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I have just now finished reading a biography of Scottish World Champion driver Jimmy Clark. I consider this a must read book. The book is written by Claek and his close friend Ian Scott Watson. Clark's style is easy to read and his words invoke visions of motor racing in the 1960s. The biography was written before Clark's untimely death. In the end there is a listing of every single race win Clark accomplished, from Saloon club racing through the Indy 500 and his World Driving Championships. Clark does not portray himself as some young dashing figure of romantic proportions, but just a Scottish farm lad who had a knack for racing motor cars. The book is not an easy to locate these days, but Barnes and Noble lists several hardbound copies in the used book inventory for a low price. The copy I read was loaned to me from a friend who has an original Pocket Book printing in paperback from 1966.
If anyone else has read this book, please let me know what you thought of it.
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