Jim Clark in the Lotus-Ford #82 after the Indianapolis 500 Race, June 1, 1965

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Artifact Overview

Driver Jim Clark gave a thumbs-up signal from the cockpit of his #82 Lotus-Ford Type 38 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1965. Clark won that year's Indianapolis 500 in his Formula One-style car -- the first rear-engine car to win at Indy. The British-built racer was powered by a 495-horsepower Ford V-8 engine.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Slide (Photograph)

Subject Date

01 June 1965

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.158.42

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 2 in
Width: 2 in

Inscriptions

On top of slide mount: INDIANAPOLIS 500 / INDIANAPOLIS, IND, USA / 31st MAY 1965 / PHOTO: DAVE FRIEDMAN