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- 1965 Indianapolis 500 -- Item 500 - Scotsman Jimmy Clark piloted his #82 Ford-powered Lotus Type 38 around Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1965. Clark won that year's Indianapolis 500 with an average race speed of 150.686 miles per hour. He was the first driver to win Indy in a rear-engine car, and the first foreign driver to win since 1916.
- May 01, 1965
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1965 Indianapolis 500 -- Item 500
Scotsman Jimmy Clark piloted his #82 Ford-powered Lotus Type 38 around Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1965. Clark won that year's Indianapolis 500 with an average race speed of 150.686 miles per hour. He was the first driver to win Indy in a rear-engine car, and the first foreign driver to win since 1916.
- 1961 Indianapolis 500 -- Item500 - Australian driver Jack Brabham competed in the 1961 Indianapolis 500 with the #17 Kimberly Cooper Special. The car, formally designated a Cooper-Climax T54, was based on Formula One design and engineering. Its low-slung body and rear-engine layout were unlike other cars at Indy that year. Brabham qualified at 145.144 mph, and he earned a ninth-place finish in the race.
- May 01, 1961
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1961 Indianapolis 500 -- Item500
Australian driver Jack Brabham competed in the 1961 Indianapolis 500 with the #17 Kimberly Cooper Special. The car, formally designated a Cooper-Climax T54, was based on Formula One design and engineering. Its low-slung body and rear-engine layout were unlike other cars at Indy that year. Brabham qualified at 145.144 mph, and he earned a ninth-place finish in the race.
- 1966 Indianapolis 500 -- Item 500 - Dave Friedman has captured and preserved auto racing history through his own photography and his collection of works by other photographers. This image documents the weeks-long events surrounding the fiftieth running of the Indianapolis 500. Indy rookie Graham Hill finished first. Hill was one of only seven drivers to complete the race after crashes and mechanical failures thinned the original field of thirty-three.
- May 01, 1966
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1966 Indianapolis 500 -- Item 500
Dave Friedman has captured and preserved auto racing history through his own photography and his collection of works by other photographers. This image documents the weeks-long events surrounding the fiftieth running of the Indianapolis 500. Indy rookie Graham Hill finished first. Hill was one of only seven drivers to complete the race after crashes and mechanical failures thinned the original field of thirty-three.
- 1967 Indianapolis 500 -- Item 500 - Dave Friedman captured and preserved auto racing history through his photography. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, cars, and drivers. This shot shows events surrounding the 1967 Indianapolis 500. Parnelli Jones dominated with the turbine-powered #40 car, but a bearing failed him with four laps to go. A.J. Foyt won with the #14 Coyote-Ford.
- May 01, 1967
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1967 Indianapolis 500 -- Item 500
Dave Friedman captured and preserved auto racing history through his photography. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, cars, and drivers. This shot shows events surrounding the 1967 Indianapolis 500. Parnelli Jones dominated with the turbine-powered #40 car, but a bearing failed him with four laps to go. A.J. Foyt won with the #14 Coyote-Ford.
- 1964 Indianapolis 500 -- Item 500 - Dave Friedman captured racing history through his photography and his collection of works by other photographers. This digital image is one of over 1600 images documenting the 1964 Indianapolis 500. A.J. Foyt earned his second Indy 500 victory that year, but the 1964 race is also remembered for the accident that took the lives of drivers Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald.
- May 01, 1964
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1964 Indianapolis 500 -- Item 500
Dave Friedman captured racing history through his photography and his collection of works by other photographers. This digital image is one of over 1600 images documenting the 1964 Indianapolis 500. A.J. Foyt earned his second Indy 500 victory that year, but the 1964 race is also remembered for the accident that took the lives of drivers Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald.
- Indianapolis 500, May 1964 -
- May 01, 1964
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Indianapolis 500, May 1964
- Indianapolis 500, May 1968 - Dave Friedman has captured and preserved auto racing history through his photography. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, vehicles, drivers, teams and associated events. The 1968 Indianapolis 500 saw three unconventional, turbine-powered vehicles in the field -- two would start in the first row. However, it was a rear-engine, piston-powered car piloted by Bobby Unser that won.
- May 01, 1968
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Indianapolis 500, May 1968
Dave Friedman has captured and preserved auto racing history through his photography. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, vehicles, drivers, teams and associated events. The 1968 Indianapolis 500 saw three unconventional, turbine-powered vehicles in the field -- two would start in the first row. However, it was a rear-engine, piston-powered car piloted by Bobby Unser that won.
- Indianapolis 500, May 1967 - California driver George Snider made his professional Champ Car series debut in 1964. Over the next 28 years, he competed in 142 races and finished on the podium nine times, including a victory at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in 1981. Snider drove 22 times in the Indianapolis 500 and earned personal-best eighth-place finishes in 1975 and 1978.
- May 01, 1967
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Indianapolis 500, May 1967
California driver George Snider made his professional Champ Car series debut in 1964. Over the next 28 years, he competed in 142 races and finished on the podium nine times, including a victory at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in 1981. Snider drove 22 times in the Indianapolis 500 and earned personal-best eighth-place finishes in 1975 and 1978.
- "Indianapolis 500" Pin, 2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic upset plans to hold the 2020 Indianapolis 500 as scheduled on May 24 -- but not before many souvenirs were already manufactured. Officials postponed the race until August 23 and ran it without spectators in attendance. Japanese driver Takuma Sato took the checkered flag for his second Indy 500 victory, following his win in 2017.
- May 24, 2020
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"Indianapolis 500" Pin, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic upset plans to hold the 2020 Indianapolis 500 as scheduled on May 24 -- but not before many souvenirs were already manufactured. Officials postponed the race until August 23 and ran it without spectators in attendance. Japanese driver Takuma Sato took the checkered flag for his second Indy 500 victory, following his win in 2017.
- Indianapolis 500, May 1967 - Dave Friedman captured and preserved auto racing history through his photography. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, cars, and drivers. This shot shows events surrounding the 1967 Indianapolis 500. Parnelli Jones dominated with the turbine-powered #40 car, but a bearing failed him with four laps to go. A.J. Foyt won with the #14 Coyote-Ford.
- May 01, 1967
- Collections - Artifact
Indianapolis 500, May 1967
Dave Friedman captured and preserved auto racing history through his photography. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, cars, and drivers. This shot shows events surrounding the 1967 Indianapolis 500. Parnelli Jones dominated with the turbine-powered #40 car, but a bearing failed him with four laps to go. A.J. Foyt won with the #14 Coyote-Ford.