Jim Clark and his Racing Team with Lotus Racer, Indianapolis 500 Race, 1965
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Jim Clark (in car), Colin Chapman (in necktie, kneeling) and the Team Lotus crew posed with Clark's Lotus-Ford Type 38 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1965. Designer Chapman and driver Clark revolutionized the Indy 500 with their rear-engine Formula One style car. It was the very opposite of the front-engine roadsters that dominated the race prior to Clark's 1965 victory.
Jim Clark (in car), Colin Chapman (in necktie, kneeling) and the Team Lotus crew posed with Clark's Lotus-Ford Type 38 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1965. Designer Chapman and driver Clark revolutionized the Indy 500 with their rear-engine Formula One style car. It was the very opposite of the front-engine roadsters that dominated the race prior to Clark's 1965 victory.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
May 1965
Creators
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.5
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 / Dave Friedman / [address in Santa Ana, California] Driver: Jim Clark / Machine: Lotus Ford / Date and event: Indy 500 5-65 / This photograph is the copyright of Dave Friedman / and must not be reproduced without the expressed / permission of the photographer
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