Jim Clark’s BTCC wins

On his days off from starring on the world stage, the double Formula 1 world champion was a spectacular home hero in tin-tops

We look back at the great man’s heroics in Ford Galaxie and Lotus Cortina racers

Jim Clark is one of motorsport’s true legends, with two Formula 1 world titles, 25 championship victories and an Indianapolis 500 win to his name. He also took the 1964 British Touring Car Championship – or British Saloon Car Championship as it was then called.

Clark’s title success came largely through his complete domination of Class B (for up to two-litre machines) in his works 1600cc Ford Lotus Cortina, but it was his three-wheeling challenge for overall honours that captured the imagination. Although rarely able to defeat top V8s in the hands of Jack Sears, Jack Brabham and Jackie Oliver, Clark finished on the podium in every race of the 1964 campaign and took three outright wins.

Combined with his one-off Ford Galaxie outing and his subsequent victories in the Cortina, that means Clark scored eight series successes.

Clark is arguably the BTCC’S most famous driver so, 50 years after his death, the championship’s 60th birthday is an ideal time to look back at the races Clark conquered.