First Look at the Newest STP McNamara Indy Racing Car, circa 1970
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The Indy car evolved in the late 1960s and early '70s as experiments with aerodynamic forces resulted in wedge-shaped bodies. This photograph shows Mario Andretti, center, consulting with racing engineers, Jo Karasek, left, and Francis McNamara, right, over a model of a proposed new Indy car.
The Indy car evolved in the late 1960s and early '70s as experiments with aerodynamic forces resulted in wedge-shaped bodies. This photograph shows Mario Andretti, center, consulting with racing engineers, Jo Karasek, left, and Francis McNamara, right, over a model of a proposed new Indy car.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
circa 1970
Subject Date
circa 1970
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.103.48
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 under image on front of image: FIRST LOOK-- Newest STP - McNamara "Indy" model racing car is inspected at Lenggries, / Germany shops of McNamara cars by: (left to right) Jo Karasek, chief engineer; Mario / Andretti, No. 1 driver, STP Racing Team and Francis McNamara, former Green Beret officer / who heads McNamara shops in German Alpine Villiage.
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