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More than 30 Lotus, Speedster and Seven vehicles gathered in Königschaffhausen on May 26, 2018 and toured the Kaiserstuhl heights with the Cherry Queen, her princesses and other royal friends.
International group of participants
Combining cherries and lightweight sports cars at the Kaiserstuhl has become a tradition. The Scicarille family hosted the 9th meeting and participants from the border triangle and even from Austria and Great Britain responded to the call.
The cars were dominated by British-produced racing cars with the continuation of the basic design ideas of the ingenious Lotus founder Colin Chapman, of whom it is said: "Adding power makes you faster on the straights. Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere."
If you don't believe him, take a Super Seven up an Alpine pass,
Many unique and rare fun machines
The vehicles on display at the fairground testified to their owners' enthusiasm for driving a fun machine modified to their own taste. Hardly any of them represented the condition in which they were delivered from the factory.
Josef Scicarillo arrived with his VM CR Speedster, a VM 77 built in Germany by Vielhauer & Menschik and modified with components from Christoph Rothe's factory. Axel Gast brought his Marlin Sportster, powered by the universal Rover V8, formerly a factory test car from Marlin Engineering.
Only five were produced, two were there, MPM Thunder, converted Opel Speedsters.
What came to the fairground from Dutch production? No, not a cheese wheel, but two Donkervoort D8s. Other Seven cars from Caterham, RCB, Rush VM and Westfield as well as various Lotus Elise and Exige rounded off the field of participants.
Rollercoaster in the Kaiserstuhl
Well, just showing the cars would certainly not have been appropriate for Colin Chapman. They should drive and race. The Kaiserstuhl is the ideal playground for this, narrow winding country roads up and down the volcanic hills in glorious sunshine. Yes, the sun that Baden wine is so spoiled by.
Full of anticipation, the royals took the passenger seats and off we went on the wild chase. Moderately cruised through the picturesque villages of Endingen and Burkheim, followed by a more sporty ride through the vineyards.
What would a drive in the Kaiserstuhl be without wine tasting? A no go. Not for the riders, of course, who were allowed to taste juices instead.
Back at the festival grounds, the arrivals continued to grin for minutes on end, in the spirit of Colin Chapman.
