Why did the US ban the Lotus 7? I heard that it was deemed TO FAST TO RACE. Is this true?

When the Lotus 7 went to america and won everything in it's class (no over-weight US slush bucket even came close), it was deemed "TOO FAST TO RACE" and banned from competing...then a few years later (4yrs, I believe!) it was allowed back and did the same again. HA HA HA...UK! UK! UK! Whaddaya thinka that YEE HAHSzzzZZZ?? Is this true

Why did the US ban the Lotus 7? I heard that it was deemed TO FAST TO RACE. Is this true?
I hope it's true. If that would be true, then it would prove that the ego of the Americans is too big and it deflates as soon as they see that others know how to do certain stuff, like race cars, way better than they do.



Too bad they removed your question before. They didn't bare being reminded that Europeans create much better race cars.

That Lotus 7 was just the start. Today, there are sooooooooo many cars that are made in Europe and are way better. American cars are designed for long straight roads. European cars are designed for both that and the twistiest roads in the mountains.





UK is still good in motor racing. The Renault chassis has been manufactured from 2002 onwards at Enstone, and looking on the map, you might find out it's in Oxfordshire.
Reply:American racing had it's a** handed to them by the combination of Jim Clark and Lotus. America didn't like them coming over and stealing from the 'good old boys.' They even made Jim do a rookie test even though he was World Champion of F1 at the time.



Jim's still the only man to win the Indy 500 and the F1 WDC in the same year 1965.



Think of it this way...if Lotus hadn't gone over to take part in the Indy 500 then who knows when American single seater's designs would have evolved. It was stagnent at the time.



PS: Indy is home of 'American motor-racing' and Monza is the home of 'Motorsport'!