Lotus Europa

Main Menu Car List Driver List Road Sports List Back Next	Lotus Europa S1 Engine: Lotus twin-cam 1588cc Configuration: mid-engine, Driver: Harry Appleby Class: Modified Sports Cars 1501 to 2000cc Date taken: June 1976 at Main Straight, Croft Modified Europas were a rarity and this car, in Team Lotus colours, made infrequent visits to Croft. It was based on the earliest S1 version of the Europa which was originally fitted with a 1500cc Renault engine. The identifying feature of the S1 was the two external buttresses running from the rear of the roof to the back of the car. Compare this to the later flat deck of the S2 version. It is a testament to the design of the car how few aerodynamic changes had to be made for racing.	Lotus Europa S2 Twin-Cam Special Engine: Lotus twin-cam 1588cc Configuration: mid-engine Driver: Chris Meek Class: Production Sports Cars Date taken: October 1977 at Chicane, Croft Chris Meek was as well known racing at club level as he was racing internationally. He jointly held the outright record for Production Sports Cars with A. Roughton, another Europa driver, and won the BRSCC Northern Centre Production Sports Car Championship on two occasions.
Main Menu Car List Driver List Road Sports List Back Next	Lotus Europa S2 Twin Cam Engine: Lotus twin-cam 1588cc Configuration: mid-engine Driver: W. Winstanley Class: Production Sports Cars Date taken: October 1975 The Lotus Europa twin-cam Special shown here was unbeatable in production sports car racing once the classes had been restructured to exclude supercars. Originally designed as a sports car for Europe, it had a mid-mounted Renault engine and transaxle it never caught on in the same way as the Elan. When the engine was changed from Renault to a Lotus 1600cc twin-cam, the increased performance put it firmly in contention as a production sports car racer.	Lotus Europa Engine: 1300cc Cosworth Configuration: mid-engine Driver: Eric Paterson Class: GT up to 1500cc Date taken: October 1981 Image Copyright: Dave Sabre Eric gained much success with this car during the '81 season racing in GT classes that did not always favour his engine capacity.