This is Mike Doyle in his 1962 Lotus 23B at Lodge Corner during practice for the European Sports Prototype Trophy race at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Par in August 2004.
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The Lotus 23 was introduced in 1962 to compete in the
smaller classes of sports car racing and
was used with engines with capacities ranging from from 750cc up to 1600cc. The
programme of the event shows this car as having a 1,498cc engine, presumably
the Ford Kent derived 4-cylinder inline Cosworth unit. It proved to be an
extremely successful car and about 130 examples of the Lotus 23, 23B and 23C
were produced between 1962 and 1963.
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