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Jim Clark - Versatile? Or Not?


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#151 rl1856

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Posted 14 December 2022 - 14:02

I recall reading that JP Beltoise and Francois Cevert learned to spin and drift while driving tanks during their mandatory French Military service.  Does that count ?



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#152 Charlieman

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Posted 14 December 2022 - 18:43

I freely admit that having towed caravans and my rally cars on trailers I still cannot reverse them properly...

But then it's all about going forward.

One of my multitude of sisters, owing to her horticultural education, is the best person I know at backing a trailer. She had never driven when she learned to use a tractor. 30 odd years later she is pretty average going forwards



#153 Doug Nye

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Posted 14 December 2022 - 19:20

Beltoise and Cevert as tank drivers?  If true it certainly served Francois well in CanAm...    :cool:

 

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