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Jim Clark First Did the Ton in a Healey!

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I find these stories of drivers who got their start in Healeys to be fascinating:

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"Clark competed in local rallies and in 1955 qualified for an International rally licence to do the 1955 International Scottish Rally with his cousin, Billy Potts, in an Austin Healey 100. It was on that rally that Jim Clark drove a car at 100 mph for the first time, crossing Glencoe in convoy with Ken Best in his Austin Healey 100."
https://www.ecurieecosse.com/who_drove_details.asp?driverID=9

And a nice painting of the event from Eric Dymock's blog:

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https://ericdymock.blogspot.com/2011/04/jim-clark.html
 
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