Hi Gents
I'm conducting some research on the identity of some Lotus Elevens. Please could you help by searching your collections for any photo's of the Ecurie Demi-Litre Lotus Eleven raced by Mike Hawthorn at Oulton Park on the 18th August 1956. The car was owned by Ivor Bueb. The only reference to the accident is from Roy Salvadori who was driving the car behind.
"Suddenly the back of the Lotus broke away, the car mounted the bank and turned a complete somersault. I tried to avoid the Lotus and instinctively ducked as parts of Mike's disintegrating car landed on top of my Cooper, hitting me on the head and breaking the windscreen. Completely dazed I went off the road.........I cruised round to the pits. Lofty England was in the pits and asked what happened to Mike. Still badly dazed. I said, "He's dead". This caused considerable, but rather needless panic, for, although he had been thrown from the car, he had only suffered bad bruising and a sprained wrist."
Mike's race number for this event was 37. I'm trying to determine the extent of the damage to the car which was subsequently rebuilt and sold on by Performance Cars of Brentford.
If you have any information or photo's of the car at Oulton Park or at any stage of its life I'd be very grateful. Any information about who bought the Bueb car from Performance Cars in 1957 and where it went from then would also be great.
Thanks for your help
Jon Adams