Upcoming Events:

  • Lotus Corps Slot Car GP

    Mar 21, 2025 7:00:pm

    Venue: Chicagoland Raceway

    This event premiered on our 2024 calendar - and it re-turns again for 2025. Hosted by Larry Drummond, we’re back slot car racing at Chicagoland Raceway! There are quite a few of us that grew up slot car racing, including...
     

  • Pizza / Social Gathering

    Mar 27, 2025 6:30:pm

    Venue: Aurelio's Pizza

    Come join us at Aurelio's in Addison to eat pizza, drink beer and talk cars. Social Hour 6:30pm Brief Meeting 7:30pm
     

  • Saturday in the Park

    Apr 5, 2025 11:00:am

    Venue:

    Dam No. 4 Woods - East Park Ridge, IL April showers bring… well, hopefully Lotus in the park. I’m confident that winter will be gone by early April! And if not, donuts will help drown our sorrows. The first Saturday...
     

Recent Articles

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    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, when the mosquitoes are abundant, obvious, loud, irritatingly bothersome, and leave a signature. I had
  • I Think I Have One of Those in Stock!
    So, I was in the final stage of assembly and testing of the Detroit car. Also known as Elan restoration #12. I had taken multiple rides through the neighborhood forest preserve. Everything was working as it should. Most things worked fine right away. A few things needed some prodding to get working right. The carbs
  • Let There Be Lights, Please!
    So things are moving along pretty well on my latest Elan restoration, which I refer to as the Detroit car or Elan restoration #12. Dash is all wired up. Rubber carpet installed. Interior side panels done. So I went and bought a battery the other day. I mounted a battery cut-off switch to the battery
  • Elan 5-Speed Conversion
    So, maybe it's a matter of getting older, but highway driving at 70+ mph with the engine buzzing at 4000+ and lots of wind noise is less appealing today than 30 years ago. I had a Hyundai Elantra recently and 5th gear at 75 mph, 4500 rpm, was dead quiet - no engine noise, no
  • Some Trouble With An Engine Build
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