Lotus Elite International Competition

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=50 BGCOLOR="#339933" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Lotus Elite    International Competition</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=175 BGCOLOR="#336600" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B>24 Heures</B></div> <div> <B>du Mans</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lotus Elite Type 14"><U><B>Elite Main Page</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Engineering"><U><B>Technical</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lotus Elite Specifications"><U><B>Specifications </B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id99.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lotus Elite Vintage Racing"><U><B>Vintage Racing</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lotus Elite Obituary "><U><B>Obituary</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lotus Elite 1957 1963"><U><B>Lotus Elite Images</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#FFFF66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>LOTUS ELITE</B></div> <div> <B>LeMans Record</B></div> <div> <B>1959 - 1964</B></div> <bR> <div> Held once a year in France since 1923, <B>The 24 Hours of LeMans</B> is the world's most famous sports car racing event. As its name implies, the entered cars and their drivers must race flat out for 24 hours, only stopping at the pits to change drivers, tires, take on gasoline or do permitted repairs. Historically, less than half of the cars entered have ever finished this most grueling of endurance races.</div> <bR> <div> Attesting to the reliability and advanced design of the Lotus Elite, during the six years that Elites were entered in this race, they finished four times in the top 10 places overall and first in class every year. They also won the Index of Thermal Efficiency twice.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="0abf4e50.jpg" border=0 width="756" height="485" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Lotus Elites at LeMans,1960.  Photo from an original slide owned by Jess Marker</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>