Been a great trip so far!

[Glamrock]

Been a great trip so far!

Drove down to Knoxville for the Lotus Owners Gathering with 4 others from my Lotus club and we cleaned up! My buddy Bill took first in his class for his beautiful orange twin turbo Esprit. My buddy Allen took third in his class for his wide body Elise and first for lowest time in the autocross competition. This is him with me in the background…



And I took third in my class for the Blue Meanie!



Was an epic trip so far. Ripped through the tail of the dragon 4 times, hit the Moonshiners 68, the foothills run. Absolutely epic driving! I even almost crashed into a guardrail! LOL! Tomorrow is the Devil’s Triangle and then the trip home.

[CANADIANBEAVER69]

1. sounds like you're enjoying the ride

Turn up those tunes and stay safe. Congrats on placing in your class.

[Glamrock]

4. Thanks!

[Auggie]

2. Awesome fun ...

and memories for a lifetime!

[Glamrock]

6. And video too!

Including the near guardrail kiss! LOL!

[blm]

3. Go, baby, go.

Get some radar love.

[Glamrock]

5. LOL!

😎

[mitch96]

7. Looks like the "Tail of the Dragon", yes? nt

[Glamrock]

8. Yep!

That was too much fun!

[mitch96]

9. That whole part of NC you throw a rock and hit a great road. Have you ridden the

Cherohala Skyway yet? another neat road.. I think it's listed as a National scenic highway..
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[Glamrock]

10. Unfortunately not

It was washed out a few weeks back. Was supposed to be fixed by now. But apparently there is a pissing match going on between the DOT and Forestry Dept.
😪

[mitch96]

11. It's a great ride with lots of sweeping turns and elevation changes. I don't know about a sports car

but on a motorcycle it's heaven.. The end of the road dumps you into Telico Plains Tenn. There is a pretty good BBQ place in the center of town. A good reason to go!!!
As Bourdain said "Barbecue may not be the road to world peace, but it's a start"
Works for me!!
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[Glamrock]

12. Ha!

Yeah the foothills just before the w. entrance to the dragon is like. And if it’s good for a bike, it’s good for my tiny little Lotus. It’s a street legal go cart. It was on my list of must drives but it’s closed.

May be back in May for Lotus vs. the Dragon. If so, they’ll have it fixed by then.

[mitch96]

13. Years ago my buddy had a TVR. That little thing had a pretty much stock inline Ford 4.

He was working in a repair shop that just got in a Lotus Ford Cortina. It was being totaled by the insurance company. He looked at the Cortina engine and looked at his Ford engine and the block was the same. He bough the car from the insurance company for a song and stuck the Lotus modified engine in his TVR. Twin over head cams, Twin 40 DCOE weber carbs and a tuned exhaust? YES PLEASE. That car sounded just like a formula 1 racer when he wound it out. Absolute music.
It also followed Colin Chapmans idea of "adding lightness" The TVR weighed nothing..
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[Glamrock]

14. That sounds awesome!

[Best_man23]

15. Very Cool

Always wanted to drive the Dragon.

[Glamrock]

16. You should!

It was epic!