atherton, Austin Briggs, Stevan Dohanos, Robert Fawcett, Peter Helck, Fred Ludekens, Al Parker, Norman Rockwell, Ben Stahl, Harold von Schmidt and Jon Whitcomb.


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