RE: the Nascar stuff, Jim Clark drove those things once or twice too...
Brian
At 03:02 PM 2/27/01 -0500, John Rosevear wrote:
>Clark was very close to Colin Chapman (founder of Lotus Cars) and was really
>the driver that raised them to the all-conquering heights they enjoyed for
>many years. (Yes, once upon a time Lotus had a racing team, and they were
>pretty successful -- they won seven F1 constructors' titles, among other
>things.)
>
>Regards,
>John Rosevear (only 33, but craving a nice dose of Geritol right about
>now...)
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Hill [mailto:Jim_Hill@chsra.wisc.edu]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 2:15 PM
> > To: 'John.Desantis@inficon.com '; 'vintage-race@autox.team.net '
> > Subject: RE: Honesty
> >
> >
> > John Desantis wrote:
> >
> > >For the Historically impaired please - who
> > >was Jim Clark and what did he race?
> >
> > I knew something like this would happen eventually - you've just made
> > everyone on the vintage-race list feel 20 years older . . .
> >
> > The short answer is that JC is on virtually everyone's list of the top
> > half-dozen race car drivers of all time - and would be ranked
> > #1 by some. A
> > Formula 1 world champion and Indianapolis 500 winner, he
> > drove virtually
> > anything on wheels - from Ford Cortinas to Galaxies, from
> > Lotus 11's and
> > Elites to Formula 1. One of the races at the most recent
> > Goodwood Revival
> > consisted entirely of cars he'd raced at one time or another.
> >
> > Think I'll go take another liver pill . . .
> >
> > jrh
Brian Evans
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