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Lola Cars

Lola Cars
Company nameLola Cars
(Lola Group)
Company typeAuto racing design and production
Founded1958
Founder(s)Eric Broadley
HeadquartersHuntingdon
Owner(s)Martin Birrane
DivisionsLola Composites
Lola Special Projects
Lola Aylings (defunct)

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Lola Cars International Ltd. is a racing car engineering company founded in 1958 by Eric Broadley and based in Huntingdon, England. Lola Cars started by building small front-engined sports cars, and branched out into Formula Junior cars before diversifying into one of the oldest and largest manufacturers of racing cars in the world. Lola was acquired by Martin Birrane in 1998 after the unsuccessful Lola MasterCard attempt at Formula One.

Lola Cars is a member of the Lola Group, which combines former rowing boat manufacturer Lola Aylings and Lola Composites, who specialize in carbon fibre production.

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Caterham opens exciting new chapter in its history • British sportscar maker unveils its first sports prototype racer • Design input from Lola and state-of-the-art Ford power • Supercharged Ford Duratec power to generate 0-60mph in around 2.5 seconds Caterham Cars has opened an exciting new chapter in its 50-year history with the release of its first ever sports prototype racing car for a new one-make series and the trackday community. Unveiled at the Autosport International Show (Birmingham, UK), the Caterham-Lola SP/300.R is a major new addition to sit alongside the legendary Seven, yet remains true to its lightweight, minimalist DNA to deliver all the thrills of driving a fast, but confidence-inspiring, sportscar. Created in partnership with another iconic British engineering brand, Lola Cars, the aesthetically-sensitive sports prototype will also feature the debut of Caterham Motorsport's new supercharged version of the Ford Duratec power plant, expected to produce around 300bhp. Caterham is in the final stages of development of the powertrain and handling characteristics of the car, in readiness for a one-make championship to start in 2012, while the feasibility of a road-legal version of the car is also being considered.
2.47 min. | 4.70 user rating
1966-74 Can-Am cars racing at the Monterey Historic Automobile Races. Lots of action at the Corkscrew. Bobby Rahal goes from last to first in the Steed Lola T310. "Unbelievable".
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Can-Am cars at Road America in 2007. Footage of Jackie Stewart's 1971 L&M Lola T260 and the Simoniz Lola T70.
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Heat 13: Stan Smith, Nigel Nelson, Stephen Farr-Jones, Tom Giese 1960's to early 1970's Le Mans models by Racer, Fly, GB Track, and Slot.it competing in 3 minute heats until 24 driver's have competed on all four lanes.
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Caterham opens exciting new chapter in its history • British sportscar maker unveils its first sports prototype racer • Design input from Lola and state-of-the-art Ford power • Supercharged Ford Duratec power to generate 0-60mph in around 2.5 seconds Caterham Cars has opened an exciting new chapter in its 50-year history with the release of its first ever sports prototype racing car for a new one-make series and the trackday community. Unveiled at the Autosport International Show (Birmingham, UK), the Caterham-Lola SP/300.R is a major new addition to sit alongside the legendary Seven, yet remains true to its lightweight, minimalist DNA to deliver all the thrills of driving a fast, but confidence-inspiring, sportscar. Created in partnership with another iconic British engineering brand, Lola Cars, the aesthetically-sensitive sports prototype will also feature the debut of Caterham Motorsport's new supercharged version of the Ford Duratec power plant, expected to produce around 300bhp. Caterham is in the final stages of development of the powertrain and handling characteristics of the car, in readiness for a one-make championship to start in 2012, while the feasibility of a road-legal version of the car is also being considered.
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Jamboolio visits AutoExpo / VM Motorsport Show 2011 in Helsinki, Finland. The show had some cool cars on display, such as: Audi Audi R8 5.2 V10 Audi R8 Spider V10 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Chevrolet Camaro SS 650 SHM Edition Citröen DS3 Racing Dodge Challenger R/T Ferrari 458 Italia Ferrari California Ford F-150 SVT Raptor Ford Mustang GT 5.0 Jaguar XKR Lotus Exige S Lamborghini Gallardo 5.0 V10 (-05 model) Aston Martin DB9 (-05 model) Maserati GranCabrio Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Mercedes-Benz Binz Limousine Nissan GT-R Porsche Boxster Spyder Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet Porsche Panamera 4 Subaru STI Racing Lola Aston Martin Rate & Comment, thanks for watching! Comment & follow on Twitter: twitter.com
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Parade of Sports Cars of the 70's driven around Circuit de la Sarthe ~ where have these cars gone? Museums, Collectors? ~ one thing is for sure, they will never die on GTL and nor will the tracks ~ these cars can be driven online on Friday's Fun at Gamers-Crib.com Cars used in this video: Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/3 Ferrari 312P Ferrari 512S Coda Lunga Healey Repco XR 37 Lola Simca MS 650 Porsche 908-02 Porsche 908-03 Porsche 917 K Porsche 917 L Thanks to Hubert for these great mods and can be found at NoGripRacing.com Track used: Circuit de la Sarthe 1979 by Virtua_LM
3.62 min. | 5.0 user rating
Part 3 of 6. Penske/Donohue/Sunoco Specials in the paddock. Lola T70, McLaren M6A(B); Lola T163
2.30 min. | 4.87 user rating
Lola's cars through the years culminating with the Le-mans LMP drive through Huntingdon from their factory...Short but Sweet - like the exhaust tone !
1.20 min. | 4.09 user rating
Heat 10: Chris Chan, Daniel Snipes, JR Ewing, Michael Smalley 1960's to early 1970's Le Mans models by Racer, Fly, GB Track, and Slot.it competing in 3 minute heats until 24 driver's have competed on all four lanes.
3.50 min. | 5.0 user rating

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ILMC: Peugeot Tops Wet Friday At Zhuhai - SPEEDtv.com Tweet this news
SPEEDtv.com--Despite skipping the morning session, Drayson Racing's -Lola- B09/60 Judd ended the day fifth overall, thanks to Jonny Cocker's impressive 1:34.272 lap time ... - Date : Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:31:02 GMT+00:00
1000 KM Zhuhai: Peugeot leads after two hours - Planetlemans.com Tweet this news
Planetlemans.com--The other LMP1 -cars- hit serious trouble, both the Drayson Racing -Lola- and the Tokai University YGK Power Courage-Oreca losing several laps in the pit. ... - Date : Sun, 07 Nov 2010 06:11:43 GMT+00:00
HVM to expand to American Le Mans Series in 2011 - Racer Tweet this news
Racer--Wiggins, after his 12 years as Pacific Racing's team owner, became president of -Lola Cars-, then reintroduced the brand to CART and sold the B98/10 ... - Date : Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:23:10 GMT+00:00
ALMS: First Look At Lola's 2011 P2 Car - SPEEDtv.com Tweet this news
SPEEDtv.com--(-Lola Cars-) Lola, producers of LMP1 and LMP2 chassis for ACO-based sportscar racing, revealed their version of the new, lower cost 2011 P2 chassis today. ... - Date : Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:18:17 GMT+00:00
Lola to build new LMP prototype for 2011 - AutoWeek Tweet this news
AutoWeek---Lola Cars- International is developing a car for the 2011 cost-capped, LMP2 sports-car prototype division. The British race-car constructor ... - Date : Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:39:37 GMT+00:00
New car coming for IndyCar series - Toronto Star Tweet this news
Toronto Star---LOLA CARS-: A builder of racing cars of all shapes and sizes since the 1950s, Lola was prominent in the CART Series for most of its existence. ... - Date : Sun, 04 Jul 2010 06:33:09 GMT+00:00
2010 Le Mans 24: Lola Get Set For Le Mans 24 Hours - PaddockTalk Tweet this news
PaddockTalk--Today's Le Mans 24 Hours will see ten -Lola- designed and built sports -cars- take the start for the world's toughest endurance event. At 14.22pm local time, ... - Date : Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:02:50 GMT+00:00
Local drivers earn trip to podium at Infineon - Marin Independent-Journal Tweet this news
Marin Independent-Journal--Larkspur resident Ar Hebert was the lone Marin driver to place first, winning the Group 4B race for 1958-1963 Formula -Cars-. Hebert drove a 1963 -Lola-. ... - Date : Mon, 07 Jun 2010 02:41:39 GMT+00:00
The IndyCar Series is at a crossroads trying to decide which chassis design to ... - ESPN Tweet this news
ESPN---...- like the -car- Craig Breedlove drove in 1960 while setting land-speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats, has nothing in common with the -Lola- design, ... - Date : Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:50:15 GMT+00:00
Q and A: BAT Boss Talks Cars - RacinToday.com Tweet this news
RacinToday.com--The trio hopes to beat out concept -cars- from -Lola-, Dallara, Swift Engineering and Delta Wing to become the next IndyCar. RacinToday: Tell us a little about ... - Date : Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:08:12 GMT+00:00

Complete Formula One World Championship results :
1962
Yeoman Racing Team Mk4
Mk4A
Climax V8 UK John Surtees Ret 4 5 5 2 2 Ret Ret Ret
UK Roy Salvadori Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret
1963 MON BEL NED FRA GBR GER ITA USA MEX RSA 0 NC
Reg Parnell Racing Mk4
Mk4A
Climax V8 FR Maurice Trintignant Ret
NZ Chris Amon DNS Ret Ret 7 7 Ret DNS
BE Lucien Bianchi Ret
US Masten Gregory Ret 11 Ret
UK Mike Hailwood 10
Tim Parnell Mk4 Climax V8 UK John Campbell-Jones 11
DW Racing Enterprises Mk4 Climax V8 UK Bob Anderson 12 12
1967 RSA MON NED BEL FRA GBR GER CAN ITA USA MEX 0 NC
Lola Cars Ltd. T100 BMW DE Hubert Hahne Ret
1968 RSA ESP MON BEL NED FRA GBR GER ITA CAN USA MEX 0 NC
Lola Cars Ltd. T100 BMW DE Hubert Hahne 10
1974 ARG BRA RSA ESP BEL MON SWE NED FRA GBR GER AUT ITA CAN USA 1 12th
Embassy Hill T370 Ford Cosworth DFV UK Graham Hill Ret 11 12 Ret 8 7 6 Ret 13 13 9 12 8 14 8
UK Guy Edwards 11 Ret DNQ 12 8 7 Ret 15 DNS DNQ
DE Rolf Stommelen Ret Ret 11 12
1975 ARG BRA RSA ESP MON BEL SWE NED FRA GBR GER AUT ITA USA 0 NC
Embassy Hill T370
T371
Ford Cosworth DFV UK Graham Hill 10 12 DNQ
DE Rolf Stommelen 13 14 7
1985 BRA POR SMR MON CAN DET FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA BEL EUR RSA AUS 0 NC
Team Haas THL-1 Hart S4 (t/c) AU Alan Jones Ret Ret DNS Ret
1986 BRA ESP SMR MON BEL CAN DET FRA GBR GER HUN AUT ITA POR MEX AUS 6 8th
Team Haas THL-2 Ford V6 (t/c)
Hart S4 (t/c)
AU Alan Jones Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 10 Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret 4 6 Ret Ret Ret
FR Patrick Tambay Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 8 7 5 Ret NC Ret NC
US Eddie Cheever Ret
1987 BRA SMR BEL MON DET FRA GBR GER HUN AUT ITA POR ESP MEX JPN AUS 3 9th
Larrousse Calmels LC87 Ford Cosworth DFZ FR Yannick Dalmas 9 14 5
FR Philippe Alliot 10 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret 12 Ret Ret 6 6 Ret Ret
1988 BRA SMR MON MEX CAN DET FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR ESP JPN AUS 0 NC
Larrousse Calmels LC88 Ford Cosworth DFZ FR Yannick Dalmas Ret 12 7 9 DNQ 7 13 13 19 9 Ret Ret Ret 11
FR Philippe Alliot Ret 17 Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 14 Ret 12 9 Ret Ret 14 9 10
JP Aguri Suzuki 16
FR Pierre-Henri Raphanel DNQ
1989 BRA SMR MON MEX USA CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR ESP JPN AUS 1 15th
Equipe Larrousse LC88B
LC89
Lamborghini V12 FR Philippe Alliot 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret DNPQ 16 Ret 9 6 Ret Ret
FR Yannick Dalmas DNQ Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
FR Éric Bernard 11 Ret
IT Michele Alboreto Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 DNPQ DNQ DNPQ
1990 USA BRA SMR MON CAN MEX FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR ESP JPN AUS 11 6th
Espo Larrousse F1 LC89B
LC90
Lamborghini V12 FR Éric Bernard 8 Ret 13 6 9 Ret 8 4 Ret 6 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret
JP Aguri Suzuki Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 7 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 6 3 Ret
1991 USA BRA SMR MON CAN MEX FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR ESP JPN AUS 2 11th
Larrousse LC91 Ford Cosworth DFR FR Éric Bernard Ret Ret 9 Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret DNQ Ret DNQ
JP Aguri Suzuki 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret DNQ DNQ Ret DNQ Ret DNQ
BE Bertrand Gachot DNQ
1993 RSA BRA EUR SMR ESP MON CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR JPN AUS 0 NC
Scuderia Italia T93/30 Ferrari V12 IT Michele Alboreto Ret 11 11 DNQ DNQ Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ 16 Ret 14 Ret Ret
IT Luca Badoer Ret 12 DNQ 7 Ret DNQ 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 10 14
1997 AUS BRA ARG SMR MON ESP CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA AUT LUX JPN EUR 0 NC
MasterCard Lola T97/30 Ford Zetec-R V8 IT Vincenzo Sospiri DNQ DNA
BR Ricardo Rosset DNQ DNA

UK Lola Formula One cars

UK Lola (1962-1968): Mk4 * Mk4A * T100 * T102
JP Honda (1968): RA300 * RA301
UK Embassy-Hill (1974-1975): T370 * T371
US Haas Lola (1985-1986): THL1 * THL2
FR Larrousse (1987-1991): LC87 * LC88 * LC88B * LC89 * LC90 * LC91
IT BMS Scuderia Italia (1993): T93/30
UK MasterCard Lola (1997): T97/30
Test cars: T95/30



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