[Jeret Schroeder and Sarah Fisher crossing the finish line]

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Photograph of Jeret Schroeder (#6) and Sarah Fisher (#15) crossing the finish line at the Excite 500 Indy Racing Northern Light Series race held at Texas Motor Speedway. Schroeder's white, red, and blue car pulls slightly ahead of Fisher's blue and white car as they speed past a man waving a green flag from atop an elevated box, its side adorned by the Excite 500 logo. The man has short dark hair and wears a wired earpiece, glasses, and a black short-sleeved shirt. Before and after the finish line on the road below is "Texas" in white text with the … continued below

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1 photograph : col. ; 5 x 7 in.

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Creator: Unknown. October 15, 2000.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Denton Chamber of Commerce Collection and was provided by the UNT Libraries Special Collections to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Photograph of Jeret Schroeder (#6) and Sarah Fisher (#15) crossing the finish line at the Excite 500 Indy Racing Northern Light Series race held at Texas Motor Speedway. Schroeder's white, red, and blue car pulls slightly ahead of Fisher's blue and white car as they speed past a man waving a green flag from atop an elevated box, its side adorned by the Excite 500 logo. The man has short dark hair and wears a wired earpiece, glasses, and a black short-sleeved shirt. Before and after the finish line on the road below is "Texas" in white text with the Texas Motor Speedway logo at either end of the word. To the left of the road is an extensive line of bleachers that crowds of people occupy, a tall metal fence separating them from the road, while to the right is a swath of grass.

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1 photograph : col. ; 5 x 7 in.

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  • Preferred Citation: Courtesy of Denton Chamber of Commerce Collection (AR0845), University of North Texas Special Collections

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Denton Chamber of Commerce Collection

These materials document Chamber activities from 1938-1998, with emphasis on an advertising campaign developed in 1967 to attract new businesses to the city.

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  • October 15, 2000

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  • Feb. 16, 2023, 12:47 p.m.

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[Jeret Schroeder and Sarah Fisher crossing the finish line], photograph, October 15, 2000; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2025031/: accessed June 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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