Motor Sport Magazine Specials

The authoritative voice of motor racing since 1924 covers the entire motor racing scene. In these Special Editions, the team digs into the archives to give exclusive insight, rare photographic footage, detailed race reports, and a unique take on the subject matter; from world-class drivers through to iconic car marques, and also how some of these real-life stories have been adapted for the big screen.

THE FULL EXPERIENCE • Visit the Jim Clark Café Bistro and drive the Jim Clark Trail

Motor Sport Magazine Specials

INTRODUCTION

FOREWORD by DARIO FRANCHITTI, MBE • It is my great pleasure to welcome you to this special Jim Clark tribute, produced by Motor Sport magazine in association with the Jim Clark Trust

Formula 1 • IF HE FINISHED, HE WON

FROM THE ARCHIVE • Having started the year preparing for his Indy 500 debut, Clark also had an F1 title to win, among other things. Paul Fearnley charts his extraordinary 1963 campaign

A close thing… • SILVERSTONE, JULY 10 1965

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Other single-seaters • ANY SERIES, ANY TIME, ANY WHERE…

FROM THE ARCHIVE • Before rising to the giddy heights of Formula 1, Jim Clark had to learn the junior slopes first. And, as Paul Fearnley recalls, it was a difficult start

Man about town • PAU, FRANCE, APRIL 5 1964

Americana • REAPING REWARDS ACROSS THE POND

FROM THE ARCHIVE • When Jim Clark’s Indy-winning Lotus 38 went for a meticulous rebuild by Classic Team Lotus, Gordon Cruickshank assembled the boys who built it

About turn! • INDIANAPOLIS, MAY 31 1965

Sports cars & saloons • JUST SHOW HIM A STEERING WHEEL…

FROM THE ARCHIVE • It was 1956 when Jim Clark was coaxed into making his racing debut at Crimond. David Finlay revisited the site with Ian Scott Watson, the man who did the coaxing…

Clark stars • SCOTS’ SUCCESS STORY

FROM THE ARCHIVE • “I only have golden memories.” Sally Swart, Jim Clark’s girlfriend during the peak years of his motor racing career, tells Ian Wagstaff about her time with the quiet Scot

The final race • HOCKENHEIM, APRIL 7, 1968

FROM THE ARCHIVE • Special delivery for Mr Clark… Ed Foster hitches a lift as Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti drives a fellow Scot’s old Lotus Cortina to a very special new home

Keeping the memory alive • THE JIM CLARK MUSEUM HOUSES A PRICELESS COLLECTION OF ARTEFACTS FOR A RACING NOSTALGIA HIT