09/06/2010 10:20:59 Jennie ...OK, not much MG content I grant you, but a fellow MG owner and former MGoT committee member (Neil Stothert) will be racing in the Elise Trophy races so there's a tentative MG link and it promises to be a great event for any British car enthusiast! The Classic Team Lotus Festival is being held at Snetterton on Sunday 20th June - there’s a fantastic line-up of action both on and off track if you fancy a day out and even camping if you want to make a weekend of it! Full details here: [URL="http://www.lotus-festival.com"]www.lotus-festival.com[/URL] £20 each in advance (sales close Wednesday 16 June 12.00) - £25 on gate - kids 12 and under admission is free includes: * 35 different Lotus F1 cars from 37 years, many performing on track * First public outing for the 2010 Lotus T127 F1 car * Special appearance by Grand Prix stars Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen * Drivers avenue - very special display * Lotus Cars display of full range including the Evora Cup, new 2010 Elise and the Carbon Evora plus rarely seen Lotus car concepts and engineering demonstrator vehicles. * Packed racing programme including both Elise Trophy & Lotus Cup Europe - full grids of 38 cars in each * Film shows of Team Lotus history featuring five separate sections * Attractions and entertainment for all the family including FREE dodgems, Scalextric and race simulators * Trade Village with likes of Elise-Shop, Elise-Parts, Nitron, CCI Help to send off the current Lotus F1 team to their 500th Grand Prix at Valencia just a week later... the day will close with the F1 car being loaded to the truck and the truck doing a lap of the circuit... full details to follow in next 48hrs on the full extent of the T127's involvement - hopefully more than people will have expected... We’ll be in Elise Trophy car number 57 (blue with white stripes) so come and say hi if you’re there! Thanks Jennie

09/06/2010 13:26:41 Martin C Hi Jennie, Hope you are both well, sounds like a great day out for any petrol head, possibly the only time that so many Lotus race cars can be seen in one place. I know Classic Team Lotus have just finished the rebuild of Jim Clark's Indy 500 winning Lotus. It is being demonstrated at this years Festival of Speed by Jackie Stewart. But I'm not sure if it will be at Snetterton, but it is the only time it has been out of the Ford museum since the day it won the race and will be returning there after the Festival, so well woth a look at this unique one off Lotus. All the very best to Neil in the Elise Trophy, go get 'em Neil, let us all know how he gets on :D