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The Lotus 29 was a British racing car built by Team Lotus for the 1963 Indianapolis 500. It was their first attempt at the event and the two cars which were entered finished second and seventh in the hands of Jim Clark and Dan Gurney .
The Ford Indy V8 engine is a V-8 engine, initially specially designed by Ford for Indy car racing, from 1963 onwards, winning the Indy 500 four times as Ford, plus once as Foyt in 1977. As naturally-aspirated DOHC version, it won the 1965 Indianapolis 500 as well as in 1966 and 1967.
Dan Gurney's practice crash created problems for the Lotus team and required Gurney to later qualify and race the team's spare car. Jim McElreath was the first qualifier but all eyes were on Parnelli Jones who went out third and set the early pace with a track record of 151.153 MPH, including a one lap track record of 151.847 which would turn ...
Parnelli Jones, a hard-bitten, hard-charging race driver who came out of Torrance and won the controversial Indianapolis 500 in 1963, then was the hard-luck loser four years later, died Tuesday at ...
The Lotus 38 was designed by Colin Chapman and Len Terry as Lotus' 1965 entry for the Indianapolis 500. It was an evolution of the previous Lotus 29 and Lotus 34 Indy designs, but this time with a full monocoque tub chassis; it was powered by the same four-cam Ford V8 fuel injected engine as used in the 34, giving out around 500 bhp.
The first-ever Formula Ford car was built around a Formula 3 Lotus, the Type 51. Chapman was also successful at Indianapolis with the Lotus 29, almost winning the 500 at its first attempt in 1963 with Clark at the wheel. The race marked the beginning of the end for the old front-engined Indianapolis roadsters.
1963: Lotus: Ford: 5 2 Team Lotus: 1964: Lotus: Ford: 1: 24 ... Clark's 1965 win was the first win for a rear-engined car at the Indianapolis 500. No front-engined ...
Marshman, driving a Lotus 29-Ford, extended his lead until the 37th lap, when he was forced off the track to avoid hitting a slower car driven by Johnny White. The instant he spent off the track tore loose oil and water lines, and retired the car. Many observers felt Marshman was on his way to a comfortable victory before luck intervened.
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