Its amazing to me to think that it has been 60 years since the 1965 win at Indy for F1 Champion Jim Clark in the traditional colors of Lotus in the iconic British Racing Green and Yellow nose stripe. This was Clarks third try and as the saying goes, Third time is the Charm. Jim Clark was my first racing hero and two years later in 1967 when I was 8 years old, we were able to go to Indy, from the Chicago area, for Time Trials and Practice and I was able to be in the pit area and actually talk briefly with Jim and get his autograph on a large postcard of the win in ’65. We have 8mm old film footage of me walking with Jim in the pits and some of the other cars during a practice session the we cleaned up a bit and is shown on a You tube tube with some of our other videos. What a thrill as a young man as Jim didn’t sign a lot of things and I still have that big postcard framed with a few other Indy memorabilia items and it is a prized possession.
This is the autographed pic of Jim Clark I got in the Indy Pits in ’67. Hard to see in this but in the lower right corner is the signature.
Below is a still shot from the film walking and talking briefly with Jim and getting the autograph. Classic look on my face
For an upcoming Darlington Race in NASCAR, the Woods Brothers, are doing their retro throwback scheme as a tribute to Jim and the historic win at Indy. They were the pit crew for Lotus in 1965 that helped Jim get out of the pits faster then most of the other teams. Jos Berry’s Mustang looks GREAT in the iconic green and yellow. Looking forward to seeing them run in the upcoming weeks.
This pic courtesy of the FORD MUSEUM at the unveiling of the ‘Stang with the Winning Jim Clark Lotus from a couple of weeks ago in Dearborn, Mi.
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Talking to my son this last weekend,who watches little bit more of the F1 coverage then I do, told me that he did see some stuff on the Jim Clark 50th anniversary of his death on the ESPN linkup with the British coverage. So I stand somewhat corrected…