Obituary – Peter Ashcroft
One of the best-loved and universally well-regarded managers on the rally scene, Peter Ashcroft was born in Preston, Lancashire and, after a spell at Gilbey Engineering, joined Ford’s motor sport…
June 13, 1965
Spa-Francorchamps
The Belgian GP was still an early part of the season – round three – but already the writing seemed on the wall. Jim Clark was at the height of his powers and, fresh from winning the Indy 500, he overcame poleman Graham Hill’s BRM in tricky conditions to kick-start a run of five successive wins on his way
to a dominant title with Lotus.