Jim Clark, the former world motor racing champion was killed when his Lotus-Cosworth skidded off the track and somersaulted into a wood at about 170mph.

On 7 April 1968, Clark died in a racing accident at the Hockenheimring in West Germany. During the four-month gap between the first race, which Clark won, and ... Jim Clark Rally · Kilmany · Lotus 48 · 1968 South African Grand Prix

A deflated rear tyre was widely blamed and accepted as the cause for the incident. ... The reaction to his death was one of shock and disbelief. Just a few ...

Clark, 32, was at the wheel of his Lotus-Cosworth which left the track at 170mph (274km/h), somersaulted through the air and collided with a tree on a remote ...

7 апр. 2020 г. · Clark was taken to hospital but was dead on arrival, his neck broken and skull fractured. Hill was quickly on the scene helping sift through the ...

6 апр. 2018 г. · Clark's Lotus 48 veered off track and crashed into the trees. He suffered a broken neck and skull fracture and died before reaching the hospital.

7 апр. 2023 г. · On April 7, 1968, Clark was killed when his Lotus-Cosworth skidded off the track and somersaulted into a wood at about 170mph during a Formula Two race.

7 апр. 2021 г. · On 7 April 1968, in a freak accident that has never been explained, Jim Clark was killed at Hockenheim. On 2 August 1998, Matt Bishop visited the spot.

Jim Clark was killed whilst at the peak of his powers. The victim of a mechanical failure that was beyond even his remarkable skill to overcome.