Results 1 - 20 of 28 in Lotus Elan
-
Paul Newman had a true love for racing
... would have retired or at least be thinking about it. He won his first SCCA amateur race in 1972 driving a Lotus Elan on the old Thompson, Conn., course. His cars carried his signature 'PLN' initials in script where a driver's name typically would ...
Comment?
-
... years after his interest in racing was piqued, he took first place in an SCCA race in Thompson, Conn., driving a Lotus Elan. He continued in this vein of success in the SCCA for a decade. In 1979, he and two other drivers shared in a second-place ...
Comment?
-
Racing world mourns the death of Paul Newman
... in which he played the role of an Indy car driver. His racing career began in 1972 at Thompson, CT in a Lotus Elan. He earned his first Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) national title in 1976 in the D-production category, and followed up with a ...
Comment?
-
Paul Newman, Racer, Remembered [Paul Newman]
... us know. - Ed. It was 1972 when 47-year-old Paul Newman - adopting the shorthand P. L. Newman - strapped into a Lotus Elan at Connecticut's Thompson International Speedway. History remembers little else about the ice-blue-eyed actor's first time ...
Comment?
-
The Racing Passion Of Paul Newman Remembered: Shawn Courchesne | Auto Racing
... in an intensive racing school to prepare for his part as open wheel driver in the 1969 movie Winning. It was in a Lotus Elan in 1972 in an event at Thompson International Speedway that Newman won his first race as a professional driver. Four years ...
Comment?
-
Paul Newman's Racing Endeavors
... who died Friday at age 83, took his zeal for competition in the sport to its highest levels. In 1972, driving a Lotus Elan , Newman won for the first time in an event at Thompson International Speedway . In 1976 he won a national title as an amateur ...
Comment?
-
Tour Britannia Blame Joe Lucas
... Lockyear/Stephenson Porsche 911 by nearly 25 seconds, while another beneficiary of the startline incident was the Lotus Elan of John Sheldon, which had been damaged during practice but still managed to take its place on the grid due to the delay. ...
Comment?
-
Tour Britannia: Blame Joe Lucas
... Lockyear/Stephenson Porsche 911 by nearly 25 seconds, while another beneficiary of the startline incident was the Lotus Elan of John Sheldon, which had been damaged during practice but still managed to take its place on the grid due to the delay. ...
Comment?
-
Dave Steel's 1966 Lotus Cortina - The God Father
... four-cylinder engine-a 1,340cc unit that powered run-of-the-mill Ford sedans. The engine was first raced in the Lotus Elan and Ford later asked Lotus to build 1,000 Cortinas with this engine to compete in Group 2 saloon competition. Displacement was ...
Comment?
-
Bonhams' Porsche and Lotus Auction
... Cup 255 coup, est. $90,000 - $110,000; a 1967 Porsche 911 2-litre coupe, est. $64,000 - $72,000; and a 1973/2006 Lotus Elan +2 Spyder Zetec coupe, est. $40,000 - $50,000. See the gallery for pix.
Comment?
-
Forget The British Car Jokes: Panama To Alaska In An Aston Martin!...
... to read Arkyman's description. Was in Dawson City, central Yukon last week and came across these Astons and the Lotus Elan on a Panama to Anchorage rally. Sorry for poor photos but they're beautiful cars and I thought you'd appreciate the extreme ...
Comment?
-
Auto Review: A Brief History of Lotus Cars
... an award for fastest open-top soapbox. A striking design for the times arrived in 1962 with the unveiling of the Lotus Elan. It was a roadster with an optional hardtop; a coupe followed in '63. It was the first to use the Lotus backbone design and ...
Comment?
-
James May: Back to the drawing board
... to the owner, unless you don't mind driving around standing up. So I started banging on about the original Lotus Elan, which weighed just 1,500lb (680kg), and promised to come up with a campaign for lighter cars, from which one of you could earn ...
Comment?
-
In the Autoblog Garage: 2008 Mazda MX-5 Miata Retractable Hard Top
... dubbed the MX-5 Miata . This compact, rear-drive two-seat roadster bore a strong resemblance to a '60s vintage Lotus Elan. However, unlike the Elan and its compatriots, the Miata started every time you turned the key, didn't leave you drenched when ...
Comment?
-
Project Car Hell, God Save The Queen Edition: Jensen GT or Lotus Elan? [Choose Your Eternity]
... right? And not some newfangled Esprit or Europa- no, it's got to be a featherweight 60s Elan. Say, like this '69 Lotus Elan Plus 2S , which has a Steal It Now price of only five grand. Like the Jensen, it has only 55,000 miles, though that's mostly ...
Comment?
-
Branson Auction Branson, Missouri April 18-19 1600-cc inline four-cylinder, 108 hp, manual transmission.
Comment?
-
Definitive cars: 50 definitive drives: L - M
... is a man-magnet (not that I'm looking) Posted by Loraine on June 2, 2008 11:58 AM This list needs more Lotus! The Lotus Elan (M100 1989-1994), designed
Comment?
-
Definitive cars: 50 definitive drives: L - M
... is a man-magnet (not that I'm looking) Posted by Loraine on June 2, 2008 11:58 AM This list needs more Lotus! The Lotus Elan (M100 1989-1994), designed by Peter Stevens (Esprit, McLaren F1), was the first production car with alloy wheels as ...
Comment?
-
... Honda was a proponent of that, which is one reason his sports car cockpits have always resembled that of the Lotus Elan). One essential element in the search for this good design and placement of controls is that the people who design the cars and ...
Comment?
-
PCH, Fiero-Based Hell Edition: Fierrari or Zimmer Quicksilver? [Choose Your Eternity]
Britain beats Italy, though by the slimmest of margins, in yesterday's Choose Your Eternity poll , with the '64 Lotus Elan eking out a 51/49 victory over the '60 Lancia Flaminia.
Comment?
Lotus Elan Forum
Most Popular