Formula One World Champion for the second time in 1965 and winner of the 500 Miles of Indianapolis, Jim Clark was offered a generous starting premium to compete in the hillclimb of Ollon-Villars in Switzerland. The Scottish champion took the start aboard his Lotus 38, winner of the Indy 500 (picture above). A young photographer, aged […]
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Fast promotion
For the 1964 season, Englishman Mike Spence joined Lotus in Formula 2, but when Peter Arundell (Clark’s new team mate at Lotus in F1) got injured in a crash during a Formula 2 race at Reims-Gueux, he was promoted in Formula 1 for the second half of the season. His results, very decent for a […]
Do it right
“If it’s worth doing, do it right or don’t do it at all.” -A.J. Foyt Anthony Joseph Foyt, born January 16 in 1935, turns 86 today. He is an American racing driver who has raced and won in all racing categories. His open wheel racing includes Midget cars, Sprint cars, USAC, ChampCar, Nascar, endurance racing. […]