The memory of Hazel Chapman has been celebrated with the dedication of Hazel Chapman Way, a new road which runs through the heart of Lotus sports cars HQ in Hethel, Norfolk.
The event was led by Matt Windle, Group Vice-President and Managing Director of Lotus Cars, and Hazel and Colin’s grandchildren. It included the ceremonial unveiling of a road sign and the planting of a Maidenhair Tree (Gingko Biloba), chosen as a particular favourite of Hazel’s and was followed by the planting of 10 trees in an area of land adjacent to the famous Hethel test track which, in time, will become a small woodland.
Clive Chapman, Director of Classic Team Lotus added: “We are very grateful to Lotus for this dedication of Hazel Chapman Way, at the heart of the Hethel site, which is so appropriate. Our family is delighted to see how the Lotus legacy that Colin and Hazel Chapman started 75 years ago is also being nurtured and cared for by its shareholders. On behalf of all my family, we thank Lotus very much for this lovely honour being bestowed on Hazel today.”
The dedication of Hazel Chapman Way coincided with the birthdays of Colin Chapman (19 May) and of Hazel Chapman (21 May).
