James "Jim" (or "Jimmy") Clark, Jr. OBE (4 March 1936 – 7 April 1968) was a British Formula One racing driver from Scotland. Clark was considered the dominant driver of his era, winning two World Championships, in 1963 and 1965. He was killed in a motor racing accident in Hockenheim, Germany in 1968. At the time of his death, he had won more Grand Prix races (25) and achieved more Grand Prix pole positions (33) than any other driver. The Times recently placed Clark at the top of a list of the greatest Formula One drivers..
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As an American who followed Formula 1 racing, and knew Tony Hulman as a friend of my family, it is hard to forget the debut of Jim Clark at the Indy 500. A lot of the people at the 500 in 1963 had never heard of Clark, apparently, some of the announcers were in that group. Clark spun on the back straight, commentary on the radio went something like this: " Looks like the rookie, Clark, is out of the race, he is going backwards after spinning on the back straight! Oh my god, did you see that he has spun the car back around and has it going frontwards again!! Wow, can that guy drive!!" If memory serves me, he did the same spin on a later lap as well, going backwards until he had a clear lane and then spinning the car again back to front. To my knowledge, it was never done again at Indy.
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