One of two 1971 Lotus 69s invoiced to Jacques Couture of the Canadian Jim Russell Racing School on 13 March 1971 in green and yellow paintwork. It is unclear whether this was the car driven by Jacques Couture in 1971 or that driven by teammate Dave McConnell.

One of two 1971 Lotus 69s invoiced to Jacques Couture of the Canadian Jim Russell Racing School on 13 March 1971 in green and yellow paintwork. It is unclear whether this was the car driven by Jacques Couture in 1971 or that driven by teammate Dave McConnell .

Craig Hill in the Castrol Lotus 69 at Mont-Tremblant in August 1971. Copyright Bruce Stewart 2017. Used with permission.

Simon Hadfield in Michael Schryver's Lotus 69 at Silverstone in September 1989. Copyright Keith Lewcock 2012. Used with permission.

New to Craig Hill (London, Ontario, Canada) in April 1971 with white bodywork according to the Lotus built record. Raced by Hill in the Players Canadian Formula B championship in 1971, with Castrol sponsorship, winning one race. Retained by Hill for 1972, now entered by his Fother-Hill Limited as the "Castrol Kleen-Flo Special", and won two races that season. Sold to Ron Shantz (Kitchener, Ontario) for 1973, and entered by Auto Race Developments in the Canadian series. History then unknown until it was bought back from Canada by English dealer Bobby Howlings in 1988 together with two other Lotuses. It was sold to Michael Schryver, and restored for him by Simon Hadfield, who raced it in HSCC events in 1989. By 1995, it had been sold via Fredy Kumshick to Claudia Neuhaus, and in 1999 it was raced by Jochen Durstewitz. In 2000, it was bought from Neuhaus by Kyle Kaulback, taken to the US, and raced as a 1600cc F2 class car in Formula 70 races. Still with Kaulback in 2011.

Driven by: Craig Hill and Ron Shantz. First race: Edmonton (R1), 20 Jun 1971. Total of 21 recorded races.

Tim Coconis's 1971 Lotus 69 at Mosport Park in July 1975, just three weeks before it was comprehensively wrecked at The Glen Nationals. Copyright Peter Viccary (gladiatorroadracing.ca) 2021. Used with permission.

New to "Lotus East/Hogan" in April 1971 with white bodywork according to the Lotus built record. Lotus East boss Fred Stevenson recalls that this car was sold to Ted Coconis (Weston, CT), a very successful graphic designer. Coconis raced the car in Formula B in Northeast Division in 1971 and 1972. The car was driven by Ted's son Tim Coconis (Palo Alto, CA) in the Canadian FB series 1973, when father and son raced as a team with two Lotus 69s. Tim returned with it in 1975, both in SCCA Nationals and in the Players Formula Atlantic series, but it was completely wrecked in an accident at the SCCA National at Watkins Glen in August 1975, injuring Tim Coconis. Tim disassembled the car, discarding the wrecked chassis and selling the engine and gearbox, and stored what was left until the 1980s, when it was bought by Bill Dolson (Estancia, New Mexico), later the owner of race-cars.com. A new chassis was fabricated by Peter Denty, and a new Hewland FT200 acquired, but restoration did not progress far. In August 2001, the project was advertised on race-cars.com, and was sold in May 2003 to Dave Bean (San Andreas, CA) who was still restoring this car before he died in August 2017. The new chassis and parts were with Bean's nephew Greg Lovell (Puyallup, WA) in July 2022.

Driven by: Ted Coconis and Tim Coconis. First race: Thompson Speedway, 13 Jun 1971. Total of 12 recorded races.

Gordon Brooks in his Lotus 69-FVA at Wiscombe in April 1974. Copyright Gordon Brooks 2023. Used with permission.

Built for stock with maroon bodywork according to the Lotus built record, but still unsold at the end of 1971. To Geoff Rollason (Craven Arms, Shropshire) and fitted with a Hart Cosworth FVA for British hillclimbs in 1972. Alan Brown observed the chassis number "71/69/9/FB" on Rollason's car at the Great Auclum hill climb in 1972. Retained by Rollason for hillclimbs again in 1973. Rollason bought a F1 Brabham BT37 from Tony Dean for 1974 and Dean took the Lotus in trade. He sold it to Gordon Brooks (Rushden, Northamptonshire), still complete with its Cosworth FVA engine. He raced the car at Prescott in late March but then had a serious accident in another event at Prescott in early May. He recalls setting the fastest time he had ever done while going backwards over the finish line! The car hit a tree on its left hand side and Brooks spent the next ten weeks in Cheltenham Hospital. Family pressure ensured that the Lotus was sold. The engine and Hewland FT200 gearbox were sold to hillclimber David Way for his Ensign, and the damaged chassis to "someone who said he was going to use for banger racing". Brooks doubts that it will be seen again.

Driven by: Geoff Rollason and Gordon Brooks. First race: Shelsley Walsh (R5), 11 Jun 1972. Total of 25 recorded races.

Built for stock with white bodywork according to the Lotus built record, but still unsold at the end of 1971. Advertised by Lotus Cars Ltd as a rolling chassis with Hewland FT200 gearbox in March 1972. Nothing more is known of this car.

Jacques Couture in his Formula B Lotus 69 at St Jovite in 1971. Copyright John Sadler 2011. Used with permission.

Raced by Jacques Couture as part of the Jim Russell Racing Team in the Players Formula B Championship and the Molson Formula Championship in Canada in 1971, winning rounds of both, and in the Seattle round of the SCCA Continental Championship. Unknown in 1972, but advertised by Fred Opert in October 1972 and again in February 1973. Thought to be the car driven by Opert customer Julio César Hidalgo in the FB race at Autodromo de San Carlo, Caracas in March 1973. Subsequent history unknown, but may be the Victor Gagliano/Bob Silvestro car from 1974 onwards.

Driven by: Jacques Couture and Julio César Hidalgo. First race: Mont-Tremblant, 16 May 1971. Total of 12 recorded races.

Derek Johnson (Montréal, Quebec, Canada) is reported to have raced a March 69B at Sanair on 28 May 1972, his first race since a nasty accident in August 1971 had written off his March 71BM. This may have been a loan deal, as five days later Johnson purchased a Brabham BT29, and used that for the rest of the season.

Driven by: Derek Johnson. First race: Sanair (R1), 28 May 1972. Only one recorded race.

Pat Phalan (Wilmington, DE) raced a Formula B Lotus 69 in SCCA Regionals in 1973, starting with a Washington Region event at Summit Point on 1 July 1973, where he was accessed for his Drivers Licence. He had raced a Macon FF earlier in the season. He raced the Lotus again later in 1973, then raced it as a Lotus 69B in SCCA North Atlantic Road Racing Championship events in 1974, then again in 1975 and in 1976, winning his class in two Regionals the latter season. His full name was J. Patrick Phalan Jr, and two entry lists in 1974 record his Lotus as being black and silver. He upgraded to a newer Chevron for 1977. Subsequent history unknown.

Driven by: Pat Phalan. First race: Summit Point, 1 Jul 1973. Total of 4 recorded races.

Bob Silvestro in his Formula B Lotus 69 at Bryar in May 1977. Copyright Arny Spahn 2020. Used with permission.

Bob Silvestro in his FB Lotus 69 at Lime Rock in July 1977. Copyright Arny Spahn 2020. Used with permission.

An "ex-Jacques Couture" Lotus 69 bought from Joe Grimaldi by Victor Gagliano (Floral Park, NY) and Bob Silvestro (Patterson, NY). They raced the car in SCCA Northeast Division Formula B and then Formula Atlantic from 1974 to 1979, appearing at Bridgehampton, Lime Rock and Watkins Glen. The car was often entered by VAS Enterprises, Gagliano's company, which had previously been the entrant of his Formula C March 703, or by Continental Automotive. Silvestro sold the car to Keith Park (San Diego, CA) in about 1993, and later heard that Park had sold it to Dave Bean (San Andreas, CA). The car was still owned by Bean when he died in 2017. The car was with Bean's nephew Greg Lovell (Puyallup, WA) in July 2022.

Driven by: Victor Gagliano and Robert Silvestro. First race: Watkins Glen, 4 Oct 1974. Total of 13 recorded races.

Jim Predith's Lotus 69 on his driveway in 1979. Copyright Patty Predith 2020. Used with permission.

James B 'Jim' Predith, then of Fitchburg, WI, but in NEDiv in the 1970s, recalled to Lotus historian Michael Oliver in 2015 that he had bought a Lotus 69 with a slightly twisted chassis from someone in the Finger Lakes area in 1975. He said that he raced the car for one season and then sold it to someone in the Michigan Lower Peninsula area. In November 1979, Predith (Utica, MI) had advertised a "Lotus 69 FB/ATL Chassis #001" which was complete with Hart twin cam engine and Hewland FT200 gearbox. If he was remembering correctly that he had only raced it for one season, that would suggest that his purchase was a few years later, perhaps 1977 or 1978.

Peter Dragffy (Montréal, Quebec, Canada) is believed to have owned a Lotus 69 from about 1978 until 1988, when it was bought from him by John Arnold. He had the car restored by Peter Denty in 1993. When the car was advertised from Golden, Colorado in July 2009, the frame number and FT200 gearbox number both matched the factory records for chassis 71/69.9.FB. It was finished in maroon bodywork work. In 2010, the car was acquired by Pearce Raeder (River Forest IL). Raced by Raeder at Road America in July 2012, at the SVRA Spring Vintage Festival in May 2019, and the US Vintage Racing National Championship in November 2020. Still with Raeder in June 2021.

Andrew Thorpe in his Lotus 69 at Silverstone in October 2016. Copyright Paul Conroy 2021. Used with permission.

In 1989, Steve Hitchins acquired a Lotus 69 from Bobby Howlings that Howlings had recently imported from North America. The car was identified as Ian Mawby's former car, and after discussion with Mawby, Hitchins concluded it had to be chassis number 71/69/9/FB, based on Mawby's recollection that it was maroon when new. It was rebuilt by George Wadsworth's Racing Fabrications in 1989/90 with a BDA engine, and FIA papers were issued for it as "71 69 9 FB" in September 1990. At this time, the car was dark blue and wore #55. It was raced by Hitchins in HSCC events in 1991. Some years later, this "ex-Hitchins" Lotus 69 was acquired via Terry Nightingale and Racing Fabrications by Rob Harvey and raced in FORCE and HSCC events at Oulton Park in 2003, 2004 and 2006. When this car was advertised by Kelvin Jones in June 2005, it was said to be chassis "71-69/9 FB". At the time it again had a BDA engine, was all red, and wore #27. By August 2011, the car was in the hands of Andrew Thorpe (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire), who recalled that "it belonged to Nigel Harrison" in the US. This is presumably the Nigel Harrison (Houston, TX) of "Lotus Owners of Southern Texas" who was active in Lotus circles around 2003/2004. The car was sold by Thorpe to Neil Armstrong (Rugby) some time around 2017. Advertised by Armstrong in December 2020, when still said to be "Chassis number 71/69/9/FB" and ex-Mawby/Hitchins/Harvey.