Lotus Track Activity Calendar for 2017

Lotus have written about the Track calendar 2017. They have new internal procedures intended to reduce their impact on the community:

• No Lotus Driving Academy at Hethel – LDA is now a global activity with Academies in Asia, North America and Europe
• No more Mitsubishi Lancer Club Sprint (exceptionally noisy vehicles)
• No more formula type race car testing by 3^rd parties
• No vehicle running in evenings unless critical to Lotus business
• No back to back events over the same or consecutive weekends
• Weekend Events classed “potentially noisy” spaced out at no more than 1 per month with more than 4 weeks interval on average
• Updates for the local community.

Potentially noisy users in 2017 currently limited to:

Lotus on Track:

• No more than 6 Saturday events per year.
• Comprises Lotus product owners Track Day events.
• All vehicles noise tested to comply with regulation limits and records kept.
• Has been running for over 10 years at Hethel.

Lotus Motor Club Sprint:

• 2 fixed date Sunday events per year – 2^nd April and 6^th August 2017
• Comprises Lotus staff club members, Lotus owners, other varied vehicles from associated clubs.
• All vehicles noise tested to comply with  MSA regulation limits and records kept.
• Has been running for 20 years at Hethel.

Classic Team Lotus:

• 2 hours allocated per week during office hours for testing. Generally used once or twice per month)
• Comprises classic and vintage Lotus racing cars.

Lotus Cars Engineering:

• Week days and possibly week ends during core hours.
• Vehicle engineering activities for Lotus products and 3^rd party clients.
• Comprises road going type vehicles.

Any comments to Alastair Florance, Group PR Manager, GROUP LOTUS PLC, Hethel, NR14 8EZ

T: 01953-608462 or E: aflorance@lotuscars.com