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Dan Gurney and Jim Clark, Dual Overhead Cam Indy Test, November 1963

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Artifact Overview

Even though front-engine cars dominated the Indianapolis 500, Dan Gurney (center) believed that a rear-engine Formula One style car could win. In 1962 he brought the United Kingdom's Team Lotus together with Ford Motor Company. Jim Clark (right) proved Gurney's theory correct in 1965, winning the Indy 500 in a Ford-powered, rear-engine Lotus Type 38.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

November 1963

Creators

Collection Title

Dave Friedman Collection

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.158.72

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: GURNEY & CLARK Machine: LOTUS FORD Date and event: DOHC TEST INDY TEST 11-63 This photograph is the copyright of Dave Friedman and must / not be reproduced without the expressed consent of the / photographer. Handwritten on upper right corner 132555-348
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