Eli Solomon

By Eli Solomon Eli goes down a slippery slope with this article that attempts to trace all the Lotus 23s that raced in South East Asia. These cars were extremely successful in both club and Grand Prix racing, winning the Grand Prix in Johore and Singapore, and fanning the flames of interest in the sport […]

By Eli Solomon Eli takes a look at most of the Lotus cars that raced in South East Asia (and Macau) from the late 1950s until the early 1980s. These range from the ubiquitous Seven, through to the 69 open-wheeler. The circuit races in Johore, Penang, Selangor and Singapore, and many of the club events […]

A brief history of the sporting pursuits of the motoring clubs of Malaysia and Singapore By Eli Solomon Malaysia and Singapore have a rich motoring and an equally rich motor sports history. This article looks at the diversity of clubs that existed from the early days of the motorcar up to the 1980s, and the […]

   The Art of Winning a Grand Prix   After ceaseless campaigning by members of the Singapore Motor Club (SMC), His Highness, the Tunku Mahkota of Johore stepped forward to give the green light for what was to become the Johore Coronation Grand Prix of 1960 following a secession of street circuit racing in the […]

“It was lovely and fast-flowing, a wonderful and challenging circuit, and so gratifying when you manage to put it all together. You never ever thought, ‘‘Ooo’, what if I go down there?’” Australian Vern Schuppan, the last winner of the Singapore Grand Prix, unfazed by all the hype about the treacherous monsoon drains, bus stops […]

In the forecourt of the Liberty Cinema in Bombay a few years ago, an immaculate Figoni et Falaschi bodied 1936 Delahaye 135 stood in resplendent red, cordoned off by red rope. Passers-by gawked at the car, puzzled by its unfamiliar appearance.  Little did they know that this very car, once exchanged by its previous owner […]