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- Jim Clark after Winning the 1965 Indianapolis 500 Race - This photograph shows the victorious Jim Clark after his 1965 Indianapolis 500 win. Clark drove an innovative British-made Lotus Type 38 chassis powered by a rear-mounted Ford V-8 engine. The car's builder, Colin Chapman (in sunglasses), beams next to the driver.
- May 01, 1965
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Jim Clark after Winning the 1965 Indianapolis 500 Race
This photograph shows the victorious Jim Clark after his 1965 Indianapolis 500 win. Clark drove an innovative British-made Lotus Type 38 chassis powered by a rear-mounted Ford V-8 engine. The car's builder, Colin Chapman (in sunglasses), beams next to the driver.
- Program for the Victory Banquet of the 49th Indianapolis 500 Race, June 1, 1965 - Jim Clark won the 1965 Indianapolis 500 in a Lotus chassis powered by a rear-mounted Ford V-8. It was the first Indy 500 win for a rear-engine car, and it changed the pattern -- no front-engine car has won the race since. This program, for the celebratory banquet held the next day, was autographed by Clark.
- June 01, 1965
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Program for the Victory Banquet of the 49th Indianapolis 500 Race, June 1, 1965
Jim Clark won the 1965 Indianapolis 500 in a Lotus chassis powered by a rear-mounted Ford V-8. It was the first Indy 500 win for a rear-engine car, and it changed the pattern -- no front-engine car has won the race since. This program, for the celebratory banquet held the next day, was autographed by Clark.
- Jim Clark, 1964 Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 1964 - Defective tires ended Jim Clark's run at the 1964 Indianapolis 500. At 47 laps into the race, the tread separated from Clark's left rear tire, starting a chain reaction that destroyed his left rear suspension. Clark skillfully ditched the damaged car in the speedway infield. He walked away from the scene disappointed, but safe.
- May 01, 1964
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Jim Clark, 1964 Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 1964
Defective tires ended Jim Clark's run at the 1964 Indianapolis 500. At 47 laps into the race, the tread separated from Clark's left rear tire, starting a chain reaction that destroyed his left rear suspension. Clark skillfully ditched the damaged car in the speedway infield. He walked away from the scene disappointed, but safe.
- "Jim Clark," Clip from Interview with Glen Wood, October 24, 2010 - Wood Brothers Racing is the oldest active team in NASCAR. While other early teams treated pit stops like leisurely breaks for the driver, the Woods serviced their cars in a fast, choreographed procedure that helped win races and soon became standard. The Henry Ford interviewed members of the Wood family in 2010 at the team's museum in Stuart, Virginia.
- October 24, 2010
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"Jim Clark," Clip from Interview with Glen Wood, October 24, 2010
Wood Brothers Racing is the oldest active team in NASCAR. While other early teams treated pit stops like leisurely breaks for the driver, the Woods serviced their cars in a fast, choreographed procedure that helped win races and soon became standard. The Henry Ford interviewed members of the Wood family in 2010 at the team's museum in Stuart, Virginia.
- Jim Clark in Lotus Racer after Winning the Indianapolis 500 Race, 1965 - Photographers surrounded driver Jim Clark in first-place car number 82. English car builder Colin Chapman knelt beside him, undoubtedly thrilled that his Formula One Lotus race car had defeated the conventional American Indy roadster. After the innovative rear-engine Lotus-Ford's 1965 win, a traditional front-engine car would never again see victory in the Indianapolis 500.
- May 01, 1965
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Jim Clark in Lotus Racer after Winning the Indianapolis 500 Race, 1965
Photographers surrounded driver Jim Clark in first-place car number 82. English car builder Colin Chapman knelt beside him, undoubtedly thrilled that his Formula One Lotus race car had defeated the conventional American Indy roadster. After the innovative rear-engine Lotus-Ford's 1965 win, a traditional front-engine car would never again see victory in the Indianapolis 500.
- Jim Clark, 1964 Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 1964 - Jimmy Clark made his second attempt to win the Indianapolis 500 with a rear-engine Lotus-Ford in 1964. He had finished second and taken Rookie of the Year honors the year before, and he came into 1964 heavily favored. But defective tires ended Clark's race after 47 laps. A.J. Foyt took the checkered flag in a front-engine roadster.
- May 01, 1964
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Jim Clark, 1964 Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 1964
Jimmy Clark made his second attempt to win the Indianapolis 500 with a rear-engine Lotus-Ford in 1964. He had finished second and taken Rookie of the Year honors the year before, and he came into 1964 heavily favored. But defective tires ended Clark's race after 47 laps. A.J. Foyt took the checkered flag in a front-engine roadster.
- Dan Gurney and Jim Clark at Indianapolis 500, May 30, 1963 -
- May 30, 1963
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Dan Gurney and Jim Clark at Indianapolis 500, May 30, 1963
- Jim Clark in Lotus Racer at the Indianapolis 500 Race, 1965 - Scotsman Jim Clark was photographed in his #82 Lotus-Ford Type 38 in 1965. Clark finished second at the 1963 Indianapolis 500, and he was forced out early by tire and suspension damage in 1964. The third time was the charm when, in 1965, Clark became the first driver to win Indy with a rear-engine car -- and the first foreign driver to win since 1916.
- May 01, 1965
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Jim Clark in Lotus Racer at the Indianapolis 500 Race, 1965
Scotsman Jim Clark was photographed in his #82 Lotus-Ford Type 38 in 1965. Clark finished second at the 1963 Indianapolis 500, and he was forced out early by tire and suspension damage in 1964. The third time was the charm when, in 1965, Clark became the first driver to win Indy with a rear-engine car -- and the first foreign driver to win since 1916.
- Jim Clark, 1965 Mexican Grand Prix, Mexico City, Mexico, October 1965 - Jim Clark was one of the most successful and versatile racing drivers of the 1960s. Between 1960 and 1968, he competed in 72 Formula One championship events and won 25 of them. Clark won World Drivers' Championships in 1963 and 1965, and he won the Indianapolis 500 in 1965 too. He spent much of his career with Britain's Team Lotus.
- October 01, 1965
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Jim Clark, 1965 Mexican Grand Prix, Mexico City, Mexico, October 1965
Jim Clark was one of the most successful and versatile racing drivers of the 1960s. Between 1960 and 1968, he competed in 72 Formula One championship events and won 25 of them. Clark won World Drivers' Championships in 1963 and 1965, and he won the Indianapolis 500 in 1965 too. He spent much of his career with Britain's Team Lotus.
- Jim Clark at Los Angeles Times Grand Prix, Riverside, California, October 1963 - Photographer Dave Friedman captured and preserved auto racing history. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, cars, drivers, and teams. At the 1963 <i>Los Angeles Times</i> Grand Prix, Bob Bondurant won the GT One Hour race in a Shelby American Cobra, while Dave MacDonald captured the main 200-mile Grand Prix piloting a Shelby American Cooper King Cobra.
- 11 October 1963 - 13 October 1963
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Jim Clark at Los Angeles Times Grand Prix, Riverside, California, October 1963
Photographer Dave Friedman captured and preserved auto racing history. His work -- and his collection of works by other photographers -- documents key races, cars, drivers, and teams. At the 1963 Los Angeles Times Grand Prix, Bob Bondurant won the GT One Hour race in a Shelby American Cobra, while Dave MacDonald captured the main 200-mile Grand Prix piloting a Shelby American Cooper King Cobra.