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Mark P.

Steve, Malcolm, Me.

Here is a picture of Lotus Corps members Jeff Nack and Robbi Drell that I borrowed from my own panoramic LOG 9 picture. This was my first almost meeting with Lotus Corps members in State College, PA. One year later, I was to meet up with many more Lotus Corps people in Akron, Ohio.

In June of 1993, an event was held for the first time at Blackhawk Farms racetrack, called, The Blackhawk Classic and Lotus Corps were there. This event combined vintage racing cars, and vintage aircraft. There was a lot of variety there to enjoy, with the vintage cars racing on the track, including special guest Stirling Moss (who, I found to be more than a bit grouchy) and the aircraft flying, landing, and offering rides. If you would give them a ride whilst touring, they would be more than happy to give you a little ride in their plane. There was even some wing walking going on. Here you see early arrivals, Malcolm P, Rocky P, former Lotus Corps President and member George H, my car (I took the picture), Jim C, and Mark P. Incidentally, Carl Grabowski is now the owner of Mark's M100 Elan pictured here.

In 1998, Lotus was the featured marque at the Champagne British Auto fest in Champaign, Illinois in honor of Lotuses 50th anniversary. Here you see Rocky P's Esprit SE at that show.

Rocky found a new 'additive' to help boost the performance of his car..... word has it that Purina Dog Chow Racing is interested in an endorsement deal with Rocky. :^) Actually, this is just one of the things that can happen when mice visit your garage.

The tune-up clinic is a yearly favorite with Lotus Corps members. The event is hosted by LaFox Automotive in South Elgin, Illinois, early each year. Members can bring their cars in for a ''look over''. A good way to check your car out as the driving season begins. Quite a lot of knowledge is on hand from the various club members who come to this event. A very young Bob Herzog is shown here doing some checking on his 1963 Elan, which is in superb condition.

Another picture from a Tune-up Clinic, many years later with Bob Herzog 'supervising' Paul Quiniff.

There has been a yearly event known as The Midwest Lotus Round-Up. The first year, 1995, Barb & Ken Olendzki were the planners. They planned, and executed a great, fun weekend at Devils Head Lodge, in Wisconsin. Just one of the fun activities was a spirited drive in the Wisconsin country-side. This picture was taken just after we had been ferried across a river (or lake). We all got aboard without scrapping any of our low riding Loti. The drive was fun, and as we drove through the actual Devil's Head Lake area, we came upon a big group of Boy Scouts who sure liked the sight, and sound of us all driving by.

Two of our members, who now live in the Atlanta, Georgia area, recently attended The Lotus Fall Festival at Road Atlanta. Lotus 'Lister', Phil Harbison took some pictures, and posted them. Here we will see a picture of Frank Filicicchia's 1966 Elan S2 SE, Greg Zelazek's 1966 Cortina Mark I, and a group picture of: (L to R) Greg Zelazek, Catherine Lefever, Tom Ahearn, Frank Filicicchia.