Eagle/Ford Race Car Driven by Jochen Rindt in the 51st Indianapolis 500, May 1967
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Austrian Jochen Rindt competed four times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans -- winning in 1965 -- and twice in the Indianapolis 500. He spent six seasons in Formula One. Rindt died in a crash during practice in 1970 but had already earned enough points for that year's F1 World Drivers' Championship -- the only driver to win the title posthumously.
Austrian Jochen Rindt competed four times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans -- winning in 1965 -- and twice in the Indianapolis 500. He spent six seasons in Formula One. Rindt died in a crash during practice in 1970 but had already earned enough points for that year's F1 World Drivers' Championship -- the only driver to win the title posthumously.
Artifact
Slide (Photograph)
Date Made
May 1967
Subject Date
May 1967
Creators
Unknown
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.3571
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 2 in
Width: 2 in
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