Jim Clark, #82 Lotus-Ford, 1965 Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 1965
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Jimmy Clark changed the face of the Indianapolis 500 in 1965 with his victory in a Lotus Type 38 powered by a rear-mounted Ford V-8 engine. Indy traditionalists, more familiar with front-engine roadsters, questioned Clark's lightweight Formula One-style chassis. But Clark silenced the doubters when he won with a record-setting average race speed of 150.686 miles per hour.
Jimmy Clark changed the face of the Indianapolis 500 in 1965 with his victory in a Lotus Type 38 powered by a rear-mounted Ford V-8 engine. Indy traditionalists, more familiar with front-engine roadsters, questioned Clark's lightweight Formula One-style chassis. But Clark silenced the doubters when he won with a record-setting average race speed of 150.686 miles per hour.
Artifact
Digital image
Subject Date
May 1965
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.317.10567
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Technique
Digital imaging
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 1204 pixel
Width: 1795 pixel
Resolution: 72 dpi
Depth: 24 bit
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