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
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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