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Wood Brothers Racing Team Working on Lotus 38 Racecar during Pit Stop, Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 31, 1965

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Artifact Overview

Tires are changed on Bobby Johns's Lotus-Ford during the 1965 Indianapolis 500. Ford Motor Company hired the Wood Brothers, the fastest, most efficient crew in NASCAR, to service its cars. Even though Johns's Lotus was number 83, the Woods wore the same uniforms they used when racing their number 21 Ford on stock car tracks. Johns finished in seventh place.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Slide (Photograph)

Subject Date

31 May 1965

Creators

Collection Title

Dave Friedman Collection

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.158.57

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Plastic

Technique

Mounting

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 1.75 in
Width: 1.75 in

Inscriptions

Printed on slide mount above image: INDIANAPOLIS 500 / INDIANAPOLIS, IND, USA / 31st MAY 1965 / PHOTO: DAVE FRIEDMAN
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