Jim Clark Seated in Lotus Racer, with Colin Chapman and Pit Crew at Indianapolis 500 Race, 1965

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Artifact Overview

Driver Jimmy Clark conferred with Team Lotus director Colin Chapman (in sunglasses) at the 1965 Indianapolis 500. Clark's #82 rear-engine Lotus Type 38, powered by a 256-cubic-inch Ford V-8, won that year's race -- the first rear-engine car to take the checkered flag at Indy.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

May 1965

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.158.7

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 / 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 small label on upper right corner of label reads: 5-19 / P.84
Jim Clark Seated in Lotus Racer, with Colin Chapman and Pit Crew at Indianapolis 500 Race, 1965