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goodoldvalves: It’s 1965, and the Indy 500 is broadcasted live for the first time in national television. The timing was then, perfect. No non-american driver had won the Indy 500 since Ralph de Palma in 1915, and Jim Clark conquered the hearts of both European and his (new) American fans, with an astonishing first place for him and Lotus.

goodoldvalves:

It’s 1965, and the Indy 500 is broadcasted live for the first time in national television.

The timing was then, perfect. No non-american driver had won the Indy 500 since Ralph de Palma in 1915, and Jim Clark conquered the hearts of both European and his (new) American fans, with an astonishing first place for him and Lotus.

(via goodoldvalves)

ursamaj: “‘But man is not made for defeat,’ he said. ‘A man can be destroyed but not defeated.’” -Hemingway

ursamaj:

“‘But man is not made for defeat,’ he said. ‘A man can be destroyed but not defeated.’”

-Hemingway

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