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49th Indianapolis 500; Indianapolis Motor Speedway; Indianapolis 500; Sanctioning body: USAC: Season: 1965 USAC season: Date: May 31, 1965: Winner: Jim Clark: Winning team: Team Lotus: Average speed: 150.686 mph (242.506 km/h) Pole position: A. J. Foyt: Pole speed: 161.233 mph (259.479 km/h) Fastest qualifier: A. J. Foyt: Rookie of the Year ...
Scotsman Jimmy Clark pilots his 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.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 31 May 1965. Notes on the cars: Lotus 38 [1] (Jim Clark): Built 1965 (first chassis built) for Team Lotus. For Jim Clark at the 1965 Indy 500 (#82 qualified 2nd and won race). Retained by Ford. Used as a promotions car until 1977 and then to the Henry Ford Museum (Greenfield Village, Detroit, MI).
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Summary. Even before Jim Clark's groundbreaking 1965 win in a rear-engine Lotus-Ford, the rear-engine layout gained favor at the Indianapolis 500. A.J. Foyt, who'd won the 1964 race with a traditional front-engine car, switched to a rear-engine Lotus-Ford for 1965.
The 1965 Indianapolis 500 was the 49th running of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing”. The event was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indiana, United States on Monday, 31 May 1965. A.J. Foyt started on pole position and Jim Clark was the race winner.
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The lightning-fast Wood Brothers crew refuels Jim Clark’s car at the 1965 Indianapolis 500. After a fiery crash the year before, Indy officials mandated smaller fuel tanks. Quick refueling stops became essential (THF110504). Based on his past performances, Jim Clark entered the 1965 race as the odds-on favorite.
