| Where: | Las Vegas Baby! |
| Cover: | Very Affordable |
| When: | Oct 14-16, 2011 |
| Mood: | Fast, British, Hip and Fun |
| Activities: | Autocross, Bowling, Concours, Drives, Karting, Track Events |
| Atmosphere: | Parties, Gaming and Entertainment |
| Dress: | Flame Retardant, Très Chic |
| Fuel: | High Octane |
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October 14-16, 2011 Lotus, Ltd. is proud to announce our annual LOG Event (Lotus Owner's Gathering) which is being hosted by the Las Vegas Chapter. LOG 31 will be held in Las Vegas on October 14-16, 2011 - The Lotus Owners Gathering (L.O.G.) National Event will be hosted at Red Rock Hotel and Casino. Experience the comradery of other Lotus guys, learn something about our cars, and have a great weekend. The meet includes autocross, concours, karting, scenic drives, a nearby track event and much more! Steven Hallam is our Dinner Guest Speaker 
Inspired by the exploits of Jim Clark in the early 1960s Hallam was educated at Merchant Taylors School in Formby, Lancashire, before winning a place on the famous automotive engineering course at Loughborough University. His course included a six month spell of work experience at Aston Martin in Newport Pagnell and after graduation he joined the company as the development engineer. Aston Martin was still a very small company in those days and for the next seven years Hallam was involved in the development of some famous Aston Martin models.
He raced in his spare time, buying a Centaur Clubmans car and modifying it extensively. He concluded that if the opportunity arose he would try to get into racing. Eventually he saw an advertisement in an engineering journal and, amid much secrecy, found himself being offered a job by Lotus boss Colin Chapman. He joined the team at the start of 1982 and for the next three years was race engineer to Nigel Mansell. When Mansell moved to Williams, Hallam was given the job of looking after Ayrton Senna. The relationship resulted in 16 pole positions and six wins before Senna went to McLaren and Hallam found himself working with Nelson Piquet in 1988 and 1989. Team Lotus was sliding backwards in F1 and after a year with Derek Warwick in 1990 Hallam was asked by Neil Oatley to join McLaren where he became Gerhard Berger's engineer in 1991 and 1992, collecting three wins. After a poor year with Michael Andretti he worked with Mika Hakkinen in 1994 and then, after brief periods with Martin Brundle, Nigel Mansell and Mark Blundell, found himself back with Hakkinen in 1996 and was soon in charge of all race engineering at McLaren. Ryan Walkinshaw, Director of Walkinshaw Racing, is pleased to announce that Steve Hallam has accepted the role of Managing Director of Walkinshaw Racing overseeing both the Toll Holden Racing Team, and the Bundaberg Racing Team. Hallam is currently Executive Vice President of Competition for Michael Waltrip Racing in NASCAR, and prior to that was Head of Race Operations for McLaren Racing. Read More
A video preview of our Sunday night Dinner Presentation. (2 1/2 minutes.) Pretty cool... Interview with Cory Newberry from the last West Coast Lotus Meet for Auto123.com Spread the word by clicking "Share" on our new Facebook page. See the 9 1/2 minute video...
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