Roger wrote:
> 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.
Graham Capel, in his Eleven history book, "The Historic Years" devotes some
space to a list of all the Eleven drivers who went on to drive F1 . . Clark
is not among them and it's unlikely Capel would have missed Jim Clark!
Having noted that, I DO remember visiting with Jack McKay in Scrabster,
Scotland about 10 years ago. Jack's father, Jamie, raced an early Eleven
and Jack still owned it in 1990. Jack showed me the family scrapbook and it
was full of photos of Jamie, Jim Clark, photos of Elevens and personal
letters from Jim to Jamie. If Jim Clark ever drove an Eleven, I bet Jack
would know . . I'll write him just for fun.
Tony______@Sherman.Texas
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