 |
The
Jim Clark Story
Black & White |
Both
On
One Video! |
1965
Indianapolis
Eastmancolor |
Both "The Flying Scot" (The Jim Clark Story) and the "1965 Indianapolis 500" by Dynamic Films are now available on a high quality 57-minute videotape from "Rare Sportsfilms, Inc". These films are a perfect match, as Jim Clark won the 1965 race, and "The Flying Scot" is the story of his racing life up through 1965. Both of these rare films have been carefully and beautifully reproduced by "Rare Sportsfilms Inc.", maker of the very finest quality nostalgic racing videos!
"The Flying Scot" is the story of a racing partnership started in 1958 when Clark embarked on a dangerous but glory-filled road with Colin Chapman, English race car designer of the rear engine Lotus, a car which in the years ahead would come to revolutionize racing thousands of miles away at Indianapolis. The video will take you to Jim's roots in Duns Scotland where he and his father maintained a 1200-acre estate located near the border country between Scotland and England. Covered is his success on the Grand Prix circuit where Lotus and Chapman gained fame. Jim won the World Driving Championship in 1963, and is shown winning the British Grand Prix at Silverstone for the fourth straight time. Included are live interviews with his friends, parents and car-builder Chapman. In 1963 Clark and Chapman bring a Lotus to Indianapolis and qualify in the front row. Scenes of the race show Clark proving the worth of Lotus' lightweight, rear engine design by finishing second behind winner Parnelli Hones. Scenes of Chapman's Lotus factory in England are also captured in this film, along with the 1964 race at Indy, in which Clark qualifies on the pole, only to suffer a broken suspension during the race that eliminates him. The story contains interviews with Jim himself back on his farm in Scotland, before he returns to Indy in 1965. He again qualifies on the front row and this time becomes the first foreign driver since 1916 to win the race, and driver of the very first rear engine car to win!
The story of the 1965 race at Indy is the second part of this tape and is new color footage never before available on video. More of a generic version than "Diary Of Courage", this film was produced for Ashland Oil instead of for STP, but both are still different than the more common "Short Way Around" by Championship Racefilms. Shown throughout are closeups of drivers, officials and the racing personalities at the speedway including A.J. Foyt, young rookie Mario Andretti, Rodger Ward, Parnelli Jones, Dan Gurney, J.C. Agajanian, Colin Chapman, George Bignotti and others. Covered is practice and the exciting qualifications along with several spins and crashes which took place during the month of May and in the race itself.
Qualifications in 1965 were as exciting as any in the history of the speedway. With this beautiful COLOR tape, you are there as Len Sutton is first to make a qualification attempt. After Sutton qualifies, young Andretti takes to the track and stuns the crowd by breaking Jim Clark's year old record of 158.828! On deck is Jim Clark, and he answers the challenge with a new record of his own: 160.729! However A.J. Foyt is the very next out on the track and the flying Texan rips off a spectacular run of 161.233 to grab the pole for the race! Three consecutive record-breaking runs have treated the fans to the fastest 15 minutes in the history of sports! Later Jim Hurtubise is shown qualifying the #59 Tombstone Life Novi, the sound of which was worth the price of admission all by itself! Some interesting scenes of the downtown festival parade are shown before the 33 cars take the green flag for the start of the race on Memorial Day! Jim Hurtubise in the #59 Novi is first out of the race, but others follow. Roger McCluskey loses a clutch. Dan Gurney has timing gear problems. Bud Tingelstad is shown spinning out and crashing on his 115th lap. Action in the pits is covered and helps determine the outcome of the race. Clark's pit crew includes the well-known Wood brothers of stock car racing fame. On one of his stops Clark gets back out in only 17 seconds! Meanwhile A.J. Foyt, leading the race, stalls in his pit and loses valuable time as Clark regains the lead. Eventually Foyt retires with transmission trouble. By the end of the race, Clark has almost a two lap lead and sets a new record speed for the 500 miles. Parnelli is second and rookie Andretti, a "boy to watch in the future" finishes third!
You can get both of these films, now available on one video for only $24.95 + $5.00 S & H. (Illinois residents must add $2.00 sales tax).
"RARE SPORTSFILMS N",
1126 Tennyson Lane,
Naperville, IL 60540
(630) 527-8890
Go Back
|
|
