Jim Clarke MK1 Lotus ? Cortina On Bob Sleigh Run

[neutral 3]

Haveing just watched the Amazeing Ford Heritage Film of Hannu Mikala and Bjorn Waldegard in their Escorts on the ice has got me thinking about a great Photo i saw some years ago in one of the classic car mags of one of my boyhood heros the Late Great JIM CLARK going full pelt in i beleive one of the frst Mk1 Lotus Cortinas down a bob sleigh run .
It may have been staged as a publicity stunt for the launch of the first Lotus Cortina ? I would love to see this photo again and know more about the time and place , any ideas anyone ?

[davepoth]

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LSYDAAAAMBAJ&am...

This one? nice article about it too.

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Just read it and I'm quite surprised to learn he drove down the track faster than the olpympic champion managed on a bobsleigh. Like to see someone try that in a Focus RS...

Edited by davepoth on Saturday 13th February 21:46

[RedexR]

There is some video of this event I saw a while ago , quite an extraordinary concept , the other remarkable thing is it actually was the concept for a later James Bond film stunt. I will try and locate the item and insert a link for you.

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Thats the ONE ! Thank you for finding it , the photo i saw was i think taken from another angle , but it must be the same time and place . Not sure if he is driveing a Lotus or a standard Cortina , but i would loved to have seen this take place, wondering now if a car has since been driven down the same run . If only Jim Clark was still with us .

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Thanks also redex for your reply and yes i would very much like to see the film of this . I also cant stop watching the Wadergard/ Mikola ice race film...great soundtrack to it and if only a works Escort wasnt out of my price range !

[davepoth]

I guess standard ones, since it's not white...

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Yes thats almost the photo i remember , amazeing shot , thank you for putting it on here, it must have taken a loy of guts to do a drive like that, any date or write up to the photo and i assume that Jim Clark is driveing ?

[davepoth]

http://www.world-of-cortina.co.uk/thefordyears3.ph...

Is where I lifted it from.

[neutral 3]

Thanks for all the Jim Clark info etc , i have been unable to log in to the site for a few weeks , problem with password , hence the delay in replying .