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- 1965 Lotus-Ford Race Car - Scotsman Jim Clark won the Indianapolis 500 with this rear-engine car in 1965. After his victory, a traditional front-engine car never won that race again. The Lotus-Ford combined a European Formula One-inspired lightweight chassis with a big Ford V-8 engine. The Lotus-Ford's success effectively killed the traditional Indy roadster and established a new design for American race cars.
- May 31, 1965
- Collections - Artifact
1965 Lotus-Ford Race Car
Scotsman Jim Clark won the Indianapolis 500 with this rear-engine car in 1965. After his victory, a traditional front-engine car never won that race again. The Lotus-Ford combined a European Formula One-inspired lightweight chassis with a big Ford V-8 engine. The Lotus-Ford's success effectively killed the traditional Indy roadster and established a new design for American race cars.
- Racing Driver Jochen Rindt at Canadian Grand Prix, Mosport International Raceway, August 1969 - Austrian Jochen Rindt competed four times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, winning in 1965, and twice in the Indianapolis 500. He spent six seasons in Formula One. Rindt died in a crash during practice in 1970 but had already earned enough points for that year's F1 World Drivers' Championship -- the only driver to win the title posthumously.
- September 20, 1969
- Collections - Artifact
Racing Driver Jochen Rindt at Canadian Grand Prix, Mosport International Raceway, August 1969
Austrian Jochen Rindt competed four times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, winning in 1965, and twice in the Indianapolis 500. He spent six seasons in Formula One. Rindt died in a crash during practice in 1970 but had already earned enough points for that year's F1 World Drivers' Championship -- the only driver to win the title posthumously.