Bridgehampton 500 1965 - Lotus 23 #25
Added 2025-03-10 07:00:07 +0000 UTCFor Legion's Lotus 23.
George Alderman had one of the longest professional racing careers of all time, clocking in at 49 years on the track in a large variety of machines, ranging from open wheelers to touring cars, and obviously sports cars. In 1966, he won the SCCA North-Eastern regional championships in his blue Lotus 23. This is his car as it ran the Bridgehampton 500, in the up-to 2000cc race. Here, Alderman teamed up with Dick Young to finish 2nd overall, 1st in class, just behind the Porsche 904 of Herb Wetanson.
Comments
So it is the lotus_23_1_5 ? but in 65 the car that raced was a 23B (https://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Bridgehampton-1965-09-19a.html)
coppo
2025-03-11 12:06:15 +0000 UTCWell, the head roll bar on the B model, with three supports, seems different from the one in the real photo, with two. (Nitpicking, I know...)
Thorpe Racer
2025-03-11 09:32:15 +0000 UTCFor the sake of historical accuracy, I have tried to find more information (complicated, since I'm not an expert in these matters and the information is very old and scattered) and the only thing I have found is something related to a Lotus 23 Climax: http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/racelist2.php?uniqid=5254. I don't know then if the closest option would be the 850cc version of the Legion Lotus 23... EDITED: Doh! I'm seeing that for this car there are Climax engines with various displacements in all Legion versions...
Thorpe Racer
2025-03-11 09:26:05 +0000 UTCI raced it against a 904/8 at Bridgehampton, they match perfectly !
coppo
2025-03-10 18:48:26 +0000 UTCI think the folder's name is lotus_23b
coppo
2025-03-10 17:41:40 +0000 UTCHe does indeed. Top one (any of 4) or the bottom one on this page, should work. They all share the same model. https://perendinator.blogspot.com/2024/04/lotus-type-23-23c-versions-20240410.html
Andre
2025-03-10 16:46:01 +0000 UTCI think Legion should have a "regular" version on his blog still?
Willem Peters
2025-03-10 14:50:50 +0000 UTCSorry but... exactly which of the many versions of the Legion Lotus 23 is this skin for? I can't find one called just "lotus_23", they're all B, C, or different engine versions... And thanks for sharing your excellent work!
Thorpe Racer
2025-03-10 11:23:05 +0000 UTC
