The 1968 BOAC 500 sports car race at Brands Hatch was cheerless. As news filtered in from Hockenheim a generation came to realise motor racing would never be the same again. It was more than the death of a driver; it was the end of an era. It was more than a squall following a storm. When Jim Clark died the whole of motor racing changed.
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Italian Grand Prix, Monza. The press tribune in the grandstand opposite the pits was a long walk through a narrow steamy tunnel crowded with excited Italians. Starting grid : Clark (Lotus-Ford 20) on pole alongside Jack Brabham 18 and Bruce McLaren 4. Chris Amon (Ferrari 7) and Dan Gurney (American Eagle 8) are on row 2. Officials wait for all the cars to line up. for the greatest drive of Clark’s career.
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