Sector111 Track Weekend @ Monticello Motor Club, NY

This past weekend (Sept 11-12), we held a 2-day track event at Monticello Motor Club in Monticello, NY. This country-club track is located about 90-min outside of New York City in the Catskills. The 20+ Lotus owners that attended were treated to a nearly-wide-open, 4.1 mile world-class track where they enjoyed a ton of track time.

Saturday was nicer than we could have ever hoped. It was in the mid-70°s with hardly a cloud in sight. Each car was fitted with a transponder to start logging times to grid them for the proposed time trial (more on that later). The first few sessions were dedicated to lead/follow laps to help everyone learn the track. In the late morning, the lap times started coming down!


During lunch, a track-position lesson from a member helped some drivers really shave off even more time. One of our dealers, Bill Thomas of WT Roadsters in Frenchtown, NJ, ended up with the fastest lap of the weekend with a 2:40.7 lap in his Katana2 Elise. That was almost 4 seconds faster than the next fastest car!

Sunday, however, took a turn. The forecast initially called for light showers in the late morning. That quickly changed into showers all day starting at 7am. Unfortunately, the slick surface on the track forced us to cancel the time trial. This was a unanimous decision that, due to the difficulty of this track, was the right one. The track stayed green all day for a brave few who got lap after lap of wide open, empty track time!

Our first Sector111 Track Event on the East Coast was a huge success. Everyone had a great time experiencing a world-class track with a volume of Lotus cars far greater than they ever had in the past. We are already planning a few more events on the East-Coast for next year. A special thanks to the Monticello Motor Club and all of the participants for making this event so much fun and so successful!