The biggest, hairiest Lotus Colin Chapman ever built!
The most successful Lotus 30 or 40 ever raced.
This website is devoted to preserving the history of the Pink Stamps Special Lotus 30 and other vintage Lotus 30 and 40 sports cars. The Lotus 30 and 40 were the largest sports racing cars that Lotus ever built. They were as fast or faster than the Formula One Grand Prix cars of its time.
The Lotus 30, which has come to be known as the Pink Stamps Lotus 30, was the most successful Lotus 30 or 40. It competed in over 50 International Grand Prix Races for Sports Cars and National (Great Britain) races. Total of 21 wins, 10 second places, six third places, and one each at 4th, 5th, and 6th place. It also achieved 13 overall wins, 10 second places, five thirds, and eight fastest lap of race records.
The Pink Stamps Special Lotus 30 is currently owned by Richard Keyes of Portland, OR, USA. It has been restored to near the condition it was when it raced at Silverstone on 30 Aug. 1970, where it set the fastest lap record and won its first race as the Pink Stamps Lotus 30. The car is powered by an ex-Alan Mann Ford GT 40 LeMans engine with Gurney-Weslake heads.
This web site has numerous photos of the Pink Stamps Lotus 30/40 as well as several other Lotus 30s and 40s, information about these historic sports cars, as well as some of the drivers and teams that raced these fabulous cars.
If you know of any information regarding this Lotus or any other Lotus 30 or 40, please send us an email.
TRACK BATTLE | Lotus 30 and Lola T70 in furious all-V8 fight | Goodwood Revival 2021 Phil Keen’s Lotus 30 battles Tony Sinclair’s Lola T70 Spyder after starting well down the grid in the Whitsun Trophy at the 2021 Goodwood Revival. Official Website:http://www.goodwood.com/grr/ Last Updated on December 15, 2025 by Kirk Keyes
Franco Sbarro is a legendary, if controversial, designer. He founded a Swiss-based high-performance replica and sports car company in 1971. He has designed numerous concept cars, most of them one-offs. One of these was based on the Lotus 30, which Sbarro converted into a coupe. Little is known of this car other than the occasional photo from the […]
Mirage Engineering posted several images of Katsu Kubota’s Lotus 30/S2/9 as it was prepped for Goodwood, along with a video of it at the competition. Owner/Driver: Katsuaki KubotaCar Prep: Mirage Engineering “Goodwood #82MM Round up. “Many hours have been spent this winter preparing and giving this Lotus 30 owned by @katsukubota a good makeover. Sadly […]
Jake sent in photos of 30/L/9. His car was damaged in a crash, and he rebuilt it into an F5000 car. (Which was a great idea back in the early 70s, as F5000 was a great series.) Last Updated on December 13, 2025 by Kirk Keyes
2020 Advert from when Bob Tcacik was selling Lotus 30/L/7 by Maine Line Exotics of Biddleford, Maine, USA Images from the Advert Last Updated on December 14, 2025 by Kirk Keyes
This article was published in the March 2020 issue of Classic Driver magazine. It was a paid-to-print advertisement for 30/L/7, which was for sale through ChromeCars at that time. Original Article: From the Bahamas to Goodwood with this sensational Lotus 30 Images from the article above. Last Updated on December 10, 2025 by Kirk Keyes
Classic and Sports Cars Magazine – Lotus 30/S2/9 at press day for the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Posted: Mar 18, 2010 YouTube Channel: candscmagazine – YouTube Last Updated on December 10, 2025 by Kirk Keyes
Lightweight Lotus With BIG American V8 Power! // RSRSpa Spotlight 19Posted: Feb 25, 2022 YouTube Channel: RSRNurburg & RSRSpa – YouTube Last Updated on December 10, 2025 by Kirk Keyes
Driver/Owner: Robert TkacikPosted: 12/29/2011 YouTube Channel: 77750K – YouTube Last Updated on December 10, 2025 by Kirk Keyes
Driver: Richard BradleyChannel: Richard Bradley – YouTube Posted: Apr 28, 2025 Caption: Onboard from the 1964 Lotus 30 Ford V8… first lap in qualifying and on for pole until a driveshaft failure on the exit of the final chicane! Not the most popular car in period, but every time I drive it I’m becoming more […]
Driver: Anthony Schrauwen (BE) Events: Spa test 2012; Spa Classic 2013, 2015, Spa six hours 2013 Track: Spa-Francorchamps Photographer: Belgian-Motorsporthttp://belgian-motorsport.com https://www.flickr.com/photos/belgian… Follow them on Facebook and Instagram Last Updated on December 9, 2025 by Kirk Keyes
Driver: Albert Streminski Car: Lotus 30/L/7 (1964) Grid: The Greatest’s Trophy Event: Grand Prix de l’Age d’Or 2021 Last Updated on December 9, 2025 by Kirk Keyes
Here’s a still photo to go along with the video we recently published. Image: Copyright 2015 Bert McBride This was at the September 6, 2016, SOVERN Columbia River Classic historic car races held at Portland International Raceway, Portland, OR, USA Car Owner: Richard Keyes Driver: Tom Hendrickson Video © 2016 Kirk D. Keyes You can […]
In-car video of the Pink Stamps Lotus 30 race in the rain. It was the only car to show for the start – so, of course, it won the race. This was at the September 6, 2016, SOVERN Columbia River Classic historic car races held at Portland International Raceway, Portland, OR, USA Car Owner: Richard […]
This car has a pair of new owners, in Germany, Professor Wolfgang Henseler and Henning Soltau. Last Updated on December 9, 2025 by Kirk Keyes
Marco Werner, a three-time Le Mans winner and ALMS champion, is writing an article about driving Lotus 30/L/7 last year. The article will appear in the German historic motorsport magazine “Curbs.” It is expected to be published in mid-April 2021. In the mean-time, Marco sent a video link of him driving the car at a […]
Here’s a set of photographs of Lotus 30/L/7 taken by Alfred Bauer. Around January 2021, Dr. Albert Streminski of Germany bought 30/L/7. Dr. Streminski is well known as a 1958 Tojeiro Climax 1100 and a Ferrari 212 owner in historic circles. Thanks to Alfred Bauer for sending these photos. All Photos Copyright © 2021 Alfred […]
Andrew Bradshaw, the owner of 30/L/12, posted some home movies of his car from when it was owned by Robert Shaw of Rockford, IL, U.S.A. The car was imported by Lotus Southwest in 1964. According to Robert’s son, the car was bought from Homer Rader of Lotus Southwest in Houston, TX, early in 1966, trading […]
AJ Foyt’s Lotus 40 has long been missing. It had an amazing paint blue paint job, certainly one of the most beautiful paint jobs on a race car for the day. It looked more like hot rod than a race car… Most of the photos I see online are B&W, so they don’t show how […]
Thanks to Christopher Laws, Gerry Georgi’s stepson, for sending these photos. Gerry raced 30/L/7 with car owner Newton Davis in the Northeast United States. When Newt was not available to drive, Gerry filled in for him. They raced this car from 1964 to 1965. Newt Davis sitting in 30/L/7 at Lime Rock. The car was […]
Joao Paulo (JP) Campos Costa, owner of Lotus 30/L/15, recently posted a video of his newly restored car. This video shows in detail all the work that went into restoring his car. It finished the very wet Whitsun Trophy race at the 2017 Goodwood Revival. This car was sold as of 2019. It was for […]
Last Updated on December 13, 2025 by Kirk Keyes
