Roger Clark Biography
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Roger Albert Clark, MBE (5 August 1939 β 12 January 1998) was a British rally driver during the 1960s and \'70s, and the first competitor from his country to win a World Rally Championship (WRC) event when he triumphed at the 1976 RAC Rally.\n', '
The son of a motor dealer also named Roger Clark, after an education at Hinckley Grammar School where he gained 5 O Levels, like his younger brother Stan Clark - also later a rally driver - he joined his fathers\' business as an apprentice. He learned about cars as a mechanic, and then helped the business take on new sales franchises. By 1975 there were four Roger Clark Cars Ltd. garages in the Leicester area, retailing under franchise agreements Alfa Romeo, Ford, Jensen, Lotus, Renault and Porsche.\n', '
Clark married Judith Barr in 1965, and the couple had two sons.\n', '
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