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Every generation has a great driver, someone of natural genius and balance, who has the talent to be fast anywhere in any car; for his generation the legendary Jim Clark was that man. The twice World Champion was entered in the 1966 RAC Rally and many assumed that this was a publicity stunt. However whilst Clark’s F1 rival Graham Hill had a journalist in the passenger seat of his Mini Cooper, Clark elected to take experienced co-driver Brian Melia, and when interviewed provided journalists with an incisive analysis of the difference between F1 driving and rallying. A novice to the sport he may have been, but that did not stop him setting three fastest stage times, seven second fastest times, nor rarely being out of the top ten.