Plans to expand and improve a museum celebrating the 1963 and ‘65 Formula 1 World Champion Jim Clark have secured major cash commitment.
Scottish Borders Council has agreed to give more than £500,000 ($975,000 CAN) to the project. The £1.2m ($2.3 million CAN) scheme would see the existing Jim Clark Room in Duns expanded and enhanced to allow cars and trophies to be put on display. The aim is to open the museum in 2018, marking the 50th anniversary of Clark's death at the Hockenheimring in Germany aged just 32 during a Formula 2 race. BBC News South Scotland says Doug Niven, who along with Ian Calder represents Clark's family on the Jim Clark Trust, said he looked forward to working with the council to ensure the plans come to fruition. "Being able to display some of Jim's cars in an expanded museum in Duns has been a long-held dream of many people, and this commitment from the council takes us a lot closer to seeing that achieved," Niven said.
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