Graham Gauld to Speak at AISA Conference

VeloceToday correspondent Graham Gauld has been invited to speak at the Italian National Motor Museum de Gianni Agnelli in Turin on the early life of Jim Clark, scheduled for Saturday, February 16, 2019. Famed Italian journalist Gianni Cancillieri will also talk of his own experiences with Jim followed by questions and answers. The conference is held by the AISA – Italian Association for the History of the Automobile and is free and open to all.

Note that Graham will present his material in Italian, not English. For those who plan to go, but aren’t fluent in Italian, our guess is that you’ll get the gist of the talk anyway! VeloceToday has previously published a short article by Gauld on Jim Clark.

Below are the official Press Releases in English and Italian…

Turin, 18 December 2018. AISA – Italian Association for the History of the Automobile is preparing to start the new year with a conference dedicated to the great British driver Jim Clark. The event will be held on Saturday 16 February 2109 in Turin, at the National Automobile Museum.

James Jr. “Jim” Clark was born in Kilmany, Scotland, on March 4, 1936 and died in Hockenheim, Germany, on April 7, 1968, at age 32, in a Formula 2 race. His pilot career began in 1956 and saw him at the wheel of several different cars, including Sunbeam, DKW, Porsche, Jaguar Aston Martin and Lotus, collecting a very rich record: British Formula Junior Champion in 1960, Formula 1 World Champion in 1963 and 1965, British Touring Champion in 1964, British Formula 2 Champion in 1965 and three times winner of the Tasman Series in Oceania (1965, 1967 and 1968). In Formula 1 he recorded 25 victories to which he was added, among his most important successes, also that of the Indianapolis 500 in 1965, after which Time magazine dedicated a cover where he was called “the quickest man on wheels”, a extraordinary honor for a European sportsman.

Speakers at the Conference will be two important journalists specializing in sports motoring, Graham Gauld and Gianni Cancellieri. The meeting will start at 10 am at the National Automobile Museum, Corso Unità d’Italia 40, Turin; participation, as always, is free and open to all enthusiasts, even non-members, subject to availability.

Torino, 18 dicembre 2018. L’AISA – Associazione Italiana per la Storia dell’Automobile si prepara ad iniziare il nuovo anno con una conferenza dedicata al grande pilota britannico Jim Clark. L’evento si terrà sabato 16 febbraio 2109 a Torino, presso il Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile.

James Jr. “Jim” Clark è nato a Kilmany, in Scozia, il 4 marzo 1936 ed è morto a Hockenheim, in Germania, il 7 aprile 1968, a 32 anni, in una corsa di Formula 2. La sua carriera di pilota iniziò nel 1956 e lo vide al volante di numerose diverse vetture, fra cui Sunbeam, DKW, Porsche, Jaguar Aston Martin e Lotus, collezionando un ricchissimo palmarès: Campione britannico di Formula Junior nel 1960, Campione del Mondo di Formula 1 nel 1963 e nel 1965, Campione britannico Turismo nel 1964, Campione britannico di Formula 2 nel 1965 e per tre volte vincitore della Tasman Series in Oceania (1965, 1967 e 1968). In Formula 1 registrò 25 vittorie a cui va aggiunta, fra i suoi successi più importanti, anche quella della 500 Miglia di Indianapolis nel 1965, dopo la quale la rivista Time gli dedicò una copertina dove era definito “the quickest man on wheels”, un onore straordinario per uno sportivo europeo.
Relatori della Conferenza saranno due importanti giornalisti specializzati nel motorismo sportivo, Graham Gauld e Gianni Cancellieri.

L’incontro avrà inizio alle ore 10 presso il Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile, corso Unità d’Italia 40, Torino; la partecipazione, come sempre, è libera e aperta a tutti gli appassionati, anche non soci, fino ad esaurimento posti.

For more about the Museum:

Museo dell’ Automobile Part 1: The Car and the XXth Century