1956 Lotus Eleven

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Series 1 Designer: Frank Costin Chassis Num: 0259   For the 1956 racing season, Colin Chapman and his team at Lotus created an all-new racing car, the Lotus Eleven. The state-of-art car featured a tubular steel space frame with some stressed aluminum panels, an aluminum body designed by Frank Costin and powered by the new four-cylinder, overhead-cam, 1.1-liter Coventry Climax FWA engine. Early on, it hit 143 mph in speed trials at Monza and finished seventh overall at Le Mans. This 1956 Lotus Eleven sports racer is believed to have been driven in the late 1950s by Prudence Baxter, was race from 1978-83 by Fred McNab of Oregon.

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Event	Group
Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion	1B : 1955-61 Sports Racing Cars under 2000cc
2011 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion	1B : 1955-61 Under 2000cc
2011 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion	3B: 1955-61 Sports Racing
Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion	1A: 1955-61 Sports Racing cars under 2000cc
Carmel-By-The-Sea Concours on the Avenue	Historic Race
Monterey Historic Races at Laguna Seca	1956-61 Sports Racing Cars Under 2500cc
Monterey Historic Automobile Races at Laguna Seca	1956-1960 Sport Racing Cars under 2500cc