Jim Clark is described in the public record as British racecar driver (1936–1968). Born in Kilmany, United Kingdom, in 1936. Died in 1968.
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Take the IQ test →James Clark (4 March 1936 – 7 April 1968) was a British racing driver from Scotland who competed in Formula One from 1960 to 1968. Clark won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in 1963 and 1965 with Lotus, and—at the time of his death—held the records for most wins (25), pole positions (33), and fastest laps (28), among others. In American open-wheel racing, Clark won the Indianapolis 500 in 1965 with Lotus, becoming the first non-American winner of the race in 49 years. Born in Fife and raised in the Scottish Borders, Clark started his racing career in road rallying and hillclimbing. By 1958, Clark had graduated to sports car racing in national competition with Border Reivers, racing the Jaguar D-Type and Porsche 356, where he attracted the attention of Lotus founder Colin Chapman. Driving a Lotus Elite, Clark finished second-in-class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1959.
Jim Clark is recorded among the figures by whom motorsport is remembered, and the surviving account of that career is the basis on which the reputation rests.
Motorsport pairs athlete and machine, and the drivers who dominate an era do so against constantly shifting technical regulations.