Lotus 34

The Lotus 34 was an open-wheel race car built by Team Lotus for the 1964 Indianapolis 500. It was a very close relative of the Lotus 29 and differed mainly in its engine, a four-cam 4195 cc DOHC Ford V8 with Hilborn fuel injection, which gave about 425 bhp, and in its ZF gearbox. Jim Clark qualified it on pole and Dan Gurney sixth, but failing Dunlop tyres put Clark out after a crash and Gurney was withdrawn, much to the displeasure of Ford. The car had a longer life in other hands, since A. J. Foyt won three USAC races in a Lotus 34 in 1965 on his way to second place in that year's championship, and it formed part of the run of Indianapolis cars that Team Lotus built in the early 1960s.