Racing Driver Jochen Rindt at Canadian Grand Prix, Mosport International Raceway, August 1969
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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
Photographic print
Subject Date
20 September 1969
Creators
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.192
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10 in
Width: 7.25 in
Inscriptions
Text on back: Printed label with handwriting in categories adhered to back of image reads: Must Credit / Dave Friedman / [address] Driver: Jo Rindt Machine: Lotus 49B Date and event: Canada GP 8-69 Remarks: This photograph is the copyright of Dave Friedman / and must not be reproduced without the expressed / consent of the photographer. Handwritten at bottom of label: P.72 39.4% Handwritten at top of label: GP21
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