Wood Brothers Racing played a pivotal role in Jim Clark's historic Indy 500 win for Lotus in 1965, and for this weekend's NASCAR throwback race at Darlington Raceway the team is reliving that ...

In the mid-1960s, IndyCar's Lotus came close to winning the Indy 500 but was not able to do so because of its pit crew. In 1965, greater emphasis was put on pit stops as a rule was implemented ...

Jim Clark was no ordinary Indy 500 winner, and the Wood Brothers and Ford played a key role in that race win for Lotus. This was no ordinary Indy 500 winner, and the Wood Brothers played a key ...

Leonard Wood jokes about a comment from a member of the Lotus crew about what ... Virginia when they came to Indianapolis 60 years ago to pit the Indianapolis 500 car for Jim Clark.

In 1965, the legendary Formula 1 driver Jim Clark made history by winning the Indianapolis 500 with his beloved Team Lotus, becoming the only driver in history to win the 500 and the Formula 1 ...

The Wood Brothers will be unloading a green-and-yellow paint scheme reminiscent of Jim Clark’s Ford-powered Lotus, that ran – and won – the 1965 Indianapolis 500. The paint scheme was ...

The car will mirror the famous look of the Lotus Type 38 that won the 1965 Indianapolis 500 with Jim Clark. It was the first rear-engine car to ever win the historic event, and the Wood Brothers have ...

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indy 500 has no problem milking one of the race’s most storied traditions. More than 13,000 retailers in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, Missouri and ...

1968 Lotus 56 Despite its unique design, the Lotus 56 never managed to win the prestigious Indy 500. The car was fast, leading much of the race, but it suffered a major setback when a failed fuel pump ...