Among the non-Lotus cars present were the DKW 3-6 Sonderklasse in which Jim won his first race in 1956
Among the non-Lotus cars present were the DKW 3-6 Sonderklasse in which Jim won his first race in 1956
The Porsche 356A coupe which Jim raced and won from 1957 to 1959, a Lister-Jaguar in which he raced and won 14 out of the 26 times he raced it ( one of those wins, at Goodwood ), a Tojeiro-Jaguar which he shared with Masten Gregory at Goodwood in 1959, a Gemini-Ford MK2 in which he made his FJ debut, and a Aston Martin DBR4 which he tested in ( in 1960, Jim signed with Aston, but never raced for them in F1 ), along with the Aston DB4 GT Zagato, a Ford Galaxie 500 driven at Brandshatch in 63, and the ERA B-Type R5B “Remus” of Prince Bira which Jim drove in Rouen “just for fun”...
A natural behind the wheel and a true world-class driver,- not bad I'd say for a shy Scottish farmer, who in his own words, “just loves driving”
Jim Clark, was and is, in my humble opinion, one of the best and most versatile of all racecar drivers. Clark still holds the all-time lap-record at the Goodwood circuit, along with his friend and rival racer Jackie Stewart, who was present to pay tribute to Jim, driving one of Jim's Lotus cars. It is quite an emotional moment when you see the likes of Stewart, Tony Brooks, Sir Stir, John Surtees, and Dario Franchetti, Romain Dumas, and others I am sure I miss to mention, warming up Jim Clark's cars on the pre-grid...and Lotus mechanic Bob Dance there among them. I am sure Jim and Colin were looking down on this with a bemused eye...and thinking, “ what is all the fuss about? “.
I decided to concentrate on the races in which the cars I love best and the people I know were involved
Another highlight for me, was meeting Sally Stokes just before our laps on the Goodwood track for the parade. Sally was invited to have a go around the track in Jim's last road car, a yellow Lotus Elan Series 3 car he used to commute around Europe while living in Paris. Jim Clark , while living in Paris, shared an apartment with G. Crombac and his family and Jim eventually gave the car to Crombac as a gift. [...]