These Huge Companies Are Now Household Names, But Their Humble Beginnings Are Inspiring

The Beginning Of Racing Cars Was A Slow Start

The race car industry is booming in the United States. NASCAR is one of America’s favorite pastimes, but it wouldn’t be the same if it weren’t for a determined young man in 1948. LOTUS is one of the world’s largest race car manufacturers, but it wasn’t always a huge company.

Twenty-year-old Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman began building the first Lotus race car in stables behind the Railway Hotel in London using a 1930s power drill. He actually built the first model Lotus Mark I at that very location, a pretty impressive accomplishment for one young man.