Jim Clark

James Clark was born into a farming family at Kilmany House Farm, Fife, the youngest child of five, and the only boy. In 1942, the family moved to Edington Mains Farm, near Duns, Berwickshire, in the Borders. He was educated at primary schools in Kilmany and then in Chirnside. Following three years of preparatory schooling at Clifton Hall School in Edinburgh he was sent to Loretto School in Musselburgh, East Lothian.{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/motorsport/when-ayrton-senna-visted-musselburgh-to-pay-tribute-to-jim-clark-1-4719571|title=When Ayrton Senna {{sic|vis|ted|nolink=y}} Musselburgh to pay tribute to Jim Clark|newspaper=The Scotsman|date=6 April 2018|access-date=24 September 2018}}

Although his parents were opposed to the idea, Clark started his racing in local road rally and hill climb events driving his own Sunbeam-Talbot, and proved a fearsome competitor right from the start. On 16 June 1956, in his first event, he was behind the wheel of a DKW sonderklasse at Crimond, Scotland. By 1958, Clark was driving for the local Border Reivers team for Ian Scott-Watson, racing Jaguar D-Types and Porsches in national events, and winning 18 races. On Boxing Day 1958, Clark raced against the man who would launch him to superstardom. Driving a Lotus Elite, he finished second to Colin Chapman in a ten-lap grand touring race at Brands Hatch.Motor Sport, February 1959, Page 111.

Driving a Lotus Elite, Clark finished tenth at the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans; he partnered with John Whitmore and the ex-Bruce Halford Lister Jaguar, winning the Bo'ness Hill Climb.Motor Sport, April 1960, Page 257. Chapman was sufficiently impressed to give Clark a ride in one of his Formula Junior (FJ) cars. In March 1960, the first race for the newly introduced FJ took place at Goodwood. Clark finished first ahead John Surtees and Trevor Taylor.Goodwood Motor Circuit programme, 7 June 1965. See also: Motor Sport, April 1960, Page 231. Clark had made an earlier FJ appearance in a one-off race at Brands Hatch on Boxing Day, 1959, driving a Gemini-B.M.C. for Graham Warner of the Chequered Flag garage, Chiswick.Jim Clark, Jim Clark at the wheel, Pan Books Ltd., 1965, Pages 47–48, 175.

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Clark made his Formula One (F1) Grand Prix debut, part-way through the {{F1|1960}} season, during the 1960 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort on 6 June. Lotus had lost Surtees, who took part to the Isle of Man TT series; alongside Innes Ireland and Alan Stacey, Clark was one of the acceptable substitute.D.S.J., Motor Sport, July 1960, Page 568. He retired on lap 49 with final drive failure. His second Formula One race was the 1960 Belgian Grand Prix, held at the extremely fast and dangerous Spa-Francorchamps circuit; there, he got a taste of reality when two fatal accidents occurred (Chris Bristow and Alan Stacey). Clark, who finished fifth and scored his first points finish, was later quoted as saying in a 1964 interview: "I was driving scared stiff pretty much all through the race."{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Jamie |date=2021-04-07 |title=Jim Clark |url=https://www.everythingf1.com/jim-clark/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=EverythingF1}}

In {{F1|1961}}, Clark was involved in one of the worst accidents in the history of F1 racing. In the 1961 Italian Grand Prix on 10 September at Monza, Wolfgang von Trips in his Ferrari collided with Clark's Lotus.{{Cite magazine |date=October 1961 |title=1961 Italian Grand Prix race report: von Trips suffers fatal accident whilst Hill wins title |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/october-1961/44/xxxii-italian-grand-prix/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |magazine=Motor Sport |issue=44 |archive-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214144802/https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/october-1961/44/xxxii-italian-grand-prix/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Collantine |first=Keith |date=2011-09-09 |title=50 years ago today: F1's worst tragedy at Monza |url=https://www.racefans.net/2011/09/10/1961-italian-grand-prix/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=RaceFans |archive-date=3 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703113217/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/09/10/1961-italian-grand-prix/ |url-status=live }} Von Trips's car became airborne and crashed into a side barrier, fatally throwing von Trips out of the car and killing fifteen spectators.{{Cite news |date=1961-09-11 |title=Von Trips, 11 Monza Fans Killed; Hill Wins |work=Los Angeles Times |pages=C1 |issn=0458-3035}}{{cite web |date=2005 |title=Albino Albertini |url=http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=612 |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=Motorsport Memorial |archive-date=17 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017021234/http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=612 |url-status=live }} Clark and his car were subjected to an investigation;{{Cite web |last=Schneider |first=Jürgen |date=2021-09-10 |title=On the death of Count Trips: Clark mechanic recounts |url=https://www.speedweek.com/formel1/news/181330/Zum-Tod-von-Graf-Trips-Clark-Mechaniker-erzaehlt.html?lang=en |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Speedweek.com |archive-date=16 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216181416/https://www.speedweek.com/amp/formel1/news/181330/Zum-Tod-von-Graf-Trips-Clark-Mechaniker-erzaehlt.html?lang=en |url-status=live }} he was initially accused of manslaughter, before the charges were dropped.{{Cite web |date=2011-09-10 |title=L'ultima corsa di Wolfgang von Trips |url=https://www.ilpost.it/2011/09/10/incidente-von-trips-monza-1961/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Il Post |language=it}} At the time, Clark described the accident by saying: "Von Trips and I were racing along the straightaway and were nearing one of the banked curves, the one on the southern end. We were about 100 metres from the beginning of the curve. Von Trips was running close to the inside of the track. I was closely following him, keeping near the outside. At one point von Trips shifted sideways so that my front wheels collided with his back wheels. It was the fatal moment. Von Trips's car spun twice and went into the guardrail along the inside of the track. Then it bounced back, struck my own car and bounced down into the crowd."{{Cite news |date=1961-09-11 |title=Von Trips, 11 Monza Fans Killed; Hill Wins |work=Los Angeles Times |pages=C1 |issn=0458-3035}} In his later testimony, he recalled the collision had become unavoidable, saying: "Trips was head of me, driving on the center of the track. Suddenly he slowed down. Since my Lotus was faster than the Ferrari, I tried to overtake him. In the same instant the Ferrari surprisingly pulled to the left, and a collision became unavoidable..."{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=1961 Italian Grand Prix – The Crash Photos Database |url=https://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/cpdb/crashphotos_view.php?page=view&editid1=216 |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=The Fastlane |archive-date=16 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216181414/https://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/cpdb/crashphotos_view.php?page=view&editid1=216 |url-status=dead }}

Clark's first Drivers' World Championship came driving the Lotus 25 in {{F1|1963}},{{Cite web |date=2013-05-14 |title=Jim Clark Honored at 2013 Goodwood Revival |url=https://sportscardigest.com/jim-clark-honored-at-2013-goodwood-revival/ |access-date=2021-12-05 |website=Sports Car Digest |archive-date=6 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206070839/https://sportscardigest.com/jim-clark-honored-at-2013-goodwood-revival/ |url-status=live }} winning seven out of the ten races and Lotus its first Constructors' World Championship.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-22 |title=Champion Clark sets new wins record |url=http://en.espnf1.com/onthisday/motorsport/story/2592.html |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=ESPN UK}}{{Cite web |date=2023-11-07 |title=The 71-year-old record Verstappen broke in the Sao Paulo GP |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.explained-the-71-year-old-record-verstappen-broke-in-the-sao-paulo-grand.3LMx4WXMjAiWzIuhnN97Pd.html |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Formula 1}} The 1963 Indianapolis 500 saw Clark's debut in the series; he finished in second position behind Parnelli Jones and won Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year honours.{{cite news |date=2 June 1963 |title=Free meat for Clark |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114085924/1963-indy-500-roty-the-observer-2/ |access-date=4 December 2022 |work=The Observer |page=15 |via=Newspapers.com {{open access}} |archive-date=4 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204144710/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114085924/1963-indy-500-roty-the-observer-2/ |url-status=live }} The 1963 Indy 500 result remains controversial. Before the race, United States Auto Club (USAC) officials had told the drivers that they would black flag any car that was seen to be leaking oil onto the track. Late in the race, Jones' front-engined roadster developed a crack in the oil tank and began to leak oil. With the track surface already being slippery this resulted in a number of cars spinning and led to popular driver Eddie Sachs crashing into the outside wall. USAC officials were set to black flag Jones after the Sachs crash until his car owner J. C. Agajanian ran down pit lane and somehow convinced them that the oil leak was below the level of a known crack and would not leak any further. Colin Chapman later accused USAC officials of being biased because Clark and Lotus were a British team with a rear-engine car. Many, including journalist and author Brock Yates, believed that had it been an American driver and car in second place instead of Clark in the British built Lotus, officials would have black flagged Jones. Despite this, neither Lotus nor their engine supplier Ford protested the result, reasoning that winning as a result of a disqualification when Jones had led for 167 of the races 200 laps (Clark led for 28 laps) and had set the lap record speed of {{convert|151.541|mph|1|abbr=on}} on lap 114, would not be well received by the public.{{Cite web |last=Kurt |first=Kurt |date=2015-05-18 |title=What really happened in the closing laps of the 1963 Indianapolis 500? |url=https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2015/05/18/what-really-happened-in-the-closing-laps-of-the-1963-indianapolis-500 |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Hemmings |archive-date=16 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216190047/https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2015/05/18/what-really-happened-in-the-closing-laps-of-the-1963-indianapolis-500 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=O'Hare |first=Mick |date=2020-03-14 |title=F1: The race that sent motorsport back to the future |url=https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news-f1-indianapolis-500-colin-chapman-jim-clark-73338/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=The New European |archive-date=16 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216190047/https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news-f1-indianapolis-500-colin-chapman-jim-clark-73338/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Malsher-Lopez |first=David |date=2023-04-27 |title=1963 Indy 500: When Jones beat Clark and paused a revolution |url=https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/1963-indy-500-when-jones-beat-clark-and-paused-a-revolution/10460958/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Motorsport.com}}

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In {{F1|1964}}, Clark came within just a few laps of retaining his World Championship crown. Just as in 1962, an oil leak from the engine robbed him of the title, this time conceding to John Surtees. Tyre failure damaging the Lotus's suspension put paid to that year's attempt at the 1964 Indianapolis 500.{{cite web |url=http://eis.net.au/~bramwell/indy.htm |title=The Scotsman at the Brickyard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061020015913/http://eis.net.au/~bramwell/indy.htm |archive-date=20 October 2006 |website=Eis.net.au|date=1997|access-date=28 May 2016}} He made amends and won the Championship again in {{F1|1965}}, and also won the 1965 Indianapolis 500 in the Lotus 38. He had to miss the prestigious 1965 Monaco Grand Prix to compete at Indianapolis but made history by driving the first mid-engined car to win at the fabled Brickyard, as well as becoming the only driver to date to win both the Indy 500 and the F1 title in the same year. Other drivers, including Graham Hill, Mario Andretti, Emerson Fittipaldi, and Jacques Villeneuve, also won both crowns but not in the same year.{{Cite web |last=Jeffries |first=Tom |date=2023-05-14 |title=How many F1 drivers have won the Indy 500? Winners, drivers & more |url=https://www.autosport.com/indycar/news/f1-drivers-who-won-the-indy-500/6515972/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Autosport |archive-date=16 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216190046/https://www.autosport.com/indycar/news/f1-drivers-who-won-the-indy-500/6515972/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last1=Jeffries |first1=Tom |last2=Malsher |first2=David |date=2022-05-25 |title=F1 drivers who won the Indy 500 |url=https://us.motorsport.com/indycar/news/f1-drivers-who-have-won-the-indy-500/6516017/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Motorsport.com |archive-date=16 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216190047/https://us.motorsport.com/indycar/news/f1-drivers-who-have-won-the-indy-500/6516017/ |url-status=live }}

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The FIA decreed that from {{F1|1966}} new 3-litre engine regulations would come into force, and Lotus were less competitive. Starting with a 2-litre Coventry-Climax engine in the Lotus 33, Clark did not score points until the 1966 British Grand Prix and a third place at the 1966 Dutch Grand Prix. From the 1966 Italian Grand Prix onwards, Lotus used the highly complex BRM H16 engine in the Lotus 43 car, with which Clark won the 1966 United States Grand Prix. He also picked up another second place at the 1966 Indianapolis 500, this time behind Hill.

During {{F1|1967}}, Lotus and Clark used three completely different cars and engines. The Lotus 43 performed poorly at the opening 1967 South African Grand Prix, so Clark used an old Lotus 33 at the 1967 Monaco Grand Prix, retiring with suspension failure. Lotus then began its fruitful association with Ford-Cosworth. Their first car, the Lotus 49 featuring the most successful F1 engine in history, the Ford-Cosworth DFV, won its first race at the 1967 Dutch Grand Prix, driven by Clark. He won with it again at the 1967 British, United States, and Mexican Grands Prix, and at the 1968 South African Grand Prix.

Concurrent with competing in the F1 World Drivers' Championship, Clark competed with Lotus in the Australasia-based Tasman Series, run for older F1 cars. He was series champion in 1965, 1967, and 1968. He won fourteen races in all, a record for the series. This included winning the 1968 Australian Grand Prix at the Sandown International Raceway in Melbourne, where he defeated the Ferrari 246T of Chris Amon by just 0.1 seconds after 55 laps of the 3.1 km (1.92 mi) circuit, the closest finish in the history of the Australian Grand Prix. The 1968 Tasman Series and Australian Grand Prix would prove to be his last major wins before his untimely death, which occurred on 7 April 1968.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B2RAAAAAIBAJ&pg=5018%2C1371218 |work=The Herald |location=Glasgow |title=Jim Clark killed in race in Germany |date=8 April 1968 |page=1 |archive-date=28 December 2022 |access-date=1 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228195923/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B2RAAAAAIBAJ&pg=5018,1371218 |url-status=live }}

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In what would be the first of seven victories for Clark and Team Lotus that year, he won the 1963 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps in extremely foggy and rainy conditions. After starting eighth on the grid, he passed all of the cars in front of him, including early leader Graham Hill. About 17 laps into the race, with the rain coming down harder than ever, Clark had lapped the entire field except for Bruce McLaren, and was almost five minutes ahead of McLaren and his Cooper.{{Cite web |date=2014-07-07 |title=1963 Belgian Grand Prix {{!}} Motorsport Database |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1963-belgian-grand-prix/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Motor Sport}}{{Cite web |last=Tremayne |first=David |date=2019-04-10 |title=F1's Best Drives #2 − Jim Clark's 1963 victory at Spa in the Belgian Grand Prix |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.f1s-best-drives-2-clark-obliterates-opposition-at-hated-spa.3f8BxBOD6cDUaMTbTNuP2P.html |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Formula 1}} In the 1967 Italian Grand Prix at Monza after starting from pole, Clark was leading in his Lotus 49 (chassis R2), when a tyre punctured. He lost a lap while having the wheel changed in the pits. Rejoining sixteenth, he advanced through the field, progressively lowering the lap record and eventually equalling his pole time of 1m 28.5s, to regain the lost lap and the lead. He was narrowly ahead of Brabham and Surtees starting the last lap. As his car had not been filled with enough fuel, it faltered and finally coasted across the finish line in third place.{{Cite magazine |date=October 1967 |title=1967 Italian Grand Prix report: Surtees wins as heroic Clark denied |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/october-1967/16/italian-grand-prix-2/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Motor Sport|issue=16}}

In his Indianapolis 500 win, Clark led for 190 of the 200 laps, with a then-record average speed of over {{convert|150|mph|abbr=on}},{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-12954003.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025033805/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-12954003.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 October 2012|publisher=Scotland On Sunday|title= The laps of a god|date=27 February 2005|access-date=2008-07-20}}{{cite web |url=http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2001/05/21/021379.html |title=Racing History: The Great Races: 1965 Indianapolis 500 |publisher=Theautochannel.com |access-date=2010-02-26 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801211306/http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2001/05/21/021379.html |url-status=live }} to become the first non-American in almost half a century to win the race.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TW5AAAAAIBAJ&pg=2927%2C4895 |work=The Herald |location=Glasgow |title=Clark wins 500-mile race at Indianapolis |date=1 June 1965 |page=1 |archive-date=20 April 2023 |access-date=1 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420004322/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TW5AAAAAIBAJ&pg=2927,4895 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=1965-06-01 |title=Clark Roars to Record 500 Win |url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/title/slqwubhgjhhaixeeblhgrvfchwgytlzz_ip-10-166-46-84_1742017258328 |access-date=2025-03-15 |work=Milwaukee Sentinel |page=2, part 2 |via=GenealogyBank.com |agency=United Press International}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1965/06/07/607742/fiery-500-for-a-cool-scot |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Ottum |first=Bob |title=Fiery 500 for a cool Scot |date=7 June 1965 |page=18 |access-date=29 January 2018 |archive-date=29 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129141451/https://www.si.com/vault/1965/06/07/607742/fiery-500-for-a-cool-scot |url-status=live }} In {{F1|1963}} and {{F1|1965}}, Clark equalled Alberto Ascari's record for the highest percentage of possible championship points in a season (100%).{{Cite web |last=Masefield |first=Fraser |date=2013-09-26 |title=The 10 Hottest Winning Streaks in F1 History |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1788871-the-10-hottest-winning-streaks-in-f1-history |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Bleacher Report}} Leading 71.47% of the laps in 1963, Clark long held the record for the highest percentage of laps in the lead in a season and only lost it in {{F1|2023}} to Max Verstappen.{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Ida |date=2023-11-06 |title=The 71-year-old record Verstappen broke − and celebrated by singing Tom Jones |url=https://www.racefans.net/2023/11/06/the-71-year-old-record-verstappen-broke-and-celebrated-by-singing-tom-jones/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=RaceFans |archive-date=16 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216175259/https://www.racefans.net/2023/11/06/the-71-year-old-record-verstappen-broke-and-celebrated-by-singing-tom-jones/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Smyth |first=Richard |date=2023-12-21 |title=Max Verstappen: Record-breaker |url=https://www.theapexmotorsport.com/max-verstappen-record-breaker |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=The Apex Motorsport}} He still holds the Grand Chelem record; as of July 2023, only 26 drivers had secured a Grand Chelem, of which there had been 66 in total. Clark's record is that he had the most races taking pole, fastest lap, race win, and leading every lap, achieving this eight times in a 32-race span over three years (the 1962 British Grand Prix, the 1963 Dutch Grand Prix that he won by more than a full lap, the 1963 French Grand Prix, the 1963 Mexican Grand Prix, the 1964 British Grand Prix, the 1965 South African Grand Prix, the 1965 French Grand Prix, and the 1965 German Grand Prix). Clark is also one of three drivers (the other being Ascari and Sebastian Vettel have achieved the feat in consecutive races. Alongside Vettel and Verstappen, Clark is the only drivers to achieve a Grand Chelem in three consecutive years, and is the sole driver to accomplish this feat for four consecutive years (1962–1965).{{Cite web |date=2023-07-17 |title=F1 Grand Slams |url=https://www.salracing.com/story/2017/4/f1-grand-slams |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Salracing |archive-date=6 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006145943/https://www.salracing.com/story/2017/4/f1-grand-slams |url-status=live }} Clark finished his career with 274 total points.{{Cite web |last=Jeffries |first=Tom |date=2023-11-26 |title=The 10 best Formula 1 drivers ever: Hamilton, Senna & more |url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/whos-the-best-formula-1-driver-schumacher-hamilton-senna-more-4983210/4983210/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Autosport |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206212526/https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/whos-the-best-formula-1-driver-schumacher-hamilton-senna-more-4983210/4983210/ |url-status=live }}

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On 7 April 1968, Clark died in a racing accident at the Hockenheimring in West Germany.{{Cite news |date=8 April 1968 |title=Jim Clark dies in 170mph crash |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/1968/apr/08/formulaone |access-date=27 December 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} During the four-month gap between the first race, which Clark won, and second of the {{F1|1968}} season, drivers would compete in other racing formulas. Clark was originally slated to drive in the BOAC 1000 km sportscar race at Brands Hatch but instead chose to drive in the Deutschland Trophäe, a Formula Two race, for Lotus at the Hockenheimring, primarily due to contractual obligations with Firestone. Although the race has sometimes been described as a "minor race meeting", the entry list was impressive with top-running Matras for the French drivers Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Henri Pescarolo, Tecnos for Carlo Facetti and Clay Regazzoni, Team Brabhams for Derek Bell and Piers Courage, a Ferrari for Chris Amon, and McLarens for Graeme Lawrence and Robin Widdows. Team Lotus drivers Graham Hill and Clark were in Gold Leaf Team Lotuses and a young Max Mosley was also in the race, moving up from the Clubman series. The event was run in two heats.

{{cite magazine|last=Marriott|first=Andrew|date=July 2010|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/july-2010/50/the-memorial-that-matters/|title=Return to Hockenheim: The memorial that matters|magazine=Motor Sport|issue=50|access-date=14 February 2024}}

On the fifth lap of the first heat, Clark's Lotus 48 veered off the track and crashed into the trees. He suffered a broken neck and skull fracture, and died before reaching the hospital. The cause of the crash was never definitively identified; investigators concluded it was most likely due to a deflating rear tyre. Clark's death affected the racing community terribly, with fellow F1 drivers and close friends, such as Hill, Surtees, Amon, Jackie Stewart, Dan Gurney, and Jack Brabham, all being personally affected by the tragedy. People came from all over the world to Clark's funeral. Colin Chapman was devastated and publicly stated that he had lost his best friend. The 1968 F1 Drivers' Championship was subsequently won by Hill, his Lotus teammate, who pulled the heartbroken team together and held off Stewart for the crown, which he later dedicated to Clark. There is also a large memorial to Clark at Hockenheim today; because the track has been reduced in length and the old course reforested, the actual location of the crash is in a heavily wooded area.{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Mike |date=2018-10-03 |title=Jim Clark: A quest to find the original memorial at Hockenheimring |url=https://www.macfilos.com/2018/10/03/2018-10-2-jim-clark-a-quest-to-find-the-original-memorial-at-hockenheimring/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Macfilos}} There was initial speculation as to whether the accident was caused by a driver error or a deflating rear tyre, and Lotus were investigated thoroughly by aircraft crash investigators for three weeks. Many drivers, including Surtees and Brabham, were convinced that the crash was caused by a deflating rear tyre and were adamant that it was not a driver error—simply because they believed Clark was not capable of making such a mistake. In the words of Andrew Marriott of the classic journal Motor Sport who was covering the race as a young reporter, "Deaths in the sport were a regular occurrence in those days, but surely someone of Clark's sublime talent and skill? People reckoned that the rear tyre had deflated, and there is another theory that the mechanical metering unit on the Cosworth FVA engine had seized and caused Clark to crash."

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|quote = There have been many stories about the tyres on Jim Clark's car lasting four races. This is true, but also the brake pads lasted three times longer than those of any other driver. Derek Wild used to say that you could put all the gearboxes on the bench in front of him in random order and he could tell which gearbox came out of Jim's car as it showed less signs of wear. The point is that the standard of preparation was no different between Jim's car and the number two car. It was just that the man was very "soft" on his car and so he tended to last the race distance as a result.

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At the time of his death in 1968, the 32-year-old Clark had achieved 33 pole positions and had won 25 races from his 72 Grand Prix starts in championship races. He had more Grand Prix wins (25) and pole positions (33) than any other driver, including five-time World Champion Juan Manuel Fangio, despite winning three fewer World Championships; he also won most of the races he finished and was often winning, or in a podium position, when he had to retire due to mechanical failures, without which he could have equalled, if not beaten, Fangio's World Championship record. Fangio himself called Clark the greatest driver ever.{{Cite web |last=Rencken |first=Keith Collantine, Dieter |date=2018-04-07 |title='Fangio said he was the greatest ever': Jim Clark remembered, 50 years on |url=https://www.racefans.net/2018/04/07/fangio-said-greatest-ever-jim-clark-remembered-50-years/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=RaceFans |archive-date=16 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216175300/https://www.racefans.net/2018/04/07/fangio-said-greatest-ever-jim-clark-remembered-50-years/ |url-status=live }}

Although many of his records in total numbers were later eclipsed in part due to more races started and improved reliability, Clark's percentage-related ones remain either unbeaten or near the top.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-26 |title=Top 10: The drivers with the highest win percentages in F1 history |url=https://www.planetf1.com/features/top-10-highest-f1-win-percentages |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=PlanetF1 |archive-date=16 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216190046/https://www.planetf1.com/features/top-10-highest-f1-win-percentages |url-status=live }} In 73 entries and 72 races (he missed a race weekend due to an injury), Clark achieved 33 poles (45.2%), 34 finishes (47.2%), 25 wins (34.7% wins to races, 73.5% wins to finishes), and 8 Grand Chelems (pole position, fastest lap, race win, and led every lap of the race); in those 34 races he finished, Clark led 70.3% of the laps and 68.0% of the distance. Some of his Grand Chelems and percentage records persist into the 21st century.{{Cite web |last=Malsher-Lopez |first=David |date=2023-04-07 |title=How Jim Clark's F1 stats still hold up, over 50 years on |url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/jim-clark-genius-legend-Lotus/4778023/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Motorsport.com}} Clark's record of seven wins in a season was not equalled until {{f1|1984}} when Alain Prost won seven races for McLaren, and was not broken until Ayrton Senna won eight races in the {{f1|1988}} season, also for McLaren (Senna's teammate that year was Prost who again equalled the old record by winning seven races). Clark's record is favourable compared to Prost and Senna's as the 1963 season only consisted of 10 rounds while 1984 and 1988 were run over 16 rounds, giving Prost a success rate of 43.75% and Senna a 50% winning ratio compared to Clark's 70% success rate. Clark's 60-year record of highest percentage of laps in the lead in a season was only broken in 2023 by Max Verstappen.{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Sam |date=2023-11-19 |title=Max Verstappen beats incredible 60-year record at Las Vegas Grand Prix |url=https://www.planetf1.com/news/max-verstappen-f1-record-las-vegas-gp |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=PlanetF1}}{{Cite web |last=Hardy |first=Ed |date=2023-11-26 |title=F1 records broken by Max Verstappen in 2023 |url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/f1-records-broken-by-max-verstappen-in-2023/10543882/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Autosport |archive-date=28 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128165942/https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/f1-records-broken-by-max-verstappen-in-2023/10543882/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Chiu |first=Nigel |date=2023-11-27 |title=Max Verstappen: Every record Red Bull driver has broken in 2023 on his way to third F1 title |url=https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/13017353/max-verstappen-every-record-red-bull-driver-has-broken-in-2023-on-his-way-to-third-f1-title |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Sky Sports}} Despite his total numbers being eclipsed, Clark is considered among the greatest Formula One drivers, with fellow Scot and three-time World Champion Jackie Stewart still considering Clark and Fangio the greatest Formula One drivers ever.{{Cite web |last=Van Leeuwen |first=Andrew |date=2020-10-06 |title=Stewart: F1 titles and wins don't put Hamilton on level of Clark, Fangio |url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/stewart-f1-titles-and-wins-dont-put-hamilton-on-level-of-clark-fangio-4978466/4978466/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Autosport}}

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Clark is remembered for his ability to drive and win in all types of cars and series,{{Cite web |last=Turner |first=Kevin |date=2023-04-07 |title=Ranked! Jim Clark's top 10 performances in F1, Indy and more |url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/jim-clark-top-10-races-lotus-ranked/4776323/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Motorsport.com |archive-date=16 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216175300/https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/jim-clark-top-10-races-lotus-ranked/4776323/ |url-status=live }} including a Lotus-Cortina, with which he won the 1964 British Touring Car Championship, Champ Car World Series, rallying, where he took part in the 1966 RAC Rally of Great Britain in a Lotus Cortina, and sports cars. He competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 1959, 1960, and 1961, finishing second in class in 1959 driving a Lotus Elite, and finishing third overall in 1960, driving an Aston Martin DBR1. He took part in a NASCAR event, driving a 7-litre Holman Moody Ford at the American 500 at the banked speedway at Rockingham on 29 October 1967. Qualifying in 25th place (out of 44), he worked his way up to 12th before retiring with engine failure.{{cite web|url=https://www.firstsuperspeedway.com/articles/jim-clark|access-date=23 July 2023|title=Jim Clark Does NASCAR}} Clark was able to master difficult Lotus sportscar prototypes, such as the Lotus 30 and 40. He also had an ability to adapt to whichever car he was driving. Often other top drivers would struggle to find a good car setup, Clark would usually set competitive lap times with whatever setup was provided and ask for the car to be left as it was. At the 1963 Belgian Grand Prix, he won by nearly five minutes over the second-place finisher, the widest gap on record.{{Cite web |last=Tafà |first=Riccardo |date=2023-12-06 |title=The best Formula 1 drivers ever |url=https://rtrsports.com/en/blog/the-best-drivers-of-formula-1-ever/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=RTR Sports}} Clark wrote an autobiography, which was published just after his first world championship, titled Jim Clark at the Wheel. The book was updated after his Indy 500 victory.{{Cite web |last=Webber |first=Richard |date=2020-04-24 |title=The power of Scotland: remembering Jim Clark in a Lotus Evora |url=https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/features/power-scotland-remembering-jim-clark-lotus-evora |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Autocar}} Of what made Clark such a good driver, Stewart said: "He was so smooth, he was so clean, he drove with such finesse. He never bullied a racing car, he sort of caressed it into doing the things he wanted it to do."{{Cite AV media |title=Jim Clark: The Quiet Champion |type=Television production |publisher=BBC Four}}{{Page needed|date=March 2025|time=yes}} When Clark died, fellow driver Chris Amon said: "If it could happen to him, what chance do the rest of us have? I think we all felt that. It seemed like we'd lost our leader."{{cite web |url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-clajim.html |title=Jim Clark |publisher=Grandprix.com |access-date=2010-02-26 |archive-date=3 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203151243/http://grandprix.com/gpe/drv-clajim.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/clark.htm |title=History of Formula 1 – Grand Prix Hall of Fame – Jimmy Clark – Images |publisher=Ddavid.com |access-date=2012-07-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605095229/http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/clark.htm |archive-date= 5 June 2011 }}

Clark is buried in the village of Chirnside in Berwickshire.{{cite news |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1968/04/22/609814/a-farewell-to-jimmy-clark |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Hill |first=Graham |author-link=Graham Hill |title=A farewell to Jimmy Clark |date=22 April 1968 |page=63 |archive-date=3 October 2019 |access-date=29 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003024934/https://www.si.com/vault/1968/04/22/609814/a-farewell-to-jimmy-clark |url-status=live }} A memorial stone can be found at the Hockenheimring circuit, moved from the site of his crash to a location closer to the modern track, and a life-size statue of him in racing overalls stands by the bridge over a small stream in the village of his birth, Kilmany in Fife.{{Cite magazine |date=July 1993 |title=Clark memorial |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/july-1993/79/clark-memorial/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |magazine=Motor Sport|issue=79}}{{Cite web |date=1997-02-21 |title=Tribute to a supreme Scottish sportsman Statue will honour twice world champion Jim Clark's place in history |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12075218.tribute-to-a-supreme-scottish-sportsman-statue-will-honour-twice-world-champion-jim-clarks-place-in-history/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=The Herald}}{{Cite web |date=1997-05-30 |title=The enigmatic, complex and superfast Jim Clark |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12321342.the-enigmatic-complex-and-superfast-jim-clark/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=The Herald}} The Jim Clark Motorsport Museum can be found in Duns.{{cite web |url=https://www.liveborders.org.uk/culture/museums/our-museums/jim-clark-motorsport-museum/ |title=The Jim Clark Motorsport Museum |website=Live Borders |access-date=2023-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521153811/http://www.duns.bordernet.co.uk/local/clark.html |archive-date=21 May 2016 |url-status=live }} The Jim Clark Trophy was introduced in the {{F1|1987}} season and for drivers of cars with naturally aspirated engines but was discontinued after turbo-charged engines were restricted in 1988 and dropped for {{F1|1989}}. The now Jim Clark Memorial Award is an annual award given by the Association of Scottish Motoring Writers to Scots who have contributed significantly to transport and motorsport.{{cite news|newspaper=The Scotsman|date=5 August 2014|title=Rally doctor is honoured with 2014 Jim Clark Award|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/rally-doctor-is-honoured-with-2014-jim-clark-award-1-3498596|access-date=17 February 2016}} The Jim Clark Rally is an annual event held in Berwickshire.{{cite web|title=Jim Clark Rally|url=http://www.jimclarkrally.org/|access-date=17 February 2016}} Clark was an inaugural inductee into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.{{Cite web |title=Jim Clark OBE |url=https://sshf.sportscotland.org.uk/inductees/jim-clark-obe/ |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=Scottish Sports Hall of Fame |date=2002 |archive-date=9 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509033528/https://sshf.sportscotland.org.uk/inductees/jim-clark-obe/ |url-status=live }} In 2020, The Economist ranked all champion drivers of F1 history by the relative importance of car quality to driver skill, based on a study by Andrew Bell of the University of Sheffield. This ranking considers the relative statistical significance of the car maker's contributions. Clark ranked second, behind only Fangio.{{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/10/17/engineers-not-racers-are-the-true-drivers-of-success-in-motor-sport|title=Man v machine|publisher=The Economist|accessdate=21 November 2020|date=17 October 2020|archive-date=20 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120194230/https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/10/17/engineers-not-racers-are-the-true-drivers-of-success-in-motor-sport|url-status=live}} Objective mathematical models,{{Cite journal |last1=Eichenberger |first1=Reiner |last2=Stadelmann |first2=David |date=December 2009 |title=Who Is The Best Formula 1 Driver? An Economic Approach to Evaluating Talent |url=https://www.unifr.ch/finwiss/de/assets/public/research/academic%20publications/Who%20ist%20the%20best%20formula%201%20driver.pdf |journal=Economic Analysis & Policy |volume=39 |issue=3 |pages=389–406 |doi=10.1016/S0313-5926(09)50035-5 |access-date=2024-02-10 |via=University of Fribourg}}{{Cite journal |last1=Bell |first1=Andrew |last2=Jones |first2=Kelvyn |last3=Sabel |first3=Clive E. |last4=Smith |first4=James |date=2016-06-01 |title=Formula for success: Multilevel modelling of Formula One Driver and Constructor performance, 1950–2014 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274080402 |journal=Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=99–112 |doi=10.1515/jqas-2015-0050 |issn=1559-0410 |access-date=2024-02-10 |via=ResearchGate |hdl-access=free |hdl=1983/dd66908d-255b-47ec-94f1-e5e7acfeca49 |archive-date=2 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202212933/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274080402_Formula_for_success_Multilevel_modelling_of_Formula_One_Driver_and_Constructor_performance_1950-2014 |url-status=live }} such as Eichenberger and Stadelmann (2009, 2nd), original F1metrics (2014, 1st),{{Cite web |date=2014-07-18 |title=Who was the greatest F1 driver? |url=https://f1metrics.wordpress.com/2014/07/18/who-was-the-greatest-f1-driver/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=F1metrics |archive-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214162224/https://f1metrics.wordpress.com/2014/07/18/who-was-the-greatest-f1-driver/ |url-status=live }} Bell et al. (2015, 2nd), FiveThirtyEight (2018, 12th), and updated F1metrics (2019, 6th), put Clark consistently among the greatest Formula One drivers ever.{{Cite web |date=2014-11-26 |title=2014 model-based driver rankings |url=https://f1metrics.wordpress.com/2014/11/26/2014-model-based-driver-rankings/ |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=F1metrics |archive-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214162427/https://f1metrics.wordpress.com/2014/11/26/2014-model-based-driver-rankings/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Justin |date=2018-05-25 |title=Who's The Best Formula One Driver Of All Time? |url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/formula-one-racing/ |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=FiveThirtyEight}}{{Cite web |date=2019-11-22 |title=The f1metrics top 100 |url=https://f1metrics.wordpress.com/2019/11/22/the-f1metrics-top-100/ |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=F1metrics |archive-date=9 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209235350/https://f1metrics.wordpress.com/2019/11/22/the-f1metrics-top-100/ |url-status=live }} In 2024, Motor Sport ranked Clark as the greatest racing driver of all time.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/racings-greatest/the-100-greatest-racing-drivers/|title=The 100 greatest racing drivers|date=31 May 2024|access-date=19 November 2024|magazine=Motor Sport|archive-date=7 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207104739/https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/racings-greatest/the-100-greatest-racing-drivers/|url-status=live}}

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In 1965, Clark was awarded the American Broadcasting Company's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year. He was inducted into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame in 1988.{{Cite web |title=Jim Clark |url=https://imsmuseum.org/fame_inductee/jim-clark/ |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=IMS Museum |language=en-US}} He was also inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1990.{{Cite web |title=James Clark Jr |url=https://www.motorsportshalloffame.com/inductees/james-clark-jr/ |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=International Motorsports Hall of Fame}} That same year, he was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1990.{{cite web |title=Jim Clark |url=https://www.mshf.com/hall-of-fame/inductees/jim-clark.html |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=Motorsports Hall of Fame of America}} He was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002, a member of their inaugural class. In 1964 he was awarded an OBE.{{Cite web|title=Achievements|work=Chirnside Common Good Association |url=https://chirnsidecommongood.org/jim-clark-exhibition-programme/achievements/|access-date=18 April 2024|archive-date=15 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215083700/https://chirnsidecommongood.org/jim-clark-exhibition-programme/achievements/|url-status=live}}.

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{{asterisk}} Clark won the 1965 Indianapolis 500.

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{{smallsup|‡}} Colin Chapman withdrew the entry following a dispute with the scrutineers about the car's eligibility.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Clark holds the following Formula One records:

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

;Notes

• {{note|1|1}} – After Clark was disqualified for a push start, he took over the car of Trevor Taylor.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

• Clark's starting positions from 1964, 1965, and 1966 represent the best 3-race starting streak of the 1960s.
• Clark's 1965 win was the first win for a rear-engined car at the Indianapolis 500. No front-engined car has won the race since.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

¹Lakeside in 1965 and Levin and Teretonga in 1967 did not count towards Tasman Cup points.

(Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italic indicate fastest lap.)

For reasons of space, only those Formula Two events which Clark attended are shown.

¹ Innes Ireland took over Clark's car and finished in 9th place.

² Races cancelled due to bad weather.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

† Events with two races staged for the different classes.

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{{efn|name="droppedpoints"|Up until {{F1|1990}}, not all points scored by a driver contributed to their final World Championship tally (see list of points scoring systems for more information). Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.{{cite web|last=Diepraam|first=Mattijs|title=World Championship points systems|url=http://8w.forix.com/6thgear/points.html|work=8W|date=18 January 2019|access-date=1 December 2020|archive-date=24 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924032459/http://8w.forix.com/6thgear/points.html|url-status=live}}}}

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• Formula One drivers from the United Kingdom

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• Clark, Jim. Jim Clark at the Wheel. London: Arthur Barker, 1964.
• Darley, Peter. Jim Clark: Life at Team Lotus. Luton, Bedfordshire, UK: Coterie Press Ltd., 2007, {{ISBN|978-1-902351-28-5}}.
• Dymock, Eric. Jim Clark: Racing Legend. London: J.H. Haynes & Co. Ltd., 1997, {{ISBN|0-85429-982-3}}.
• Gavin, Bill. The Jim Clark Story. London: Leslie Frewin Publishers Ltd., 1967.
• Gauld, Graham. Jim Clark, Portrait of a Great Driver. London: Hamlyn, 1968, {{ISBN|0-668-01842-9}}.
• Gauld, Graham. Jim Clark, The Legend Lives On. Wellingborough, UK: Patrick Stephens Inc., 1994, {{ISBN|1-85260-144-2}}.
• Gauld, Graham. Jim Clark Remembered. Wellingborough, UK: Patrick Stephens Inc., 1984, {{ISBN|0-85059-730-7}}.
• Gauld, Graham. Jim Clark: Racing Hero. Cologne, Germany: McKlein Publishing, 2014, {{ISBN|978-3-927458-75-8}}
• Nye, Doug. Autocourse Driver Profile: Jim Clark. Richmond, Surrey, UK: Hazleton, 1991, {{ISBN|0-905138-77-5}}.
• Nye, Doug. Jim Clark And His Most Successful Lotus. London: J.H. Haynes & Co. Ltd., 2004, {{ISBN|1-84425-029-6}}.
• Spurring, Quentin and Peter Windsor. Jim Clark: A Photographic Portrait. Yeovil, Somerset, UK: Haynes Publishing, 2008, {{ISBN|978-1-84425-501-6}}.
• Taylor, William. 1965: Jim Clark & Team Lotus, The UK Races. Luton, Bedfordshire, UK: Coterie Press Ltd., 2009, {{ISBN|978-1-902351-36-0}}.
• Tulloch, Andrew. Jim Clark: Grand Prix Legend. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008, {{ISBN|978-0-297-85440-1}}.

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• {{Scottish Sports Hall of Fame|jim-clark-obe}}
• [http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~garycr/2001/jim_clark_memorial/ Jim Clark Memorial at Hockenheim]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110526130618/http://www.duns.bordernet.co.uk/tourist/attractions/clark.html Jim Clark memorial room] at Duns, Scotland
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110904011054/http://www.jimclarkrally.com/ Jim Clark Rally]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20151017021233/https://www.hypermotor.co.uk/jim-clark-50-year-homage/ Jim Clark 50th Anniversary Homage]
• [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/7/newsid_2837000/2837559.stm BBC News: Jim Clark killed in car smash]
• [http://atlasf1.autosport.com/99/bra/preview/horton.html "Remember Jim Clark", Roger Horton]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110724044601/http://www.thegreatest33.com/default.aspx#selecteddrivers?s=jimmy_clark The Greatest 33]
• [http://jimclarktrust.com/the-jim-clark-room/ Jim Clark Museum]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpl_z53xmTw Jim Clark as a contestant] on To Tell the Truth game show

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