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The 49th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Monday, May 31, 1965.. The five-year-old "British Invasion" finally broke through as Jim Clark and Colin Chapman triumphed in dominating fashion with the first rear-engined Indy-winning car, a Lotus 38 powered by Ford.
Jenkins' Grumpy's Toy X 1975 Chevrolet Vega Pro Stock Car. William Tyler Jenkins (December 22, 1930 – March 29, 2012), nicknamed "Grumpy" or "The Grump", was an engine builder and drag racer. [1] Between 1965 and 1975, he won a total of thirteen NHRA events. [2] [clarification needed] Most of these wins were won with a four-speed manual ...
1965 Cup of Peace and Friendship: Nations: East Germany: South African Formula One Championship: John Love: 1965 South African Formula One Championship: Tasman Series: Jim Clark: 1965 Tasman Series: USAC National Championship: Mario Andretti: 1965 USAC Championship Car season: Formula Three; BRSCC British Formula 3 Championship: Tony Dean: 1965 ...
The Toyota U.S. Nationals (commonly The Big Go) is an NHRA-sanctioned drag racing event, generally considered to be the most prestigious drag racing event in the world due to its history, size, and purse, held annually at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in Brownsburg, Indiana. [1]
He made it to Indy in 1965 driving in a car owned by Foyt and was part of the rookie class with future Indy 500 winners Mario Andretti (1969) and Gordon Johncock (1973, 1982).
Best Appearing Car & Crew, 1963 NHRA Nationals Indianapolis, IN. NHRA Class Record AA/Altered 161.87 MPH @ 9.56 sec. NHRA Nationals, Indianapolis, IN September 3–7, 1964. Best Appearing Car of Meet NHRA 1st Regional Meet of 1965. Cecil County, MD in A/FD Class 8.81 sec. NHRA Class Record CC/FD 165.13 MPH @ 9.34 sec. Island Dragway May 22, 1966.
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 following is an overview of the events of 1965 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.