The Lotus on Track Racing Drivers’ Club enters its busiest week ever, starting with an appearance supporting the DTM at Brands Hatch this weekend. The Elise Trophy appeared on this series’ support bill back in its inaugural season in 2007 when a full [...]

Mark Speller provided a driving masterclass as the Elise Trophy visited the challenging Cadwell Park circuit. In changeable weather conditions, he won his heat after Steve Williams’ challenge ended with an off-track excursion, eventually finishing third behind Adrian Beer.
Speller’s main challenger was Gavin [...]

Steve Williams was pretty much invincible on the GP loop at Brands Hatch this weekend. The only man able to lap under one minute and forty-five seconds in qualifying kept Simon Phillips and Marcus Jewell at bay even after a late safety car [...]

On a weekend packed with treats for enthusiasts of the Lotus marque, both the Elise Trophy and Lotus Cup Europe provided much of the entertainment for the huge crowd.
Marcus Jewell and James Knight fought hard with the former reprising his Silverstone form in race [...]

Full race length programmes of round 3 of the Elise Trophy at Castle Combe last Monday, 31st May are now being broadcast on www.elisetrophy.tv . Both programmes are approximately 30 minutes long each and the usual cut down high quality 30 minute combined programme [...]

Mark Speller may well have won both Elise Trophy races from a bumper 41-car grid at Castle Combe but he was certainly made to work for his trophies. A third of a second down from polesitter Steve Williams in qualifying meant a second [...]

Both Silverstone GP races from last Saturday will be broadcast on http://www.elisetrophy.tv from 18.30 hrs on Wednesday 21st April.
The programmes will be broadcast in full race length and run approximately 30 minutes each rather than the usual 30 minute full programme that is broadcast [...]

Marcus Jewell fought his way to wins in both the Elise Trophy races at Silverstone, supporting the F2 Championship. With experienced karters Gavin Kirby and Luigi Valentino Mazza squabbling over the lead in the first event, Jewell caught the pair and picked them [...]

Largest ever collection of Team Lotus F1 cars
The Classic Team Lotus Festival at Snetterton circuit presents a unique opportunity to see Team Lotus racing cars spanning more than fifty historic years of history all in the same place at one time with many taking [...]

The Lotus on Track Elise Trophy returned in a single-class format and this resulted in a bumper grid, with two qualifying heats followed by a final for the fastest drivers and a consolation race to sort the best of the rest.
With many new faces [...]

Lotus enthusiasts can now purchase half price tickets for the opening 2010 round via the event page HERE.
Tickets are priced at just £6 each including postage and packing. Children 12 and under will be admitted free of charge.
This will be the only time in [...]

Round 2 of the 2010 LoT Elise Trophy will see qualifying and both races take place on Saturday 17th April rather than across the whole weekend as previously advertised.
LoTRDC, organisers of the Elise Trophy always try to run events on single days where possible [...]

Brands Hatch will host its first 1000km race in more than 20 years this November, as the Lotus on Track Elise Trophy will end its 2010 season with an endurance event at the Kent circuit.
The 1000km epic will be run in conjuction with MSVR, [...]

3 Jan 2010
The outcome was close, but World Land Speed record holder Andy Green’s circuit racing debut in the Lotus on Track Elise Trophy was voted the Motorsport Vision Mega moment of 2009. With a little help from the Lotus community no doubt! The [...]

3 Jan 2010
LoTRDC have launched their 2010 wall calendar which features highlights of the 2009 Elise Trophy and Lotus Cup Europe seasons as well as listing all ET & LCE 2010 race dates.
Containing 14 pages of full colour pictures the calendar is a must [...]

2 Jan 2010
Just two opportunities remain to sponsor the 2010 Elise Trophy.
Within just 24 hours of sponsorship details being released 13 of the 15 possible series slots have been sold.
Competition Car Insurance the leading Lotus, track day and race insurance provider will increase their [...]

2 Nov 2009
The BBC1 Formula 1 put together 2 programmes featuring Jake Humphrey going racing in the Elise Trophy at Silverstone on 10th October. Programme 1 went out with qually from Abu Dhabi while programme 2 was shown just before the Abhi Dhabi GP. [...]

12 Oct 2009
Round 11 of the 2009 Elise Trophy held at Silverstone International on 10 October 2009.
Introduction
For the second Silverstone round, this time on the International configuration, the series played host to a very special guest. The BBC’s F1 anchorman Jake Humphrey [...]

7 Oct 2009
Round 10 of the 2009 Elise Trophy held at Spa-Francorchamps on 2, 3 and 4 October 2009.
Introduction
Since its inception in 2007, the Elise Trophy has made an annual pilgrimage to the classic Spa-Francorchamps circuit deep in the Belgian Ardennes forest. Usually [...]

10 Sept 2009
Moto GP star and ex-250CC World Champion Marco Melandri will be joining competitors in Lotus Cup Italy and Lotus Cup Europe when they combine for what is set to be one of the highlights of the 2009 Lotus racing season.
Melandri, who finished [...]

09 Sept 2009
We’re pleased to bring you race 1 of the Elise Trophy at Donington Park from 16th August..
It’s a great race so worthwhile watching.
A big thank you to Guy at hireacamera and to Fox International for their help and support
Donington Park 15-16th August [...]

28 Aug 2009
Jake Humphrey, the frontman for BBC’s Formula 1 coverage, will race in the Elise Trophy at Silverstone on 10th October. Humphrey completed his ARDS test a couple of weeks ago, as shown during BBC’s coverage of the Valencia GP. He will be [...]

20 Aug 2009
Round 7 of the 2009 Elise Trophy held at Donington Park on 15-16 August 2009.
Introduction
With the first round of the series relocated to Silverstone, the series finally reached Donington Park, again supporting the FIA Formula 2 championship. After the tragic [...]

18 June 2009
Round 4 of the 2009 Elise Trophy held at Snetterton on 13 and 14 June 2009.
Introduction
Situated just a few miles from the factory, Snetterton circuit is the ideal location for the 2009 Lotus Festival and amongst all the attractions, including the [...]

17 June 2009
Elise Trophy and Lotus Cup Europe have announced today that they will be joining forces with Lotus Cup Italy to support the World Touring Car Championship and Formula 2 in Ferrari’s back yard at Imola in September.
Imola is one of the most [...]

11 June 2009
Motors TV have released a full schedule for broadcasting the opening round of the 2009 Lotus on Track Elise Trophy from Silverstone back in April. The first of 8 broadcasts goes out at 7.05pm this coming Friday evening, 12th June.
Silverstone produced two [...]

28 May 2009
The race report from the fourth round of the season at Zandvoort is now available on the Lotus Cup Europe web site.

27 May 2009
LoTRDC, organisers of the Elise Trophy and Lotus Cup Europe are proud to announce Fox International Group Ltd as their new media & TV sponsor.
Each week tens of thousands of anglers spread across the globe go fishing using Fox International tackle. With [...]

20 May 2009
This weekend the Elise Trophy heads to mainland Europe for the first time this season, for the 2nd Lotus Cup Europe round at Zandvoort in Holland. A full grid of 30 cars includes record numbers of Lotus Cup Europe cars: 11 2-Elevens [...]

Round 2 of the 2009 Elise Trophy held at Brands Hatch GP on 1 – 3 May 2009.
Introduction
The second round for many of the Elise Trophy drivers also coincided with round one of the Lotus Cup Europe. Comparing the fortunes of the participants [...]

Round 1 of the 2009 Elise Trophy held at Silverstone National 19 April 2009.
After the long winter months, new registrations, hectic build schedules and organisation, it was finally time for anticipation to stop and reality to take over. As well as saying goodbye to [...]

22 Apr 2009
Last Friday, after the LoT Donington Park track day and before the first races of the 2009 season at Silverstone, over 190 drivers and supporters attended the 2008 season review and awards dinner. A sumptuous time was had by all, especially with [...]

16 Apr 2009
For the opening round of the Elise Trophy at Silverstone on Sun 19th April, we have Free Entry to the circuit for all races.
Further details (including timetable) on Lotus Central

09 Apr 2009
The Elise Trophy rounds at Donington Park on 18th/19th April have been cancelled due to the event being cancelled by the event organisers MSVR.
Further details on Lotus Central
The Lotus-on-Track track day on the 17th and Lotus Show on the 18th/19th April are [...]

5 March 2009
An extra grid at the Oulton Park round on 25th July 2009 due to huge interest from competitors.

We had scheduled a single combined grid of Production, Modified and 211 cars as it has run in both 2007 and 2008 however, with nearly [...]

3 March 2009

To co-incide with the opening day of the Geneva motorshow,Lotus Cars and LoTRDC have launched a new website for Lotus Cup Europe.
Lotus Cup Europe
With a new image that fits in with the manufacturer’s corporate identity, the website is expected to provide drivers [...]

28 Feb 2009
MotorSport Vision Racing’s official season launch at Brands Hatch will be held on Mon 2nd March, featuring the 2009 series and championships, including the Elise Trophy, British Formula 3, British GT, World Touring Cars, Formula Two, Trucks, Formula Palmer Audi, Historic Sports [...]

30 Jan 2009
Having taken a maximum of 34 season deposits, 2009 race entries are now open to all registered Elise Trophy drivers. With some rounds catering for nearly 80 cars, all drivers will have a chance to compete in 2009. Season highlights include support [...]

03 Jan 2009
There may be doom and gloom all around but following Mike Kimberley’s upbeat message to Lotus Central about what the future holds for Group Lotus we’re now able to bring even more positive news for Lotus enthusiasts.
Organisers of the Lotus on Track [...]

12 Dec 2008
Full details of each round to follow but we believe that yet again we have the best calendar in National Racing. In addition to the three major FIA meetings we are supporting in the UK we have three major Lotus events. Starting [...]

08 Nov 2008
The final official round of 2008 produced two new race winners in the packed class A battle. Gary Broad took advantage of Marcus Jewell’s meeting with the tyre wall at Paddock to take his maiden victory while Gary returned the favour in [...]

07 Oct 2008
Round 9 of the 2008 Elise Trophy held at Croft 27 September 2008.
A week after the Silverstone GP round, the Elise Trophy headed back up North, this time to the Yorkshire airfield circuit of Croft in Darlington. Two races, incorporating all classes, [...]

01 Oct 2008
The 2009 Lotus Cup Europe race series will be organised by the Lotus on Track Racing Drivers Club (LoTRDC), who currently run the Elise Trophy.
Lotus Cup Europe – further details

29 Sep 2008
A race winning Class A car raised £4600 for Little Havens Children’s Hospice when LoT member Gareth Richardson won an online auction prize. The prize includes a driver training day with Car Limits, two trackdays with full instruction, ARDS test and if [...]

29 Sep 2008
Ex-BTCC race winner Paul O’Neill steps in at the last minute to drive Martin Donnelly’s 2-Eleven at Croft.

26 Sept 2008
Round 8 of the 2008 Elise Trophy held at Silverstone 19-20 September 2008.
This round was a bonus for the Elise Trophy drivers, not on the original calendar and an opportunity to drive the Silverstone GP circuit, supporting the Britcar 24 hour race. [...]

08 Sept 2008
Round 7 of the 2008 Elise Trophy held at Cadwell Park 17 August 2008.

Qualifying
A wet Lincolnshire morning meant a delayed start and a class A qualifying session held behind the safety car. Grid positions were determined from previous race results, which put [...]

Round 6 of the 2008 Elise Trophy held at Snetterton Park 20 July 2008.
Qualifying
In class A Michael Edwards got the better of Paul Quinn by taking pole with a time of 1:21.484. Quinn was 2nd, just 0.3s behind, with Marcus Jewell 3rd.
In class [...]

15 Jul 2008
A 1hr special programme will be shown on Motors TV from Friday 18th July, featuring the Elise Trophy races on the Brands Hatch GP circuit in May, supporting A1GP.
First transmission is at 7pm on Friday 18th July in the UK and it [...]

08 Jul 2008
Perrys, one of the UK’s premier franchised car dealers, are supporting our additional round at Silverstone on the GP circuit on 19th & 20th September.

Round 5 of the 2008 Elise Trophy held at Oulton Park 28 June 2008.
For round 5 of the 2008 Elise Trophy we headed to one of the drivers’ favourite circuits, Oulton Park, probably one of the most challenging circuits in the UK and an [...]

Round 4 of the 2008 Elise Trophy held at Spa-Francorchamps 31 May – 1 June 2008.
Just a few weeks after supporting A1GP on the GP circuit at Brands Hatch we were off to Spa Francorchamps, possible the best circuit in the world, for the [...]

07 Jun 2008
We’re pleased to announce an additional round in the 2008 calendar, supporting the Britcar 24hr race on the Silverstone GP circuit on 19th-20th September. This will be our first race on the GP circuit at Silverstone and we expect to field a [...]

30 May 2008
Several Elise Trophy drivers (including Steve Williams, James Knight, Elgan Howell, Tess Howell, Damian Murray & Andrew Kell) plus a couple of Lotus on Track regulars (Steve Knapp & Robert Newton) plus Andy Stanford from the Caterham Academy gave “hot” passenger laps [...]

01/05/08 – The race report from the third round of the season at Brands Hatch, supporting A1GP, is now available.

24/04/08 – For round 3 of the 2008 Elise Trophy we’re returning to Brands Hatch to support A1GP, the “World Cup of Motorsport”, on the GP circuit from 2-4 May.
A full grid of 44 cars (plus up to 8 reserves who will qualify) will [...]

19/04/08 – The race report from the second round of the season at Donington Park is now available.

02/04/08 – The race report from the first round of the season at Brands Hatch is now available.

16/03/08 – Thanks to the Historic Lotus Club the following cars will be on display (and will take part in a parade around the circuit) at the Lotus Celebration on Sun 23rd March:

Lotus Mk2 – 1950 – red – the world’s oldest surviving [...]

13/03/08 – Motors TV will once again be transmitting coverage of this year’s Elise Trophy races. Coverage will be extended to include mainland Europe, good news for Elise Trophy fans in France, Germany, Holland etc.
The Elise Trophy programmes will once again be produced by [...]

10/03/08 – Ex Lotus F1 driver Martin Donnelly will once again be racing a Lotus in the Elise Trophy in 2008. After successful outings in a class A Elise at Donington Park & Spa Francorchamps in 2007, this year he will be racing a [...]

27/02/08 -
Dr Feelgood have confirmed they will be performing at the Lotus Celebration at Brands Hatch in March. Formed on Canvey Island in Essex in the 1970s Dr Feelgood remains one of the most popular and exciting live rhythm and blues acts in the [...]

25/02/08 -Entries are now open for the 2008 Soap Box Challenge at the Lotus Celebration at Easter weekend in March. Everyone entering will receive 2 free tickets to the Lotus Celebration on Sunday 23rd March and the Easter Truck Superprix on Bank Holiday Monday [...]

09/02/08 -  The Elise Trophy 2008 safety car has been unveiled. The Europa S, supplied by Lipscomb Lotus, in Kent is a top of the range model and will be supporting all the Elise Trophy rounds in 2008, including the A1GP event at Brands [...]

05/02/08 – Preparations are well underway for the Lotus Celebration at Brands Hatch on 23-24 March 2008. Last year’s event, featuring the Elise Trophy’s inaugural races, was a phenomenal success. This year looks even better, with 2 separate grids & 4 Elise Trophy races [...]

03/02/08 – With a full grid of 44 cars (plus reserves) already confirmed for Brands Hatch (supporting A1GP) in May, full grids have also already been confirmed for the races at Oulton Park in June, Croft in September & Silverstone in October.

16/01/08 – We already have a full grid of 44 cars (plus reserves) signed up for our race at Brands Hatch GP, supporting A1GP on 2nd-4th May.

The Elise Trophy is clearly set for an outstanding second year, with 52 drivers also already signed up [...]

20/12/07 – Congratulations to the following drivers who have been voted “driver of the season” in each class:
2007 drivers of the season announced
20 Dec 2007
Congratulations to the following drivers who have been voted “driver of the season” in each class:

Class A (Production): Gavin [...]

14/12/07 – Autosport, in their “best of 2007″ edition, have put the Lotus Elise 9th in their “top 10 cars of the year” feature. According to Autosport the…
Elise in top 10 cars of the year

14 Dec 2007
Autosport, in their “best of 2007″ edition, have [...]

11/12/07 – We’re pleased to announce that, in addition to the series sponsors, the following companies have confirmed class sponsorship in 2008:

Class sponsors confirmed for 2008

11 Dec 2007
We’re pleased to announce that, in addition to the series sponsors, the following companies have confirmed class [...]

04/12/07 – Contains the complete TV coverage from all 8 UK rounds plus additional footage from Spa Francorchamps and extras including crashes & smashes! On…

2007 season review DVD now on sale

04 Dec 2007
Contains the complete TV coverage from all 8 UK rounds plus additional [...]

29/11/07 – Motorsport News, in their 2007 national racing review, have described the Elise Trophy as a “stunning success” and “the most impressive new series of the year“.

We’ve also recently received excellent coverage in Track and Race Cars and Practical Performance Car magazines.

28/11/07 – With almost 5 months still to go before our first race of 2008 at Brands Hatch in March, an incredible 32 drivers have already entered, meaning that we have one full grid of cars!

We confidently expect to have a capacity field [...]

26/11/07 -We’re pleased to announce that the following companies have already confirmed sponsorship of the Elise Trophy series in 2008:

Intercept IT – IT solution providers – Windscreen sponsor
Yokohama Tyres will once again be our tyre sponsor
Lipscomb Lotus – Lotus main dealer [...]

19/11/07 – Contains some great pics from the 2007 season plus all the 2008 Elise Trophy race dates. On sale here now, discounts available if you want to buy more than 1 and give them away as Christmas pressies!

16/11/07 -Details of the Elise Trophy races at Brands Hatch now available, including race report, full results & press pics.

Brands Hatch 10-11 November 2007

Round 9 of the 2007 Elise Trophy held at Brands Hatch 10-11th November 2007.
For the final round in our first season [...]

12/11/07 – The Elise Trophy has rounded off an outstanding first season in style with 51 cars competing at Brands Hatch last weekend.

Congratulations to overall race/class winners Michael Edwards, Gavin Kirby, Chris Randall & Andrew Waters, plus the 15 new drivers who raced [...]

31/10/07 – Over 50 entries means 4 races for the Elise Trophy 2007 season finale at Brands Hatch on 10-11 November. For the first time we will be splitting the grid, holding separate races for class A and classes B&C.

Both qualifying sessions are [...]

21/10/07 – After an incredibly successful inaugural season, the Elise Trophy continues to move from strength to strength with a 2008 calendar

that once again includes visits to top circuits throughout the UK. Highlights include supporting A1GP at Brands Hatch in May, plus [...]

19/10/07

Spa Francorchamps 12-14 October 2007

Round 8 of the 2007 Elise Trophy held at Spa Franchorchamps on October 12th to 14th 2007.

Supported by Cunninghams Auto, the official QPod and QT car dealer for East Anglia and the South East.

For round 8 of the [...]

16/10/07 – Chris Randall took lights-to-flag victories in all 3 races he competed in in his class D S1 Exige at Spa Francorchamps (both Elise Trophy scratch races & the Heritage GTCC endurance race).

Martin Donnelly, Steve Williams & Andrew Kell took class victories [...]

04/10/07 – Over 25 Elise Trophy cars have entered the HGTCC 50 min endurance race at the Spa Racing Festival. This is in addition to competing in the two Elise Trophy races at the same meet.

01/10/07 – Round 8 of the Elise Trophy is proudly supported by Cunninghams Auto, the official QPod and QT car dealer for East Anglia and the South East.

28/09/07 – The 2008 Elise Trophy calendar is already looking really exciting, with a number of dates at great venues already confirmed. One of the highlights will be supporting the A1GP season finale on the GP circuit at Brands Hatch on 2nd-4th May.

12/09/07 – Following his success in the Elise Trophy races at Donington Park, ex Lotus Formula 1 driver Martin Donnelly will race a modified class B car, prepared by Hofmann’s, at the Spa Francorchamps’ Racing Festival 12-14th October.

06/09/07 – Details of the Elise Trophy races at Donington Park, sponsored by Pole Position Indoor Karting now available, including race report, full results & press pics.

Donington Park 1-2 September 2007

Round 7 of the Elise Trophy held at Donington Park on September 1st and [...]

03/09/07 – Former Lotus F1 driver Martin Donnelly took a sensational victory at Donington Park on Sunday 2nd September in his debut appearance in the Elise Trophy.

Donnelly, who was driving Paul Golding’s Elise S1, triumphed in the handicap race to take a popular [...]

23/08/07 -

Ex F1 Lotus driver Martin Donnelly will race Paul Golding’s class A car (black Elise S160) at the MSVR Blast in the Park at Donington Park on 1st-2nd September.
Donnelly made his F1 debut for the Arrows team at the French GP [...]

20/07/07 – Details of the Elise Trophy races at Castle Combe, sponsored by Car Limits high performance driver training, now available, including race report, full results & press pics.

Castle Combe 15 July 2007

Round 6 of the Elise Trophy held at Castle Combe on July [...]

30/06/07 – Read all about the heroics of the Soap Box racers at the Lotus on Track summer BBQ – Soap Box race report.

Soap Box Race Report

Brands Hatch Soap Box race – 27 June 2007.

Soap Box Race

Jeremy Braker
Maidstone Sports Cars
Hans [...]

21/06/07 -  Details of the Elise Trophy races at Silverstone now available, including race report, full results & press pics.

Silverstone 16-17 June 2007

Round 5 of the Elise Trophy held at Silverstone on June 16-17 2007.
Just one week after supporting DTM at Brands Hatch the [...]

19/06/07 – Over 300 Lotuses turned up to this event last year, this year we’re expecting even more, make sure this date’s in your diary! Events include:

Free BBQ for the first 500 people (provided by Lipscombe Lotus)
Soap box challenge
Elise simulator
Elise [...]

13/06/07 – Details of the Elise Trophy races at Brands Hatch DTM now available, including race report & full results.

Brands Hatch DTM 8-10 June 2007

Round 4 of the Elise Trophy held at Brands Hatch alongside the DTM between June 8th and 10th 2007.
So there [...]

10/06/07 – Congratulations to Michael Edwards (A), Neil McKean (B) & Chris Randall (C) who all took class wins at the 2nd race at the Brands Hatch DTM race meeting. It was a clean sweep for McKean & Randall, who both also won their [...]

09/06/07 – An incident off the start between Steve Williams, Simon Scuffham, Andrew Walsh & David Skeggs took Williams & Skeggs out of the race. 9 laps of the race were completed under the safety car while their cars were recovered.

Congratulations to class [...]

06/06/07 – Just one week after the DTM weekend at Brands Hatch the Elise Trophy heads to Silverstone. As with all our rounds so far this year, we will once again field a full grid, that’s 40 cars at Silverstone, our biggest yet!

Brands Hatch [...]

01/06/07 – Just 6 hours after the announcement, and with only just over a week’s notice, we are already oversubscribed and will field a full grid of 32 cars at Brands Hatch next weekend. In fact we are also taking the maximum number of [...]

31/05/07 – The Elise Trophy will be supporting DTM (German Touring Car Championship) at Brands Hatch over the weekend of 9-10 June.

With just over a week’s notice, we’re hopeful of getting close to a full grid (32 cars) for races on the Saturday [...]

30/05/07 – Coverage of the scratch & handicap races at Oulton Park in May is being shown on Motors TV (Sky channel 413, Virgin 545) at the following times:

Friday 8th June 8:30pm
Saturday 9th June 3:30am & 3:30pm
Tuesday 12th June 11:30am & [...]

26/05/07 – Several Elise Trophy drivers (including Steve Williams, Matthew Bartlett, Mark Peasey, Hans Baumhardt, Elgan Howell, David Rowatt, Ben Pitch, Chris Pearson & Andrew Kell) gave “hot” passenger laps at the annual Club Lotus track day at Castle Combe in Wiltshire on Saturday [...]

22/05/07 -  Details of the Elise Trophy races at Oulton Park now available, including race report, results & photos.

Oulton Park 19 May 2007

Round 3 of the Elise Trophy held at Oulton Park on May 19th 2007.
For the 3rd round of the 2007 Elise Trophy [...]

16/05/07 – Congratulations to the winners of the colouring competition:

Matthew Hull
Thomas Boylan
Luke Wheeler
Jordan Golding

Elise Trophy Colouring Competition

Brands Hatch 24th March
Congratulations to the winners of each age group and thanks to all the other children who took part. We hope to [...]

27/04/07 – The opening round of the Elise Trophy at Brands obviously went down well with Motors TV as the 4 broadcasts we had of that round have been increased to 6 for round 2 at Snetterton:

Friday 18th May 8pm
Sunday 20th May [...]

25/04/07 – Details of the Elise Trophy races on Sunday 22nd April now available, including race report, results & photos.

Snetterton 22 April 2007

Round 2 of the Elise Trophy held at Snetterton on April 22nd 2007.
On Sunday 22nd April 2007, after the arctic conditions of [...]

13/04/07 – Round 2 of the 2007 Elise Trophy is at Snetterton on Sun 22nd April. 38 entries means another full grid of cars!

Thousands of Lotus enthusiasts braved the cold at Brands Hatch in March to support round 1, warmer weather and [...]

27/03/07 -Details of the Elise Trophy races on Saturday 24th March now available, including race report, results & photos.

Brands Hatch 24 March 2007

Round 1 of the Elise Trophy held at Brands Hatch on March 24th 2007.
After months of preparation, the Lotus on Track Elise [...]

24/03/07 – The Elise Trophy 2007 season kicked off at Brands Hatch in style with full grids of 32 cars in both races. The driving standards were exemplary and the racing was outstanding, boding well for the rest of the season. Full story to [...]

20/03/07 – The programme covering the Elise Trophy races at Brands Hatch on Saturday 24th March will be broadcast on the following dates:

Fri 6th April 8pm
Mon 9th April 4pm
Tue 10th April 2:30pm
Thu 12th April 6:30pm

14/03/07 – Lotus have confirmed that their exciting new 2-Eleven protoype circuit car will be taking to the track for demonstration laps at the Lotus Brands Hatch Celebration on 24 March!! They will also be bringing along some show cars ‘hot’ from the 2007 [...]

20/02/07 – A full grid of 32 cars will be ‘launching’ into Paddock Hill Bend at the first race for the Elise Trophy! All the time & effort that has gone in to the planning and preparation of this exciting event will come to [...]

09/02/07 – The first full blown series test day went ahead despite the snow – pictures here

08/02/07 – Quote from MotorSport Vision news page today:- “With tickets for the meeting already on sale the Lotus Celebration has already become the fastest selling MotorSport Vision event in 2007!” Even more remarkable when tickets have only been on sale for a week [...]

Full racing timetable, details of parades, clubs and trade stands.

Opening round at Brands is named the ‘Lotus Brands Hatch Celebration’ by Lotus. More information to follow.

Thanks to everyone who helped out especially Jez and Skeggsy who took 5 days out to set up and man the stand.

Version 3.0 of the regulations available

Brands Hatch on 09 Feb, 2007.

The LoTRDC Elise Trophy was launched at Race Car Live on a glorious day. A write up and pictures are available from the day.

We would welcome existing and potential members to come to Brands and chat about the series and how you can get involved.

Version 2.7 of the draft regulations have been published

We now have 40 registered drivers with over 32 committing to a full season in 2007. This means we are guaranteed a full grid at some rounds such as Brand Indy. We are continuing to accept new members

LoTRDC gains MSA approval to be a recognised club

Initial draft regulations available to LoT members who have expressed an interest in the series. Membership is also now available for LoTRDC

Includes free entry to the British GT/F3 meet and access to hospitality boxes. Draft regs available to members.

LotRDC website goes live

BBQ organised by Lotus on Track at Brands Hatch for its members.
Potential drivers invited to come and chat about the series and view prepped cars.