Promoting Lotus Cars throughout Chicago
Years ago, when I was a national driver, campaigning my ol’ Lotus Super 7 in SCCA’s D-Production, I entered a race near Brainard, Minnesota, on a track titled Donnybrooke International. It was late in the season, always hot and humid,
It is difficult to believe that fifty years have passed since Jim Clark died. It was April 7th, 1968. He was racing a Lotus 48 for Team Lotus in a Formula 2 event at Hockenheim, Germany. The race was held
Two years after Jim Clark’s epic win at the Indianapolis 500 in 1965, Team Lotus was caught off balance when they returned in ‘67. Sponsored once again by Andy Granatelli’s STP organization, Lotus originally planned to use BRM’s H16 engine
I LOVE ogling the details on classic, high performance vehicles. Especially Lotus models. And there is NOTHING like chat-ting up a proud owner/driver of such an iconic vehicle as a Lotus 71, or a Cheetah, just AFTER a stirring race
After Lotus’ commanding victory at the 1965 Indianapolis 500, they returned to the “Brickyard” in 1966 hoping for a repeat. With their contract with Ford Motor Company concluded, Lotus agreed to use the new BRM H16 engine for both Indianapolis and Formula 1, coupled to their new Lotus 42 chassis. In addition,they signed
I was first introduced to Lotus cars shortly after Jimmy Clark won the Indianapolis “500” in 1965. Being heavily into the slot car hobby at the time, I had a number of cars, many of which I still have today…
In 1962, Dan Gurney enticed Colin Chapman to attend the Indianapolis 500. He was convinced that bringing Chapman’s low slung, light weight, mid-engined Lotuses to the “500” would prove to be a race winner. Dismissing the roadsters that he saw
On the weekend of September 13-14, exactly 50 years after opening the gates for its first racing weekend, Meadowdale Raceway was finally ready to celebrate its golden Anniversary. Many months of hard work by many volunteers went into preparing the
by Bill Siegfriedt In the May issue of Lotus Notus, Matt Slayton noted that diecast forums contain much discussion on the color of the decorations on the John Player Special Lotus F1 cars. At the 1977 (Mosport) and 1978 (Montreal)
This April 7th will mark the fortieth anniversary of one of the saddest days in Lotus history… the death of Jim Clark. His name was synonymous with Lotus, having driven almost exclusively for Team Lotus from 1960 to 1968. He raced just about