Lotus Racer with Ford Engine at the Indianapolis 500 Race, 1965
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Scotsman Jimmy Clark piloted his Ford-powered Lotus Type 38 around Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1965. Clark won that year's Indianapolis 500 with an average race speed of 150.686 miles per hour. He was the first driver to win Indy in a rear-engine car, and the first foreign driver to win since 1916.
Scotsman Jimmy Clark piloted his Ford-powered Lotus Type 38 around Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1965. Clark won that year's Indianapolis 500 with an average race speed of 150.686 miles per hour. He was the first driver to win Indy in a rear-engine car, and the first foreign driver to win since 1916.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
May 1965
Creators
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.P.650539.13.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Printed label with handwriting in categories adhered to back of image reads: Must Credit / The Dave Friedman Photo Collection / [address] Driver: Jim Clark / Machine: Lotus 38 / Date and event: Indy 500 5-65 / Remarks: (handwritten in pencil: Designed by Len Terry fully enclosed monoque chassis / This photograph is the copyright of Dave Friedman and must / not be reproduced without the expressed consent of the / photographer. Handwritten on upper right corner of label: 5-27 / P-83
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