from February Scottish Clubman
April 17th Ingliston Spring Race Meeting (restricted)
by Bill Broomfield for the July Scottish Clubman
May 8th Ingliston Adam Wyllie Memorial Race Meeting (restricted)
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Jack Cowie's red 1650cc Marcos GT ERG 984D
Photo George Gordon
Photo George Gordon
Fintray Hill Climb 14th August
Jack Cowie's 1650cc Marcos GT ERG 984D seen here with George (L) and Jack (R)
Photo George Gordon
Photo George Gordon
From Scottish Clubman August 1966
Group 5 British Saloon Championship car fitted with original BRM fuel injected engine, original body shell, alloy panels and suspension, correct original magnesium wheels, even has its original ignition key . Raced in period by Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Peter Arundell, Jacky Ickx , Sir John Whitmore, Piers Courage, Brian Robinson and Tony Dean at Goodwood, Silverstone, Snetterton, Crystal Palace, Brands Hatch and Oulton Park. One of the most important works cars in existence. Featured in Peter Darley 's Jim Clark Life at Team Lotus.
The car was sold at the 2019 Autosport International Sale by Silverstone Auctions for £168,750.
The car was sold at the 2019 Autosport International Sale by Silverstone Auctions for £168,750.
KPU 396C above and below at the Jim Clark Room in 2013
Andy Middlehurst's Group 5 Lotus Cortina above at Knockhill on 24th August 2014
Andy Middlehurst's 1965 Group 5 Lotus Cortina at Duns in April 2018. KPU 396C is a 1965 car only raced in 1966. LINK to history
Photographed below are just two of Andy Middlehurst's comprehensive Exhibits in Duns Library 2014.
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believed to be held in June
believed to be held in June
Bo'ness Hill Climb 25th June
programme kindly supplied by Kenny Baird who chronicled the complete history of the event in his book "Bo'ness Speed Hill Climb Scotland's First Motor Racing Venue"
November
In 1966 a couple of weeks after competing abroad in the Alpine Rally Roger Clark had a phone call from Henry Taylor of Ford with some surprising news. Roger's namesake had been persuaded to do the RAC Rally with Brian Melia as co-driver. Roger was flabbergasted that he was asked to go down to Bagshot to show Jim the ropes. Roger in his book was extremely complementary about how Jim learned everything so very quickly, the book is well worth obtaining. Starting in London Jim drove #8 Lotus Cortina NVW241C and made a lot of headlines but finally retired in Scotland due to an excursion so far into the scrub that nobody could see the wreckage. Roger retired quite early on and Graham Hill in a Cooper S didn’t get any further than the Lake District on day two, his Mini retiring at Grizedale with a broken gearbox and a cracked sump. Read LINK and LINK
A framed photo behind glass of Jim on the '66 RAC Rally displayed at the Chirnside 2018 Exhibition.
Below the winning identical works car NVW 239C of Sweden's Bengt Soderstrom who commented:
“I never knew Jim Clark was as good as that”
Below the winning identical works car NVW 239C of Sweden's Bengt Soderstrom who commented:
“I never knew Jim Clark was as good as that”
This Lotus Cortina NVW239C on show for the first time at Turin's Museo Nazionale Dell'Automobile is one owned by the late Gino Macaluso. The Golden Age of Rally exhibition ending on 2nd May 2023 is featured over three pages of the March 2023 Classic Car magazine. It is written that for understandable reason Italy's little interest in Fords meant that the car has never been invited to a show. Most cars are arranged in pairs to highlight the showdowns of the era, although not having been I can't say which is paired with the Cortina. Another familiar car on show is the Peugeot 205 T16 of Juha Kankkunen who came third in the '86 Lombard RAC Rally which came up to Ingliston LINK before the demise of Group B. Betraying the underdog label of the RWD Nissan 240RS in Group B were Louise Aitken-Walker and Ellen Morgan who came 15th overall. The sight and sound of these brutal cars on this the shortest 2.03 km SS22 must have been memorable, late night TV coverage was not possible due to rain. The initial Badminton park stage on spectator Sunday is worth watching here, there are further reports covering all the days.