Dan Gurney and Jim Clark, Dual Overhead Cam Indy Test, November 1963
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Even though front-engine cars dominated the Indianapolis 500, Dan Gurney (center) believed that a rear-engine Formula One style car could win. In 1962 he brought the United Kingdom's Team Lotus together with Ford Motor Company. Jim Clark (right) proved Gurney's theory correct in 1965, winning the Indy 500 in a Ford-powered, rear-engine Lotus Type 38.
Even though front-engine cars dominated the Indianapolis 500, Dan Gurney (center) believed that a rear-engine Formula One style car could win. In 1962 he brought the United Kingdom's Team Lotus together with Ford Motor Company. Jim Clark (right) proved Gurney's theory correct in 1965, winning the Indy 500 in a Ford-powered, rear-engine Lotus Type 38.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
November 1963
Creators
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.72
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: GURNEY & CLARK Machine: LOTUS FORD Date and event: DOHC TEST INDY TEST 11-63 This photograph is the copyright of Dave Friedman and must / not be reproduced without the expressed consent of the / photographer. Handwritten on upper right corner 132555-348
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