Lotus Racer with Pit Crew Loading Fuel at Indianapolis 500 Race, 1965
THF110504 / Lotus Racer with Pit Crew Loading Fuel at Indianapolis 500 Race, 1965
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Artifact Overview
Jimmy Clark's Lotus-Ford is refueled during Clark's run to victory in the 1965 Indianapolis 500. To service Clark's car Ford Motor Company hired the Wood Brothers, the fastest, most efficient crew in NASCAR. Even though Clark's Lotus was number 82, the Woods wore the same uniforms they used when racing their number 21 Ford on the stock car tracks.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
May 1965
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.9
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, Newport Beach, CA]
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: 5-39 RP2 (?)
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