Jim Clark Standing in Lotus Ford Racer after Winning the Indianapolis 500 Race, 1965
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Jim Clark stood in the cockpit of his Lotus-Ford Type 38 immediately after winning the 1965 Indianapolis 500. The Borg-Warner Trophy, the race's official prize, stood behind him. Clark's victory was the first Indy win in a rear-engine car, and it represented a major technological shift in America's premier motor race.
Jim Clark stood in the cockpit of his Lotus-Ford Type 38 immediately after winning the 1965 Indianapolis 500. The Borg-Warner Trophy, the race's official prize, stood behind him. Clark's victory was the first Indy win in a rear-engine car, and it represented a major technological shift in America's premier motor race.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
May 1965
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.P.145464.313
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 Ford / 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 back upper edge: 145464- 313
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