Jim Clark Standing in Lotus Ford Racer after Winning the Indianapolis 500 Race, 1965

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Artifact Overview

Jim Clark stood in the cockpit of his #82 Lotus-Ford Type 38 immediately after winning the 1965 Indianapolis 500. The Borg-Warner Trophy, the race's official prize, stood behind him. Clark's victory was the first Indy win in a rear-engine car, and it represented a major technological shift in America's premier motor race.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

May 1965

Creators

Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department

Collection Title

Dave Friedman Collection

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.158.P.145464.228

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 / The Dave Friedman Photo Collection / [address] 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 consent of the / photographer. Handwritten in ink on back upper edge: 145464- 228

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