Semper Augustus ...

... was an expression generally associated with a modest man who was one of the great Roman Emporers. Clark was equally modest and it is the word ‘incomparable’ that always springs to mind when speaking, thinking or writing of him. That is just what he was and has remained – Barrie Gill.

It's good to remember.

In the extra, a Lotus 23B, similar to the car he debuted at the 1962 Nurburgring 1000Km. Despite being up against far more powerful machinery, by the end of the first lap Jim had a 27 second lead. He crashed out on lap 12, suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.

This has become a fairly regular pilgrimage to the museum at Duns and his grave at Chirnside.

And, playing on Radio Sandhoe today: Bootstraps - Haywire