Jim Clark in Lotus Racer Talking with Pit Crew at the Indianapolis 500 Race, 1965
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Driver Jim Clark in Formula One style Lotus-Ford race car number 82 confers with his pit crew before winning the Indianapolis 500. This historic victory marked the end of conventional Indy roadsters. After the innovative rear-engine Lotus-Ford's 1965 win, a traditional front-engine car would never again take first place in this prestigious race.
Driver Jim Clark in Formula One style Lotus-Ford race car number 82 confers with his pit crew before winning the Indianapolis 500. This historic victory marked the end of conventional Indy roadsters. After the innovative rear-engine Lotus-Ford's 1965 win, a traditional front-engine car would never again take first place in this prestigious race.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
May 1965
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.P.145231.214
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, Newport Beach, CA] Driver: Machine: Date and event: Indy 500 5-65 / This photograph is the copyright of Dave Friedman and must / not be reproduced without the expressed consent of the / photographer. Handwritten in ink on lower right back corner: 145231 214
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