Jim Clark

About Jim Clark

ames "Jim" (or "Jimmy") Clark, Jr OBE (4 March 1936 – 7 April 1968) was a British Formula One racing driver from Scotland, who won two World Championships, in 1963 and 1965.

Clark was a versatile driver who competed in sports cars, touring cars and in the Indianapolis 500, which he won in 1965. He was particularly associated with the Lotus marque.

He was killed in a Formula Two motor racing accident in Hockenheim, Germany in 1968. At the time of his death, he had won more Grand Prix races (25) and achieved more Grand Prix pole positions (33) than any other driver. In 2009, The Times placed Clark at the top of a list of the greatest-ever Formula One drivers.

Jim Clark Achievements

-F1 World Champion, 1963 and 1965

-Indianapolis 500 winner, 1965 (Clark is the only man in the history to be F1 World champion and Indy 500 winner in the same year)

-ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of The Year, 1965

ABC's Wide World of Sports is a sports anthology series on American television that ran from 1961 to 1998 and was hosted by Jim McKay. The title continued to be used for general sports programs until 2006. As the title suggests, it aired on the American Broadcasting Company, primarily on Saturdays.

-British Touring Car Championship Champion, 1964

The British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organized and administered by ToCA. It was established in 1958 as the British Saloon Car Championship and was renamed as the British Touring Car Championship in 1987. The championship has been run to various national and international regulations over the years including FIA Group 2, FIA Group 5, FIA Group 1, FIA Group A, FIA Super Touring and FIA Super 2000. A lower-key Group N series for production cars ran from 2000 until 2003.

-Tasman Series Cup winner, 1965, 1967 and 1968

The Tasman Series was a motor racing competition held annually from 1964 to 1975 over a series of races in New Zealand and Australia. It was named after the Tasman Sea which lies between the two countries. The Tasman Series races were held in January through to late February or early March of each year, during the Formula One off season, taking advantage of winter in the Northern Hemisphere to attract many top drivers to summer in the south.

-Third place overall, 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans

The 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 28th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place over 25–26 June 1960. It was also the fifth and final round of the 1960 World Sportscar Championship season.

-He was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1990.

The International Motorsports Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame dedicated to enshrining those who have contributed the most to the sport of auto racing either as a driver, owner, developer or engineer. Although people of many nationalities have been inducted (including racing legends such as Juan Manuel Fangio, Stirling Moss, Ayrton Senna) the majority of inductees chosen are American drivers who competed in domestic series (particularly NASCAR). Only two non-Americans have been inducted since 2003.

-He was inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1990 in the open wheel class:

The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America is a Hall of Fame and museum for American motorsports legends. It was originally located in Novi, Michigan and it moved to the Detroit Science Center in 2009.

The museum is in the process of moving to Daytona International Speedway which is anticipated to be completed by January 2016.