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Author Topic: 80th Anniversary of Jim Clark's Birth  (Read 2959 times)

Offline Irisado

80th Anniversary of Jim Clark's Birth
« on: August 03, 2016, 10:40:20 AM »
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/36959841

I thought that this was a rather apt tribute.
« Last Edit: August 04, 2016, 03:40:44 PM by Irisado »


Soņando con una playa donde brilla el sol, un arco iris ilumina el cielo, y el mar espejea iridescentemente

Offline lkjohnson1950

Re: 80th Anniversary of Jim Clark's Death
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2016, 01:36:50 PM »
Though I am old enough, I am not quite as old as you would have me. It is the 80TH anniversary of his birth, not his death. A shame that since the reconfiguration of the circuit his memorial is basically in the middle of nowhere. It was a different time as they said.
Lonny

Offline Irisado

Re: 80th Anniversary of Jim Clark's Birth
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2016, 03:41:17 PM »
Thanks, I was mixing up my post subjects.  I've corrected this now.

It is a shame, yes.  It used to be so much closer to the track and the old track had so much more atmosphere too.
Soņando con una playa donde brilla el sol, un arco iris ilumina el cielo, y el mar espejea iridescentemente

Offline F1fanaticBD

Re: 80th Anniversary of Jim Clark's Birth
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2016, 01:45:57 PM »
Thank you for the post.
Keep running the fast cars, you will be never out of girls

Offline cosworth151

Re: 80th Anniversary of Jim Clark's Birth
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2016, 04:49:54 PM »
I can't understand why they destroyed the old track. It could still be used for sports cars & vintage racing, much like the Nordschleife at the Nurburgring.

It seems unreal these days that a driver that dominated F1 and won the Indianapolis 500 still thought of himself as a farmer. It's also hard to remember that it was commonplace for a driver of that stature to be out in F2 car or a Lotus Cortina on a regular basis. In fact, Jimmy was supposed to driving in the BOAC 1000 sports car race at Brands Hatch that day. He went to Hockenheim because of a clause in his contract with Firestone.
“You can search the world over for the finer things, but you won't find a match for the American road and the creatures that live on it.”
― Bob Dylan

 


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