Roger Clark
Roger Clark
Last name: Clark
First names: Roger Albert
Country: Great Britain
Sex: Male
Task: Driver
Date of birth: 5 August 1939
Date of death: 12 January 1998
Debut year: 1956

Roger Clark was the greatest Rally driver Britain produced in the 1970's, beating the previously all conquering Scandinavians with his very exuberant but controlled driving style.

Working his way up from Club events in a Mini Cooper to full works drives with Reliant, Rover and then Ford, competing in a wide variety of events.

Roger had competed in classic events in Australia in the 1990's, and his sudden death in  January 1998 was a great loss to the rallying world.

Titles
         Championship                                             Car
1965 British Rally Championship for Drivers  Ford Cortina GT 
1972 British Rally Championship for Drivers  Ford Escort RS1600 
1973 British Rally Championship for Drivers  Ford Escort RS1600 
1975 British Rally Championship for Drivers  Ford Escort RS1800 

World Rally Championship Classifications
63rd. 1981 World Rally Championship for Drivers


World Rally Championship Results
                  Rally                                                               Co-driver                 Car
ret.    1973 East African Safari Rally                             Jim Porter                 Ford Escort RS1600
2nd.  1973 Daily Mirror RAC Rally                              Tony Mason            Ford Escort RS1600
7th.   1974 Lombard RAC Rally                                    Tony Mason            Ford Escort RS1600
ret.    1975 Rallye Sanremo                                            Jim Porter                  Ford Escort RS1800
2nd.  1975 Lombard RAC Rally                                    Tony Mason            Ford Escort RS1800
5th.   1976 Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo          Jim Porter                 Ford Escort RS1800
ret.    1975 Rallye Sanremo                                             Jim Porter                 Ford Escort RS1800
1st.   1976 Lombard RAC Rally                                     Stuart Pegg              Ford Escort RS1800
ret.    1977 Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto           Jim Porter                  Ford Escort  RS1800
ret.    1977 Safari Rally                                                   Jim Porter                  Ford Escort RS1800
2nd.  1977 Acropolis Rally                                           Jim Porter                   Ford Escort RS1800
3rd.   1977 Critérium Molson du Québec                   Jim Porter                   Ford Escort RS1800
4th.   1977 Lombard RAC Rally                                   Stuart Pegg               Ford Escort RS1800
ret.    1978 Lombard RAC Rally                                   Neil Wilson               Ford Escort RS1800
13th. 1979 Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo        Jim Porter                   Ford Fiesta
ret.    1979 Acropolis Rally                                           Jim Porter                   Ford Escort RS1800
ret.    1979 Lombard RAC Rally                                   Jim Porter                   Ford Escort RS1800
ret.    1980 Lombard RAC Rally                                   Neil Wilson               Triumph TR 7 V8
10th. 1981 Lombard RAC Rally                                   Chris Searle               Ford Escort RS1800
11th. 1984 Lombard RAC Rally                                   Ian Grindrod              Porsche 911 SC RS
36th. 1995 Network Q RAC Rally                                Max Harvey              Subaru Impreza WRX

Other International Rally Results
                     Rally                                                       Co-driver                     Car
10th.   1968 London-Sydney Marathon                  Ove Andersson          Ford Lotus Cortina
5th.     1970 Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo    Jim Porter                     Ford Escort TC
Ret.     1970 Daily Mirror RAC Rally                        Jim Porter                     Ford Escort RS1600
24th.   1971 East African Safari Rally                      Gilbert Staepelaere      Ford Escort TC
11th.   1971 Daily Mirror RAC Rally                        Jim Porter                     Ford Escort RS1600
1st.     1972 Daily Mirror RAC Rally                        Tony Mason               Ford Escort RS1600
Ret.    1977 Total Rally South Africa                       Stuart Pegg                 Ford Escort RS1800
3rd.    1978 Esso-Lombard Scottish Rally               Jim Porter                    Ford Escort RS1800
1st.    1976 Lombard RAC Rally                               Stuart Pegg                 Ford Escort RS1800
2nd.   1977 Acropolis Rally                                       Jim Porter                    Ford Escort RS1800
3rd.    1977 Critérium Molson du Québec               Jim Porter                    Ford Escort RS1800
4th.    1977 Lombard RAC Rally                              Stuart Pegg                  Ford Escort RS1800
13th.  1979 Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo    Jim Porter                    Ford Fiesta
10th.  1981 Lombard RAC Rally                              Chris Searle                 Ford Escort RS1800
11th.  1984 Lombard RAC Rally                              Ian Grindrod                Porsche 911
36th.  1995 Network Q RAC Rally                          Max Harvey                 Subaru Impreza WRX
22nd. 1995 Manx International Rally                     Max Harvey                 Subaru Impreza WRX


Other Championship Classifications
4th. 1978 European Rally Championship for Drivers

Information courtesy Tjeerd van der Zee, 2001-2005.

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Avon Tour of Britain was an event designed to incorporate both rallying  and circuit racing into one event, featuring rally and race drivers from all over the world.


In 1974, on its debut works outing, Ford entered two Group One RS2000's. One was driven by Roger Clark with Jim Porter as his co-driver and the other by Gerry Marshall paired with Paul White. Driving a pair of white RS2000's, Clark headed home in first place driving PVX 445M, closely followed by Marshall in PVX 446M.
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