Now I know it's not
rallying, but I reckon this will be of interest to most of us anyway.
The Jim Clark Trust is delighted
to announce that £53,000 was raised by donations from The Goodwood Festival of
Speed in July which marked the 50th anniversary of the loss of one of the
world's greatest racing drivers, and one of our own.
The Jim Clark Trust would like to
thank the generosity of all those who made donations including guests at the
Goodwood House Saturday Night Party, the Goodwood Road Racing Club and in
particular, the Duke of Richmond and Gordon for inviting the Trust to be the
chosen charity for this year’s event.
This year’s Festival of Speed
2018 also launched a competition to win the 100,000th Lotus ever
made to raise additional funds. The winner will of which will receive a unique
Jim Clark special edition Lotus Evora GT410 Sport inspired by Jim’s famous
1960’s Elan and created by Lotus Exclusive.
The winner of the competition
will be announced at the opening of the new Jim Clark Museum in summer 2019 - and
there's still time to enter this amazing competition at www.jimclarklotus.com.
The new £1.6m museum is being funded
by a partnership between the Heritage Lottery Fund, Scottish Borders Council
and The Jim Clark Trust. The building works began in June 2018 and the new
museum is expected to open in summer 2019.
The Jim Clark Trust is committed
to £300,000 funding towards the project. In recent years fundraising has
included events, grants, crowdfunding, merchandise, and special edition
memorabilia such as driving gloves and a commemorative whisky.
The launch of the Jim Clark
special edition Lotus Evora GT410 Sport competition is the most ambitious
fundraising campaign to date, and has attracted interest from Jim Clark fans,
F1, classic and motor sport fans around the world. The Lotus Evora includes
special features such as a Scottish tartan interior, classic wooden gear knob,
Jim Clark signature and discreet interior plaque making this 100,000th
Lotus truly unique. The launch of the competition was attended by the Duke of
Richmond and Gordon, a Patron of the Trust, with Group Lotus CEO Feng Qingfeng.
Also at the Festival, Honorary President
of the Trust, Sir Jackie Stewart drove Jim’s Lotus 25 up the Hill Climb along with
Jim's cousin and former Scottish Saloon Car racing Champ, Doug Niven, in a
Lotus Cortina.
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