Dan Gurney, Colin Chapman and Jim Clark at the Lotus Ford Indy Test, February, 1963

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Artifact Overview

Drivers Dan Gurney (left) and Jim Clark (right) combined forces with designer Colin Chapman (center) to revolutionize the Indianapolis 500. Front-engine roadsters still dominated the race in the early 1960s, but Gurney believed a rear-engine Formula One style car could win. Gurney brought Chapman together with Ford, and Clark won the 1965 Indy 500 in a Ford-powered, Chapman-designed rear-engine car.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

February 1963

Creators

Collection Title

Dave Friedman Collection

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.158.66

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: GURNEY, CHAPMAN, CLARK / Machine: LOTUS FORD / Date and event: INDY TEST 2-63 / This photograph is the copyright of Dave Friedman and must / not be reproduced without the expressed consent of the / photographer. handwritten on lower right corner: 132555-444
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