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Its subsequent racing success in the hands of the like of Jim Clark, Les Leston, John Whitmore, Frank Gardner et al is renowned, including the class wins at 24 Hour Le Mans \u2014a stunning six years in a row. It has since become one of the significant classics, revered for its style and performance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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Its subsequent racing success in the hands of the like of Jim Clark, Les Leston, John Whitmore, Frank Gardner et al is renowned, including the class wins at 24 Hour [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":264,"featured_media":600837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11296,263,1920,11272],"tags":[16904,17152,20068,5694,20125,11600],"class_list":["post-461082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-history","category-car-culture","category-lotus","category-members-only","tag-automotive-art","tag-car-culture","tag-lotus-featured","tag-lotus-elite","tag-lotus-race-featured","tag-colin-chapman"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Automotive Art - Brian Caldersmith&#039;s &quot;Colin Chapman\u2019s Lotus Elite&quot;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Artist Brian Caldersmith paints a tableau of the many achievments of Colin Chapman\u2019s Lotus Elite.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/colin-chapmans-lotus-elite\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Automotive Art - Brian Caldersmith&#039;s &quot;Colin Chapman\u2019s Lotus Elite&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Artist Brian Caldersmith paints a tableau of the many achievments of Colin Chapman\u2019s Lotus Elite.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/colin-chapmans-lotus-elite\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-03-01T20:00:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-02T19:35:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lotus-Elite-Artwork.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"949\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Caldersmith\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Brian Caldersmith\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/colin-chapmans-lotus-elite\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/colin-chapmans-lotus-elite\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Brian Caldersmith\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b35bf77053f3061b85e5103d6cb9ec18\"},\"headline\":\"Automotive Art &#8211; 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