According to Graham Gauld's book, Jim Clark - Portrait of a Great Driver,
Clark's first competition in a Lotus was at Brands Hatch, December 26th,
1958, in a Lotus Elite, Type 14, in which he finished 2nd.
Bob Allred - Riverton, Utah
Miata & Crossle' 32
Club Racing & Solo Events
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----- Original Message -----
From: Roger Sieling <Rogsie@telesistech.com>
To: <vintage-race@autox.team.net>; <Jim_Hill@chsra.wisc.edu>;
<John.Desantis@inficon.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 1:28 PM
Subject: RE: Honesty
> You are quite right about Jim being number one in many of our lists, but
as a
> Lotus Eleven owner, I can find no evidence of him ever competing in one.
My
> Eleven was a team car based in the Borders and I have checked all the old
race
> records I can get hold of to see if Jim was entered in anything that was
even
> at the same race as my Eleven. I would love to think my car was on track
at
> the same time Jim was power sliding his Lister, but I haven't found it
yet.
>
> Roger
>
> >>> Jim Hill <Jim_Hill@chsra.wisc.edu> 02/27/01 02:15PM >>>
> 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
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