Jim Clark in a Lotus 21
c.1999
By Dave Adnams (South African amateur artist spacialising in motor vehicles).
Acrylic on board, depicting British racer Jim Clark (4 March 1936 – 7 April 1968) a British racing driver from Scotland, who competed in Formula One from 1960 to 1968. Clark won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles with Lotus, and—at the time of his death—held the records for most wins (25), pole positions (33), and fastest laps (28), among others. In American open-wheel racing, Clark won the Indianapolis 500 in 1965 with Lotus, becoming the first non-American winner of the race in 49 years.
Clark won the 1961 South African Grand Prix, also known as the 8th International RAC South African Grand Prix, driving a Lotus-Climax. The race was held on 26 December 1961 at the Prince George Circuit in East London, South Africa.
715mm 605mm framed.
R12,500