Jim Clark OBE Traditional Cache
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Jim Clark, the famous Scots racing driver, was born on a farm in Kilmany. The youngest of the family and the only boy amongst four sisters, Jim's family moved to a Border districts farm, Edington Mains near Duns, Berwickshire when he was the age of six.
He was educated at primary schools, first in Kilmany and then in Chirnside and then following three years of preparatory schooling at Clifton Hall near Edinburgh he was sent to Loretto School in Musselburgh.
Although his parents were opposed to the idea, Clark started his racing career driving in local road rallies and hill climb events driving his own Sunbeam-Talbot, and proved to be a fearsome competitor right from the off. By 1958 Clark was racing for the local Border Reivers team, racing Jaguar D-Types and Porsches in national events, and winning 18 races.
Then on Boxing Day 1958, Clark met the man who would launch him to superstardom. Driving a Lotus Elite, he finished second to Colin Chapman. Chapman was sufficiently impressed to give Clark a run in one of his Formula Junior cars, and the rest, as they say is history.
Jim Clark succeeded in the World Driver's Championship, the Indianapolis 500 and Indy car racing, the British and European Touring Car Championships, the Tasman Cup, the British and European Formula Two Championships, won races in the Lotus 23B and the difficult Lotus 30 sports cars, and proved adept at rallying and even NASCAR racing. On many occasions he raced in several classes during a Grand Prix meeting.
Jim Clark died in 1968 aged 32. At the time of his death he had achieved 25 Grand Prix victories. To those who followed his career in international motor racing, his death on April 7 in a Formula Two race at Hockenheim, Germany, was unbelievable. His apparent good humour and consummate skill seemed indestructible. In Kilmany, on June 6, 1997, Jackie Stewart unveiled an impressive bronze statue of Jim Clark. The statue is of Jim striding down the pit lane in his overalls - apparently based on Jim's mother's favourite picture of him.
The cache is an easy walk from the Parking location; past the Jim Clark Memorial and across the bridge on the Motray Water.
There are good swings for you nearby too!
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