News From Lotus Motorsport

The newly developed Lotus Sport Elise 190 track car will be eligible for the Lotus Roadsport Series and the Intermarque Challenge, both of which will feature in the AMOC race meetings during 2002. The new cars will be able to compete against other Lotus’s including the race cars from last years Lotus Championship which are now for sale. This will enable competitors to race twice at each meeting. Both of these races are run in association with Lotus dealers Bell & Colvill and Stratton Motor Company.

The proposed changes to the FIA GT rules will make both the Elise and Exige eligible to compete in the new N-GT category against its road going competitors in this exciting and demanding class of motorsport. This N-GT Elise would come as a natural evolution of the Lotus Sport Elise, which successfully competed in the Spa 24 Hour and the Vallelunga Six-Hour Silver Cup Endurance Race during 2001.

Chris Arnold, General Manager of Lotus Motorsport explains “ Many people do not realise that there are already well over 200 Lotus Elises racing in various classes in the UK, mainland Europe and even as far afield as the USA, Australia and Japan. The Elise was designed as a racecar for the road, and our recent racing activities have allowed Lotus Motorsport to develop additional performance parts. Customers can now benefit from our experience and buy sprint or endurance cars ready to race, or have their current cars updated by the Lotus Motorsport Division at Hethel.”

Lotus' comprehensive motorsport facility at Hethel also offers a complete after sales facility comprising of all Lotus Motorsport parts, technical advice and on site vehicle set-up and improvements for not only race cars, but for Lotus owners who wish to have Lotus Sport parts fitted to their road car, (where legislation allows).

To service customers’ new demands Chris Dinnage, former Team Manager of Lotus Motorsport, has now taken over the role of Lotus Motorsport Sales Manager. Over the last 3 years, Chris and his Motorsport Team have successfully put Lotus back on the racetrack through the Autobytel Lotus Championship.

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