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	Colin Chapman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman (born 9 May 1928 in London - died 16 December 1982) was an influential designer, inventor, and builder in the automotive industry.
		In the 1950s Chapman progressed through the motor racing formulae, designing and building a series of racing cars, sometimes to the point of being in limited production they were so successful and highly sought after, until he arrived in Formula 1.
		Chapman, who came from relatively humble roots, was also a businessman who introduced major advertising sponsorship into auto racing; beginning the process which changed Formula One from rich gentlemen's pastime, to multi-million pound high technology enterprise.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colin_Chapman (1075 words)

	Grand Prix Hall of Fame - Colin Chapman - Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Chapman and Clark were an odd couple to say the least - Chapman the brilliant and charming engineer cum salesman; Clark the reserved, thoughtful farmer from the Scottish Border country, and the driver that Chapman at one time had wished to be.
		Chapman achieved his greatest fame in the U.S. by forcing the rear-engined concept on the technologically stagnant Indianapolis 500.
		Chapman tossed his cap in the air in celebration of an F1 victory for the last time at the Austrian race in 1982, which Elio De Angelis took in a squeaker from Keke Rosberg.
	www.ddavid.com /formula1/chap_bio.htm (2079 words)

	GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > People > Colin Chapman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Chapman's first car was a special built using a 1930 Austin Seven and this was entered in a series of trials.
		Chapman was also successful at Indianapolis with the Lotus 29 almost winning the 500 at its first attempt in 1963 with Clark.
		Chapman was also an innovator as a team boss and it was Team Lotus which first introduced commercial sponsorship to F1 at Monaco in 1968.
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/cref-chacol.html (878 words)

	Colin Chapman
		Chapman's motivation for this approach was apparently not parsimony, but something more deeply-seated in his personality.
		Chapman was characteristically first in exploiting this opportunity, signing up Imperial Tobacco as the Team Lotus sponsor for 1968, in the process setting F1 on the road to a financial addiction to tobacco which has proved as difficult to shake as the real thing.
		Chapman's death from a heart attack in December of that year was shockingly sudden and a surprise to everyone who had followed his unparalleled career.
	www.lotusespritworld.co.uk /EHistory/Chapmanhistory.html (2070 words)

	Colin Chapman
		Colin Chapman had died young, at only 54 years, and a lot of them he had been confronted with agonizing stomach pains.
		Chapman, the gentleman at the limit, was an individualist, who needed a lot of creative room to move.
		Chapman might have got a certain kind of responsibility for the death of six of his drivers, like a democraticly authorized member of the government has got the political responsibility for a certain measure.
	www.research-racing.de /ACBC2.htm (2022 words)

	The History of Lotus
		The founder of Lotus, Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman, was born of ordinary, parents in the London area of England on May 19, 1928.
		Colin had little time for dates, instead, before rushing back to camp, he would present her with a job list that had to be completed before Colin's next leave.
		When Chapman died in December of 1982, from a massive heart attack, no one questioned the indelible influence that Chapman and his small English motor car company had upon the engineering and manufacture of automobiles both for racing and for street.
	www.lotusespritworld.co.uk /EHistory/LotusHistory.html (1948 words)

	Colin Chapman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Chapman started with the, a small soap box on wheels, which he entered privately into local racing events.
		Chapman progressed through the motor racing formulae, until he arrived in Formula 1.
		The banning of this by the FIA really upset him, and may have precipitated ill health, which was to dog him for the final few years of his life.
	library.ci.glendale.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Colin_Chapman (862 words)

	Team Lotus - John Hopkinson Unofficial Page
		Chapman's drive for weight reduction, was at times in his F1 career, to be criticised as possibly endangering safety.
		Chapman's design genius bought further success in F1, particularly the partnership between Lotus and Jimmy Clark (who was probably the best F1 driver of his generation).
		Colin Chapman was always searching for the next innovation to give Lotus a competitive edge, and his fertile mind began to examine ways of improving the underfloor aerodynamics of the car to achieve what was to be called 'ground effect'.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/john_hopkinson/lotus.htm (1558 words)

	GrandPrix.com > Features > Technical > Colin Chapman- What would he have thought of Formula 1 today?
		Chapman sensed a new thinking in Formula 1: a need to control the development of the cars so that no one team dominated in a given year, which would spoil the "show" for the emerging TV audiences.
		Chapman was competitive in everything he undertook, intensely so when it mattered and playfully, and only slightly less intensely, when it did not.
		Chapman commissioned Rutan to design and build a prototype side-by-side 2-seater ultralight for him, that was to have a rigid, all enclosed fuselage and wings made out of GRP.
	www.grandprix.com /ft/ft00266.html (3371 words)

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		Colin's main desire was always to take on the scarlet Ferraris on the race track and break their domination of the sport.
		Colin continued to develop and modify the Mark 1, including a innovative splitting and hinging of the front beam axle to provide independent front suspension.
		When Chapman died in December of 1981, from a massive heart attack, no one questioned the indelible influence that Chapman and his small English motor car company had upon the engineering and manufacture of automobiles both for racing and for street.
	members.lycos.co.uk /johnclark/chapman.htm (2177 words)

	LotusElan.net: Colin Chapman: One Man Band of the Racing Circus
		Colin also built a very neat body, of aluminum and plywood, and anticipated damage to the cycle type fenders by securing them with woodscrews and dowels.
		This time, however, Chapman did not confine his work to chassis and suspension, for he thought up a means of de-siamesing the inlet ports of the side-valve Austin engine which eventually led to the 750 Formula being changed-just to give the others a chance.
		Chapman's chief assistants in the design stages were Peter Kirwan-Taylor-an accountant by profession-who was largely responsible for body styling, and Frank Costin, who dealt with aerodynamics.
	www.lotuselan.net /publish/article_245.shtml (2209 words)

	Colin Chapman -Wayward Genius
		Colin Chapman was the most charismatic and brilliant engineer in the history of motor racing.
		For Chapman's glorious career was flawed by his sometimes dubious business practices, and his last months were overshadowed by the imminent exposure of his role in the DeLorean conspiracy.
		When Chapman died suddenly, aged 54, in 1982, he was threatened by legal action that might have brought financial disaster and personal disgrace.
	www.britbooks.com /cochwge.html (202 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Colin Chapman and Lotus Cars
		Chapman realised that the only way to make a car reliable was to strengthen the parts, which in turn meant increasing its weight.
		Chapman had finally reached the limits of what was permissible in F1, just as he had in Indycar 15 years earlier and in club racing before that.
		The Chapman strut (essentially a McPherson strut used on the rear suspension) is now a standard suspension design, though it has disadvantages in terms of height and side-load.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A827598 (4709 words)

	Colin Chapman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Chapman didn't start out as a motor racing enthusiast, but when one, with enthusiasm, modifies cars to improve performance, the race track is a logical conclusion to these efforts.
		Chapman had started his company on the proverbial shoestring and his successes as a race car manufacturer were encouraging.
		After Chapman's untimely death in 1982 at the age of 54, Team Lotus had their up and down seasons, but the overall trend was to slowly flounder.
	www.utahlotusmuseum.com /id91.htm (1769 words)

	Thursday Theology #231 - Book Review - Colin Chapman's WHOSE PROMISED LAND?
		Chapman examines the development of the theme of the land as a central theme of the Old Testament.
		Chapman notes that Islam's relation to Palestine is a powerful symbol, abetted by the Crusaders who, say the Muslims, killed every person in sight when they entered Jerusalem, in contrast to Saladin, who killed no one.
		Colin Chapman's book will bring you up to speed on events in the "Holy Land" and their interpretation as the drama of the Middle East unfolds.
	www.crossings.org /thursday/Thur1114.htm (1568 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Colin Chapman: The Wayward Genius: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mike Lawrence's biography of Colin Chapman has been touted as a warts and all expose but while it goes a long way to describing this wayward genius it ultimately fails because he was obviously unable to extract any information from the Chapman family and Fred Bushell the infamous Group Lotus accountant.
		It is worth repeating that the overall impression is that Lawrence lost interest in what promised to be the definitive biography of Colin Chapman but instead ended up as a bit of a dog's breakfast.
		Chapman was a remarkable man, and he certainly has had his share of that sort of nonsense written about him.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1859832784 (904 words)

	8W - What? - Lotus
		Right until the final Lotus victory founder Colin Chapman lived to see (see the De Angelis story) the team were at the forefront of GP innovation.
		With Colin and his new partners Michael and Nigel Allen in the driver's seat, the Lotus Mark 3 consistently won races; it was clearly the fastest of the 750cc formula.
		Colin stiffened his very narrow chassis frame by having its aluminium undertray spooned for rigidity and attaching it rigidly to the tube frame's bottom bays.
	8w.forix.com /lotus.html (3641 words)

	COLIN CHAPMAN AND LOTUS CARS \| DIRECTORY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS \| VEHICLE DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY \| CONCEPT CARS.
		The founder of Lotus, Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman, was born of ordinary, parents in the London area of England on May 9, 1928.
		Chapman made sure that it could also be used as a practical road car, and in 1950 entered it in his first race at Silverstone, where he took on a Type 37 Bugatti and won!
		Chapman and Flockhart lost some time due to a slipping clutch but were running well when the car was disqualified when Chapman reversed it out of a sand bank after an off-road excursion.
	www.speedace.info /lotus.htm (4968 words)

	www.lotus30.com - Biography - Colin Chapman
		Colin Chapman at the 1981 Long Beach Grand Prix.
		In 1948, Chapman gained his degree in civil engineering, and went to work for a construction engineering company.
		"Colin Chapman maintained his dynamism and effort into the 1980's as head of an engineering group producing road cars, Formula One racing cars, luxury motor yachts and power boats, plastics, and undertaking technological research and development for others in the motor industry.
	www.lotus30.com /Bios/Bio_Colin_Chapman.html (254 words)

	Lotus - GB Classic Cars
		Colin Chapman was born in Richmond, Surrey on 19 May 1928.
		It was in 1947 though that Colin Chapman embarked on building his first car - a “special” based on an early Austin Seven Saloon, which after tuning, took part in races and trials.
		It is sad to note that Colin Chapman died of a heart attack at the age of 54 in 1982.
	www.gbclassiccars.co.uk /lotus.html (586 words)

	General Questions About Lotus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Colin Chapman is NOT a lesser known member of the comedy group Monty Python.
		Colin Chapman started his career as a car builder with one of these unsold cars.
		After discussing the plan, Nakamura invited Chapman to a night club for a drink, where Chapman explained why he had named his cars "Lotus." He said he was interested in Asian Philosophy when he was in college and knew Lotus flower is a symbol for Nirvana in Buddhism.
	www.gglotus.org /ggrace/ggfaq/general.html (3395 words)

	Car Design, Car Designers, Graphic Designers, Prototyping, Engineers - Chapman Associates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		His clear analytical mind fostered an engineering approach in which nothing was taken for granted; he always started from first principles, from a fresh, detached viewpoint.
		Colin Spooner was a protégé of Chapman and was closely associated with the spirit and creative genius of the Lotus founder.
		He founded Chapman Associates in 1992 to provide a fast, reactive and innovative engineering service to industry.
	www.chapmanassociates.co.uk (160 words)

	Lotus
		Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman was born to Stanley and Mary Chapman on 19 May 1928 in Richmond, Surrey, England.
		When the British government stopped issuing gas rations, the two Colins were put out of business and left with a car that Chapman converted into a trials car which eventually became the Lotus Mark 1.
		And, Colin Chapman died of a heart attack on 16 December, 1982 at his home in East Carleton.
	www.filegarden.com /ncbcc/Lotus.htm (598 words)

	Weber Shandwick Worldwide - Newsroom - Colin Chapman Joins Rhoads \| Weber Shandwick, Government Relations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Chapman has more than 11 years of legislative and political experience on Capitol Hill.
		For the past six years, Chapman served as Congressman Don Young’s (R-AK) chief of staff, coordinating all staff responsibilities in legislative, policy and political arenas.
		During Congressman Young’s current chairmanship of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Chapman gained extensive experience in a broad range of transportation policy issues encompassing aviation, rail, highway, maritime, port infrastructure and homeland security.
	www.webershandwick.com /newsroom/newsrelease.cfm/contentid,8803.html (399 words)

	Classic Cars Page
		As Chapman was more a F1 designer than a car maker, Lotus Cars Co. was usually underdeveloped and lack of proper funding.
		Colin Chapman designed it to be the core money-making model, replacing the Mk 7.
		Colin Chapman pioneered his famous backbone chassis in Europa.
	www.autozine.org /classic/lotus.htm (2777 words)

	Colin Chapman First National Real Estate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		She joins Colin Chapman with 9 years experience within Corporate Facilities, Office Management and the Earthmoving Industry.
		She is looking forward to continuing the excellent customer service that Colin Chapman Strata offers to our clients.
		Todd joins Colin Chapman after 3 years completing a Bachelor of Arts (Communication Studies) degree at the University of Newcastle, where he learned the many facets of human communication and interaction.
	www.colinchapman.com.au /page.aspx?pageID=29 (271 words)

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