Jim Clark – Life at Team Lotus

July 7, 2014

Peter Darley

Readers may remember that we were so impressed by Peter Darley’s photographs that we carried a gallery of them. The reason they’re significant (apart from simply being good images) is that Colin Chapman asked Darley to document the team’s doings, and for the next few years Darley captured not only Clark, Rindt and Hill but also all the others who make up a team at testing and races. Jim Clark, the core of this book, features over and over, but the unguarded nature of the images keeps the interest up, while Darley’s captions (there is no text) name everyone in shot very useful for us! Handsomely produced, with cloth slip-case. GC

Published by Coterie, ISBN 190235 1 285, £75

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Gordon Cruickshank

Deputy editor

Bravely ignoring his degree in industrial design after discovering night rallies in a Renault 8, GC joined Motor Sport by accident, in the Teesdale days around 1982 when Jenks and WB were office regulars and Mr Tee ruled with a rod of cardboard. He took part in some of the early historic rallies, winning one of the Pirelli Marathons, and regularly runs his Mk2 Jaguar in road events.

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