Below some pictures of Jim Clark Lotus 49. This car was present during the Rob Slotemaker Memorial which was
held at the Zandvoort Race track at 25/26 September 2004. As I found out later
this specific car is a replica of Jim's 1968 South African Grand
Prix-winning chassis, built in the late 1990s. This info was kindly
submitted by Michael Oliver,
a British motor sport writer and historian who has written quite a number of
interesting books on several types of Lotus cars, amongst which the famous
49.
As I was at the track quite early I had
every opportunity to photograph the car from each angle and even put my son
Rick in for a nice picture. Unfortunately we had to leave early too and sadly
enough didn't see the Lotus in action.
The pic on the right
shows the sad remains of Jim's car after his fatal crash on April 7th, 1968.
At Hockenheim there's still a memorial that keeps the memories of this hero
alive.
Just click on the pictures for an
enlargement and hit the back button to get back.
