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Team Lotus took the Indianapolis 500-Miles speedway classic by storm between 1963 and 1969, double Formula 1 World Champion Jim Clark scoring a stunning victory in 1965 and twice finishing second in his Lotus cars powered by Ford. This is the deinitive inside story of how - encouraged by the great Dan Gurney - the tiny British Lotus team took aim at an icon of American sporting life, and rewrote motor racing history.
Supported by 1963-69 team documentation, much of which the author himself originated, this story is packed with anectdotes and often ribald recollections from the team members - the dedicated engineers, mechanics, fitters and fabricators who created some of the world's fastest single-seater racing cars for such glittering names as Jim Clark, Dan Gurney, Mario Andretti, Parnelli Jones, A.J. Foyt, Hoe Leonard, and Bobby Marshman. Also revealed are the facts of Chapman's deals and duels with the Ford Motor Company, with Andy Granatelli of STP sponsorship fame, and with the United States Auto Club rule-makers.
By Andrew Ferguson
Foreword by Mario Andretti
Publisher: Patrick Stephens - 1996
Harbound, 10¼" x 10¼" / 26cm x 26cm
237 pages, 155+ black & white and 24 color photographs
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