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ZR1Vette · 01-27-2008

This past September a group of us Lotus Elise and Exige drivers went to England and visited Hethel where Lotus is located...played around on the track with the Lotus racing guys and had a great time. Also we went to a incredibly special and wonderful event called Goodwood Revival which is a world class 3 day event bringing in vintage cars from around the world. This was not only a show, but honest serious racing of very rare vintage cars... here is the paddock area showing a few from a 1000 automotive pieces of history that showed up>>
These are originals not replicas

Note the driver's signature

And of course could not miss a connection of Lotus and similarities of the LT5 program>>

I really love the Lotus connection to the LT5...
Michael

flyin ryan · 01-27-2008

awesome, thanks for sharing=D> , lots of expensive haircuts there. Speed channel always had some Goodwood footage but i don't recall seeing any from the last year? i thought it would usually air in the fall. i hope they didn't do away with it.

32valvZ · 01-27-2008

Cool cars!

Nick · 01-27-2008

Very nice, thanks for posting! Love the Lotus in the last picture.

ZZZZZR1 · 01-27-2008

wow

Great Pictures!

evl_twn · 01-27-2008

I'm not a Ford guy by any means, but those GT40's in Gulf colors are awesome. Thanks for the pics, any more?

Zr1 Destroyer · 01-27-2008

Wow.....i love old 50/60 era track cars.....great pics!=D>

GOLDCYLON · 01-27-2008

Great pics thaks for sharing

ZR1Vette · 01-28-2008

More pics...sure...and the event is well and alive! 125,000+ attended and is growing... another cool aspect is that the Duke (yep real Duke) does the whole event on his custom built 3 mile race track and has his own airfield. Those who know him said he sorta stuck in the 1940's era so at the Goodwood Revival event all are asked to come in period clothing. Very strange feeling like you almost can believe you are back in WWII England...here you are watching this grid>>

and then be at the end of Lavant Straight>>

and the these take off and fly right over you>>>

(for those non aero types... a P51 (off the frame right giving chase to two Spitfires)

Also notice the ruffled grass and tire marks...about an hour earlier a at least $5M++ 1938 Mercedes Benz W125 Rennwagen kissed the tire wall...

Here is the Stang on the ground...it is a D version and has a Packard supercharged V12!

One last one... the Lotus paddock area

The event occurs every September and if you ever have the chance to go...DO IT!!
Michael

djpatrick35 · 01-28-2008

That would be an awesome event to see! I just can't imagine wrecking one of those priceless cars! I wonder what that Mercedes guy was thinking when his car went out of control... "Oops, there goes $5 million!"

01-27-2008	#1
ZR1Vette Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Reston, Virginia Posts: 939	England, Lotus and LT5 This past September a group of us Lotus Elise and Exige drivers went to England and visited Hethel where Lotus is located...played around on the track with the Lotus racing guys and had a great time. Also we went to a incredibly special and wonderful event called Goodwood Revival which is a world class 3 day event bringing in vintage cars from around the world. This was not only a show, but honest serious racing of very rare vintage cars... here is the paddock area showing a few from a 1000 automotive pieces of history that showed up>> These are originals not replicas Note the driver's signature And of course could not miss a connection of Lotus and similarities of the LT5 program>> I really love the Lotus connection to the LT5... Michael

01-27-2008	#2
flyin ryan Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Edmonton, Alberta or Phoenix, Arizona Posts: 2,741	Re: England, Lotus and LT5 awesome, thanks for sharing=D> , lots of expensive haircuts there. Speed channel always had some Goodwood footage but i don't recall seeing any from the last year? i thought it would usually air in the fall. i hope they didn't do away with it. __________________ There are no limit's mans ingenuity, just as mans ingenuity will never conquer the forces & behavior of this planet...Smokey Y.

01-27-2008	#3
32valvZ Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sunshine State Posts: 1,071	Re: England, Lotus and LT5 Cool cars! __________________ [B]1990 #2815[/B] [COLOR="Red"][B]Red/Red[/B][/COLOR] Ported Plenum & IH (by Pete) Haibeck Chip Rebuilt FPR (by Phil) FIC Injectors Watson LT Headers 3" Stainless Works exhaust Lingenfelter Open Air Lid Bill B Built Transmission Shifter & C Beam Plates [FONT=Impact][COLOR=red]1992 [COLOR=black]#[/COLOR] 091[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Impact][COLOR=#ff0000]Red/[COLOR=silver]Gray[/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT] [B]SOLD[/B]

01-27-2008	#4
Nick Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Auburn, Washington Posts: 586	Re: England, Lotus and LT5 Very nice, thanks for posting! Love the Lotus in the last picture. __________________ Nick ZR-1 Net Registry Founding Member #32 - lapsed...

01-27-2008	#5
ZZZZZR1 Banned BANNED Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: MD Posts: 3,690	Re: England, Lotus and LT5 wow Great Pictures!

01-27-2008	#6
evl_twn Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 116	Re: England, Lotus and LT5 I'm not a Ford guy by any means, but those GT40's in Gulf colors are awesome. Thanks for the pics, any more?

01-27-2008	#7
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01-27-2008	#8
GOLDCYLON Join Date: May 2007 Location: Peoria, AZ Posts: 9,155	Re: England, Lotus and LT5 Great pics thaks for sharing __________________ GOLDCYLON - 91 ZR-1 #2014 GOLDCYLON - 90 ZR-1 #2794, 4L60e (Formerly Schrade's) GOLDCYLON - 11 CTS-V Arizona State Director 91 WHITE/BLACK #2014. 380 P&P&PCed,Ported Heads, Jeal Long tubes, Corsa Exhaust/FIKSE FM-5s /LED TLs, LED Headlights, Front Wilwood 6 piston narrowlite calipers and rear Wilwood caliper street shop mod,CNCed Coolant Pipes,TPI Cvr,Filter cover,Stainless Bolts, DRM/DOM PROM /ZFDOC mod build #102,DRLs,BMAD with stainless Debris Screen,Coplan Air Blaster, Pioneer APP Radio 4,Brey-Krause HB,Sub Bar,Fire extinguisher seat mount,DRM Coilovers,LEDs everywhere,Compass mirror (orange),V1 DIC hidden display, Homelink sun visor, Carbon Fiber top x3 and APSIS Carbon Fiber interior, APSIS CF Steering Wheel/NAPA Leather, Banski trailing arms, Guldstrand front suspension,urethane bushings from Prothane (total suspension) ZFDoc drive shaft safety loop, raptor shift light (orange),AO engineering louver front plate, Console seat cushion, 96CE seats with black custom Sheepskins, ss billet catch can,Viper remote entry/alarm,Cragar Rear Louvers,LED side louver lights, Dewitts Radiator with SPAL fans and a Woods 160 T-Stat 90 RED/BLACK #2794. 4L60e Automatic Stage V by RPM Transmission, TCI Dedicated TCM, OBX Stainless Headers, Corsa Exhaust, SAN Secondaries and Haibeck PROM, Exotic Muscle Coil overs, LED Interior Lights, LED Tail Lights, LED Headlights, 94 Sport seats with black custom Sheepskins , Cragar rear louvers, GS Front calipers, Banski Trailing arms, APSIS Carbon Fiber steering wheel, Front and Rear Baer Eradispeeds, DRLs, Guldstrand front suspension,urethane bushings from Prothane (total suspension), Dewitt's Raditor with Dual SPAL fans and a Haibeck 170 T-Stat 11 RED/GREY CTS-V

01-28-2008	#9
ZR1Vette Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Reston, Virginia Posts: 939	Re: England, Lotus and LT5 More pics...sure...and the event is well and alive! 125,000+ attended and is growing... another cool aspect is that the Duke (yep real Duke) does the whole event on his custom built 3 mile race track and has his own airfield. Those who know him said he sorta stuck in the 1940's era so at the Goodwood Revival event all are asked to come in period clothing. Very strange feeling like you almost can believe you are back in WWII England...here you are watching this grid>> and then be at the end of Lavant Straight>> and the these take off and fly right over you>>> (for those non aero types... a P51 (off the frame right giving chase to two Spitfires) Also notice the ruffled grass and tire marks...about an hour earlier a at least $5M++ 1938 Mercedes Benz W125 Rennwagen kissed the tire wall... Here is the Stang on the ground...it is a D version and has a Packard supercharged V12! One last one... the Lotus paddock area The event occurs every September and if you ever have the chance to go...DO IT!! Michael Last edited by ZR1Vette; 01-28-2008 at 09:20 AM.

01-28-2008	#10
djpatrick35 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Vernon Hills, IL Posts: 262	Re: England, Lotus and LT5 That would be an awesome event to see! I just can't imagine wrecking one of those priceless cars! I wonder what that Mercedes guy was thinking when his car went out of control... "Oops, there goes $5 million!" __________________ [B]1990 Black ZR-1 #2212[/B] Totaled... :( [B]2007 Z51 'vert :mrgreen:[/B] [B]1988 35th Ann. Edition #962[/B] (Sold...) :cry: