Autosport (UK)

A LEGEND FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS

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Had it not been for the American V8 invasion, the giant-killing Ford Lotus Cortina might have ended Jaguar’s domination of touring car racing anyway. Lotus boss Colin Chapman mated the humble Cortina with the 1600cc twin-cam four-cylinder engine he got Harry Mundy and Cosworth’s Keith Duckworth to develop. Further chassis modificati­on helped harness the extra power and the Cortina dominated its class. Jim Clark won Class B in every 1964 round to take the overall drivers’ crown and the car remained a standard-setter – in Mk2 form – until the arrival of the Escort in ’68.

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