Racing God JIM CLARK - Unmatched Maestro. By far the Greatest Driver Ever - No doubt. He is and was "The Best of the Best" (Fangio, Senna, Prost, Stewart and countless others about Clark). No other driver in history until today was so superior as Clark - No other driver as so much "Grand Slam" - Pole/Win/Fastest Lap/Leading every lap of the race - like him. And all that from just 72 starts... ! This man is the Olymp of driving - the Michelangelo of racing - a dynamic art at the highest level. So smooth, so precise, so fast....simply out of this world. One, who won in Spa by 5 minutes (!) in monsoon rain with only one hand at the wheel (!) because of gearbox trouble...One, who takes back a complete lap (!) in Monza and back into the lead... One, who took pole on the original 22,8 km Nürburgring track by 9 (!) seconds and more....One who won Indy by 2 whole (!) laps... In 1965 he had the most succesful year of any driver in the history of the sport: He won the F1 World Championship, the Tasman Series with F1 cars, the Indy 500, the British and French F2 Championship, the British Touring car Championship, totally over 50 (!) victories in one season !!!! For eternity and by lightyears unmatched in the sport. That`s just some examples of his mesmeric unique genius...
He was known for having a light touch with the cars, according to his mechanics. The cars finished the races almost how they started, even brake pads were hardly worn. Probably explains why he had so much success in Lotus cars, which has a reputation for being delicate. A match made in heaven you'd think?
Colin , showed the World , How to be Fast ..... & Race with.Class...... Thank you Colin and Jimmy ....... You both touched the World...... R I P ........... PEACE.
A revolutionary new concept in racecar design and was accepted gracefully by USAC and the racing community. Then came the next big change the Turbine engine. No such grace on that one. Could have changed the world but no. Now electric is knocking on the door. Let's see how it will be treated.
In fairness it wasn't THAT revolutionary and new. If we're talking pure "rear engined" Indy Cars, the first efforts were all the way back in 1939. If we're talking mid engined Indy Cars, like the Lotus we see in this video, the first effort was in the 1940's. And if we're talking specifically about mid-engined Indy Cars in the 1965 race? By that season only four starters of the entire field were front engined classic "roadsters". If Jim Clark hadn't won in 1965, there were a LOT of other mid engined cars in the race which would have won.
Man what a beautiful restoration! Have fun Al Sr.!
Nobody ran that 500 with as much savvy as Al Unser Sr. Smooth, steady and smart. I suppose its why he wears 4 winner's rings.
"He was a heck of a race car driver and a fine gentleman." Somehow I think Jimmy would have said the same about Al.
Racing God JIM CLARK - Unmatched Maestro. By far the Greatest Driver Ever - No doubt. He is and was "The Best of the Best" (Fangio, Senna, Prost, Stewart and countless others about Clark). No other driver in history until today was so superior as Clark - No other driver as so much "Grand Slam" - Pole/Win/Fastest Lap/Leading every lap of the race - like him. And all that from just 72 starts... !
This man is the Olymp of driving - the Michelangelo of racing - a dynamic art at the highest level. So smooth, so precise, so fast....simply out of this world. One, who won in Spa by 5 minutes (!) in monsoon rain with only one hand at the wheel (!) because of gearbox trouble...One, who takes back a complete lap (!) in Monza and back into the lead... One, who took pole on the original 22,8 km Nürburgring track by 9 (!) seconds and more....One who won Indy by 2 whole (!) laps...
In 1965 he had the most succesful year of any driver in the history of the sport: He won the F1 World Championship, the Tasman Series with F1 cars, the Indy 500, the British and French F2 Championship, the British Touring car Championship, totally over 50 (!) victories in one season !!!! For eternity and by lightyears unmatched in the sport. That`s just some examples of his mesmeric unique genius...
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What a legend depicted by a legend.. ...
Those cars were fuel tanks with wheels. Clark made two pit stops for fuel only, he ran the race on one set of tires.
He was known for having a light touch with the cars, according to his mechanics. The cars finished the races almost how they started, even brake pads were hardly worn. Probably explains why he had so much success in Lotus cars, which has a reputation for being delicate. A match made in heaven you'd think?
What's most amazing is that 2011 Al could fit into Jimmy's cockpit.
Colin Chapman showed the Americans what a fast car was!
liar liarliar then Granatelli showed em all but was conceptually shown the door. Pitiful!
@@wayneoverton2452 Thank God. Just like unsustainable electric should be.
Colin , showed the World ,
How to be Fast ..... &
Race with.Class......
Thank you Colin and
Jimmy .......
You both touched the
World......
R I P ...........
PEACE.
A revolutionary new concept in racecar design and was accepted gracefully by USAC and the racing community. Then came the next big change the Turbine engine. No such grace on that one. Could have changed the world but no. Now electric is knocking on the door. Let's see how it will be treated.
Hopefully in the end like the turbine. Just a bad idea and an unsustainable one.
In fairness it wasn't THAT revolutionary and new. If we're talking pure "rear engined" Indy Cars, the first efforts were all the way back in 1939. If we're talking mid engined Indy Cars, like the Lotus we see in this video, the first effort was in the 1940's. And if we're talking specifically about mid-engined Indy Cars in the 1965 race? By that season only four starters of the entire field were front engined classic "roadsters". If Jim Clark hadn't won in 1965, there were a LOT of other mid engined cars in the race which would have won.
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