Modified elan racing 1977- 78

[steveh]

Not sure if these have been seen before -apoligies if they have ! .
These were recently pointed out to me by a pal who raced and took part [not Lotus].

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt96wUTp6zo

[url][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mT5mJzg644/url]

Steve

[StressCraxx]

Great video. I believe they were called "Modsports" at the time. There is one owned by Rich Kamp at Kampena Motors in Sonoma, CA.

[batfish]

Gino was having an Ark Elan built but not seen any posts from him recently.

[Andy8421]

Great videos, thanks for posting.

They capture the 70s club motor sport scene as I remember it, cold, wet and all a bit grim. I never camped at a circuit, I can only imagine how that must have been.

From the perspective of 2021, the aerodynamic bodywork (if that's the word for it) all looks very amateur. I wonder if it actually did any good. It may be the camera angles, but the cars don't seem to be going all that fast - which is probably a good thing given the state of the track.

[seniorchristo]

Those are some butchered up Elans! Reminds me of the Dekon Monzas in 70's Trans Am races.