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" Ever notice how the Team Lotus name is inked in motorsports record books from Formula 1 to IndyCar (and seemingly everything in between), yet devoid of Le Mans pedigree? Curious, isn&amp;#039;t it? Well, this car is the culprit. When the Hethel boys rolled out their Lotus 23 at the N\u00FCrburgring 1000 km in 1962, it won its class and finished just four laps behind the overall victor, Ferrari&amp;#039;s formidable Dino 246 SP. But when the 23 arrived at Le Mans several weeks later, ACO scrutineers turned the unconventional Group 4 racer away due to its wheel stud design, which was incongruent between the two axles. A furious Colin Chapman vowed to never again field an entrant at the French endurance trial. WATCH THIS: Sebastien Loeb gunning for Goodwood hillclimb record We&amp;#039;re not sure if the car in this video is a genuine Lotus 23B or one of the numerous reproductions by Xanthos and Noble (though the description does note the engine as 1600cc, identical in size to Chapman&amp;#039;s original Cosworth twin-cam mill). After watching David Baldi blitz through the invitation-only Bologna-San Luca revival hillclimb in northern Italy, we don&amp;#039;t really care about his car&amp;#039;s authenticity. Blind corners, close calls, exotic scenery, handy recoveries, and a wailing soundtrack\u2014this video has got it all. The event&amp;#039;s slogan is &amp;quot;Two kilometers all in one breath.&amp;quot; We concur.      WATCH THIS: The 640-hp Ford van that helped build a 213-mph supercar "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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