Townsend Bell and the Rocket Pig

General General Lotus Talk
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So I went for a little shake down cruise in the twisties and came to stop at the overlook on Mulholland 's Snake to shoot the brezze with some of my biker buddies.

After a while i see an Evora and a couple of pickups pull in to do a photo shoot. It turns out it was Townsend Bell who is driving the Evora for Alex Job Racing along with a few peeps from Wheel Pros…

http://www.townsendbell.com/racing/news …



I met Townsend a few years back when he was doing a show on Speedvision with Taner Foust doing a driver / car shoot out with the Sector 111 Exige vs Porsche and Ferrari. He saw my car and instantly asked if he could take it for a drive so I tossed him the keys and told him to keep it below 8,000 rpm and let me know what he thought when he got back up to the look out…



So he runs down the snake and back up with a shit eating grin on his face… The first thing he says when he gets out is that it was the fastest car he’s ever driven and compared the acceleration with an F1 car, he then said he wished my engine was in his Lotus GTE race car that he will be driving in the American Le Mans Series



Expect to see the rocket pig photos in a few places soon… http://driftfotos.com/



So now I may get some free passes to the race at Long Beach…











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Very :sunglasses: Frank.

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Fair play Franky boy!!

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First smile at 33 secs. First expletive at 37!

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Excellent :sunglasses:

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Holy Shit !!
:smiley:

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cool indeed…lol

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I never cursed until I made 320 whp father, the Lotus made me do it…I sware :whistle:

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Nice! :sunglasses:

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lol…he actually got in the car with those boots on!

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Dudes check it out…

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Brilliant write up Frank and some fantastic photos. I think they liked the pig :sunglasses:

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Dude it is the other white meat after all dipped in nitro methane

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Uber cool, cuzzin Frank :sunglasses:

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Awesome :sunglasses:

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Frank an excellent validation of all your hard work, I’m sure you can be very proud.

Love the long distance views showing the full width of the wing and the photo with Townsend leaning over it gives a reference to how high it sits.

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Great shots of the car, but, I’m sure I’ve seen that 'tash on a German postman in a 70’s ‘specialist interest’ film

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Frank, Great shots, your car is truly a work of art & engineering :slight_smile:

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I notice you don’t mention his tash! :smiley:

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I notice you don’t mention his tash! :smiley: [/quote]

Which is also a thing of wonder!!! :wink: