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Jim Clark and his Racing Team with Lotus Racer, Indianapolis 500 Race, 1965

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Artifact Overview

Jim Clark (in car), Colin Chapman (in necktie, kneeling) and the Team Lotus crew posed with Clark's Lotus-Ford Type 38 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1965. Designer Chapman and driver Clark revolutionized the Indy 500 with their rear-engine Formula One style car. It was the very opposite of the front-engine roadsters that dominated the race prior to Clark's 1965 victory.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

May 1965

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.158.5

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 / Dave Friedman / [address in Santa Ana, California] 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 / permission of the photographer
Jim Clark and his Racing Team with Lotus Racer, Indianapolis 500 Race, 1965