Cooper T81 Driven by Jochen Rindt in the Grand Prix of the United States, Watkins Glen, October 1966
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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
Negative (Photograph)
Date Made
30 September 1966-02 October 1966
Subject Date
30 September 1966-02 October 1966
Creators
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.N.661006.7
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 0.875 in
Width: 1.375 in
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