Clark's first car was a Sunbeam-Talbot, a most unlikely looking competition
car!
Bob Allred - Riverton, Utah
Miata & Crossle' 32
Club Racing & Solo Events
<www.inconnect.com/~rallred>
----- Original Message -----
From: Oker, William <OkerWR@navair.navy.mil>
To: <LMR356@aol.com>; <John.Desantis@inficon.com>;
<vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Cc: Mike Savin - Nokia (E-mail) <Mike.Savin@nokia.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 2:14 PM
Subject: RE: Honesty....Clark
> 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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