Movie and Pizza Night

Follow-up: The event was a great success with a strong turnout.  A special thanks to Steve at Lotus of Portland for hosting, providing the pizza, and letting us look at and climb over the Evora, the 2011 Elise, and the ’06 FF275 Exige!

Our next event is the CLNW / Lotus Of Portland – Movie and Pizza Night on Tuesday Nov. 16th 2010, starting at 6:30pm and going until about 8:45pm. It will be held at Lotus of Portand on Canyon Road.  Pizza will be provided by Lotus Of Portland. You will need to bring your own beverages, adult beverages are OK. If you have a folding chair you can bring that, but it is not required.

Steve from Lotus Of Portland will have a new 2011 Lotus Elise and a new 2010.  We’ll be able to note the updates on the 2011 and compare it to the previous model.  He also might be able to fill us in on the latest news from Lotus (bring extra beverages with which to ply him!).

The movie will be The Millionaire: Colin Chapman (Collector’s Edition).  This is a fascinating documentary that gives a rare insight of Colin Chapman and Team Lotus in 1968, the year when Chapman and team were struggling to cope with the loss of Jim Clark at Hockenheim and Mike Spence at Indianapolis.  Graham Hill stepped into the breach, fulfilled the role of lead driver at this most difficult time, and went on to win the Championship.  This was the third championship for Team Lotus. Filmed in an era when the term ‘millionaire’ really meant something, renowned producer John Gau captured much of Colin Chapman’s energy and business approach around the time that Lotus Cars became a publicly owned company. This Collector’s Edition, the second in the Classic Team Lotus series, includes additional chapters featuring reminiscences of Team Lotus stalwarts Jim Endruweit, Bob Dance and Bob Sparshott along with a detailed look at 49B/R10 with Clive Chapman.

Finally, as an added bonus to the evening, we will find out the answer to THE QUESTION. Were did Colin Chapman get the name for his company? Should be a great event. See you there!!!