Oh John, that did hurt! See if you can find a copy of "Jim Clark at the
Wheel". Great little book that tells how he learned to drive on farm
equipment and some old English saloon car...a Riley maybe, not sure? He was
to small to reach the peddles, so he would crawl under the dash, push the
clutch in, put it in gear, drop the clutch and then jump up onto the seat to
see where he was going!
Bill Oker
-----Original Message-----
From: LMR356@aol.com [mailto:LMR356@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 11:47 AM
To: John.Desantis@inficon.com;
vintage-race@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Honesty....Clark
In a message dated 2/27/01 1:22:15 PM Eastern Standard Time,
John.Desantis@inficon.com writes:
> For the Historically impaired please - who was Jim Clark
and what did he
> race?
>
>
>
>
Scotsman Jim Clark....1936-1968......was perhaps the most
respected and
talented driver of the 1960s Formula One group. With Colin
Chapman and
Lotus...Clark later posted 25 GP victories...a 1963 and
1965 World
Championship and in the US..he won at Watkins Glen in
1962, 1966, and
1967....and won the 1965 Indy 500. Started his racing
career in a 356
Porsche, Lotus Elite, D-Jag...raced at LeMans, and at
Sebring (1964)...but
his Formula Jr. debut in a Gemini for Graham
Warner....signaled the beginning
of his formula achievements. With Lotus he won in the 18s,
21, 25, 33, 38,
43, 48, 49s. ( might have missed a few Loti along the way).
In April, 1968, driving a Lotus 48 at Hockenheim at a
European F2 race in
the wet
( a non points event) ...Clark suddenly had a control
problem early on
...possibly a tire was going down....and lost his
steering...slid off the
course...hit several trees and the Lotus broke in
half....fatally injuring
Clark. His death was stunning news to the whole motorsports
community
...Clark died before he was into his racing prime.
That's a little of what I remember..maybe some of you can
chime in. I know
that if David Whiteside was here....he'd have done a better
job off the top
of his head than I.
Lee Raskin
Brooklandville, MD
Arnolt-B and 356ers
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