Lotus-Ford Race Car at the 1965 Indianapolis 500

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Artifact Overview

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.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

May 1965

Creators

Collection Title

Dave Friedman Collection

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.158.P.650539.13

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: Must Credit / The Dave Friedman Photo Collection / [address] Driver: Jim Clark / Machine: Lotus 38 / Date and event: Indy 500 S-65 / This photograph is the copyright of Dave Friedman and must / not be reproduced without the expressed consent of the / photographer. handwritten above label: S39-13
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