1967 Indianapolis 500 -- Item 1420

Summary

Scottish driver Jim Clark began his association with the United Kingdom's Team Lotus in 1960. He won his first Formula One race in 1962, and his first World Championship in 1963. Clark's second World Championship came in 1965, the same year he won the Indianapolis 500 in a Ford-powered Lotus. Clark died in a racing accident in Germany in 1968.

Scottish driver Jim Clark began his association with the United Kingdom's Team Lotus in 1960. He won his first Formula One race in 1962, and his first World Championship in 1963. Clark's second World Championship came in 1965, the same year he won the Indianapolis 500 in a Ford-powered Lotus. Clark died in a racing accident in Germany in 1968.

Artifact

Digital image

Subject Date

May 1967

Collection Title

Dave Friedman Collection 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.158.317.17538

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Technique

Digital imaging

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 1795 pixel

Width: 1204 pixel

Resolution: 72 dpi

Depth: 24 bit

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