Lotus Racer with Ford Engine during Indianapolis 500 Race, 1965
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Artifact Overview
Scotsman Jimmy Clark piloted his #82 Ford-powered Lotus Type 38 around Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1965. Clark won that year's Indianapolis 500 with an average race speed of 150.686 miles per hour. He was the first driver to win Indy in a rear-engine car, and the first foreign driver to win since 1916.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
May 1965
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.P.650588.37
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 38 Ford /
Date and event: Indy 500 S-65 /
This photograph is the copyright of Dave Friedman and must / not be reproduced without the expressed consent of the / photographer.
Handwritten in pencil above label reads: P.1
Small white label on the larger label reads: Frontis
Masking tape on lower right hand corner has writing in blue pen which reads: 26B / MS
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