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Indianapolis 500

In 1961, Cooper Cars and World Champion Jack Brabham competed in the Indianapolis 500.
The entry created quite a stir: their funny, rear-engined, underpowered car qualified 13th. and finished 9th. Serious frowns broke out across many foreheads in Gasoline Alley when that happened!

The future of the traditional front-engined "Indy Roadsters" became dramatically shortened on that day and within 4 years the genre virtually ceased to exist as a racing type.

Official Indy photo. ack Brabham, 1961.

Cooper, Indianapolis, 1961.

Brabham in Cooper, Indy, 1961.

Brabham in Cooper, Indy, 1961.

Brabham at speed during the race, Indy 500, 1961.

John Cooper in the car, Indy, 1961.
   

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