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[jpgp79]

I recently bought the wonderful book "Sports Car Racing in camera 1960-1969" by Paul Parker, and was very interested by a color picture of the start of the 1962 Nurburgring 1962, during which Jim Clark was well before everyone on his new Lotus 23 until exhaust fumes caused him to make a mistake and crash.

On the photo, you can see the side on Jimmy's Lotus, and it appears that there is a red triangular sticker behind the front wheel arch. I checked on other photos I have from this car, unfortunately all in black and white, and I can see this sticker too on these photos. Unfortunately, none are close enough to actually identify what this sticker is about.

I attached the enhanced color photo from the book, sorry if it's a bit blurred, but its magnified to better see it.

Anybody has an idea on what is this sticker and how it looks like ?

It could be a logo from the Essex Racing Team, as this car was a private entry although heavily endorsed by Colin Chapman. But I don't have an idea of how it looks like.


By jpgp79 at 2007-09-29

[David McKinney]

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[Rob Semmeling]

Said photo also appears in Chris Nixon's "Kings Of The Nürburgring", page 241. It is from the LAT archives so perhaps a better quality version is available there.

A photo of Jimmy Clark on page 70 of "ADAC 1000 KM Rennen" by Födisch/Behrndt suggests that sticker was a late addition to the car.

[Bjorn Kjer]

Any news here ?

[Rob Semmeling]

No, but www.cnn.com usually has some.

















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[Bjorn Kjer]

Continued at thread : Lotus 23 at 1000 km Nurburgring 1962

[olle23b]

I recently bought the wonderful book "Sports Car Racing in camera 1960-1969" by Paul Parker, and was very interested by a color picture of the start of the 1962 Nurburgring 1962, during which Jim Clark was well before everyone on his new Lotus 23 until exhaust fumes caused him to make a mistake and crash.

On the photo, you can see the side on Jimmy's Lotus, and it appears that there is a red triangular sticker behind the front wheel arch. I checked on other photos I have from this car, unfortunately all in black and white, and I can see this sticker too on these photos. Unfortunately, none are close enough to actually identify what this sticker is about.

I attached the enhanced color photo from the book, sorry if it's a bit blurred, but its magnified to better see it.

Anybody has an idea on what is this sticker and how it looks like ?

It could be a logo from the Essex Racing Team, as this car was a private entry although heavily endorsed by Colin Chapman. But I don't have an idea of how it looks like.


By jpgp79 at 2007-09-29

[Barry Boor]

Isn't it funny how a blue helmet can look brown at times....

[larryd]

Indication of central electrical cut-off switch ?