Lola Racing Cars (also Lola Cars International) is a racing car engineering company founded in 1961 by Eric Broadley and based in Huntingdon, England. Lola 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. Image File history File links Logo of Lola cars File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... Engineering is the design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Huntingdon is a town in the county of Cambridgeshire in East Anglia, England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the Queen England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 967 AD  Area  -  Total 130,395 km²  50,346 sq mi  Population  -  2007 estimate 50... Formula Junior is a racing class first adopted in October 1958 by the CSI (Controller of International Motorsport, now FIA). ...

Lola is one of the best-known names in automobile racing. A subsidiary of Lola is the rowing boat manufacturer Lola Aylings. Lola was acquired by Martin Birrane in 1998 after the unsuccessful Lola MasterCard attempt at Formula 1. Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... Rowing in the Amstel River by a student rowing club. ... A boat is a watercraft designed to float on, and provide transport over, water. ... Categories: Stub | Rowing ... Martin Birrane is an Irish millionaire, and owner of Lola cars and the Mondello Park racetrack. ... Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing. ...

Lola has recently announced that it is going ahead with a programme to build a car to the 2008 Formula One rules, although no obvious customer for this exists.

Sports Cars

A Lola B2K/10.

Lola was one of the top chassis suppliers in sports car racing in the 1960s. After his small front-engined sports cars and various single-seaters, Broadley designed a Lola coupe fitted with the Ford V8 engine. Ford took a keen interest in this and paid Broadley to put the company on hold for two years and merge his ideas with Roy Lunn's work, giving rise to the Ford GT40. Broadley managed to release himself from this contract after a year and started developing his own cars again, starting off in sports cars with the Lola T70 and its successors (T16x, T22x) which were used successfully all over the world from the World Endurance Championship to the CanAm series, until 1973. Recently, Lola announced that a new batch of T70 coupés, to the original specifications, will be released. These will be homologated for historic racing and there is talk of a one-make series for the cars. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 682 pixel, file size: 263 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 682 pixel, file size: 263 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A Lola B2K/10 currently used in Historic Sportscar Racing. ... GTP sports cars racing at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 1991 Sports car racing is a form of circuit racing, with cars that have two seats and enclosed wheel wells. ... GT40 Mk II front. ... The Lola T70 was built for sports car racing, popular in the mid to late 1960s. ... The World Sportscar Championship was a series run by the FIA from 1953 to 1992. ... Cover of Car and Driver magazine, showing transparent diagram of CanAm racer The Canadian-American Challenge Cup or CanAm, was an SCCA/CASC sports car racing series from 1966 to 1974. ...

Various Group 6 sports cars including the T212 and T28x/29x/38x/39x series were also built, competing with Chevron, March and others. Alain de Cadenet's Le Mans 'specials' tended to be based on Lola technology. The group 6 in the periodic table consists of the elements chromium (24) molybdenum (42) tungsten (74) seaborgium (106) Group 6 is the new IUPAC name for this group, the old style name was group VIA in the old European system or group VIB in the old US system. ... // Chevron was a manufacturer of racing cars, founded by Derek Bennett, who remained in charge from 1965 to his death in 1978. ... March Engineering was a Formula One constructor from Britain. ... Alain de Cadenet (born on November 27, 1945 in London) is an on-air personality for the SPEED Channel. ...

A Lola B2K/40.

Lola (with rebodied Formula 5000 cars) dominated the CanAm sports car series when it was revived in the late 1970s, but many motorsports fans do not consider the single-seater cars from this era to be true sports cars, despite their enclosed wheel-wells. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 682 pixel, file size: 227 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 682 pixel, file size: 227 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A B2K/40 formerly used by BAT Competition, now in Historic Sportscar Racing. ... Formula 5000 (or F5000) was an auto-racing series that ran in the United Kingdom from 1968 to 1976. ...

Lola introduced the T600/T610 range for IMSA GTP racing in the early 1980s - these were fitted with a range of engines including Cosworth, Mazda and Chevrolet - and the novel Polimotor engine built using composite materials. Later Lola Group C and GTP cars tended to be built specifically for manufacturer programmes - notably the later Nissan Group Cs and the Chevrolet Corvette GTPs. Lola also built a car for the 3.5 L Group C formula, but the championship collapsed before this could be fully developed. IMSA logo The International Motor Sports Association (generally referred to as IMSA) is an American auto racing sanctioning body based in Braselton, Georgia. ... IMSA GT was a sports car racing series organized by International Motor Sports Association. ... Cosworth Logo Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Chevrolet (IPA: ʃɛv. ... Nissan Motor Co. ... The Chevrolet Corvette is the sports car that has been manufactured by Chevrolet since 1953. ...

More recently, Lola has produced a range of sports cars for Le Mans-style racing, sometimes outstanding due to innovative designs, like the B2K/10, with its additional central headlight, reminding of a cyclops or a locomotive. While Lola has had limited success in the top class of the sport versus factory cars like the BMW V12 LMR and Audi R8, Lola has had somewhat more success in the second class (formerly LMP675, now LMP2), including championship class victories in the American Le Mans Series. Le Mans is a city in France, located at the Sarthe River. ... A Lola B2K/10 currently used in Historic Sportscar Racing. ... The BMW V12 LMR was entered in Sports car racing from 1998 to 2000. ... The Audi R8 is a Sports Prototype race car introduced for Sportscar racing. ... The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) is a series of automobile races. ...

An MG-Lola EX257 (also known as a Lola B01/60).

A dedicated LMP675 car was built for MG in 2001, powered by a two-litre four-cylinder AER turbocharged engine. This was entered at Le Mans by the works team as the MG-Lola EX257, and although it was also run as the Lola B01/60 by private entrants. Later developments of this car have been fitted with a Judd V8 and the chassis was developed into recent customer LMP1 and LMP2 chassis. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3072x2048, 1874 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Lola Le Mans Prototype Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3072x2048, 1874 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Lola Le Mans Prototype Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera... Dyson Racings MG-Lola EX257 at the 2005 Petit Le Mans. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Advanced Engine Research, Ltd. ... Le Mans is a city in France, located at the Sarthe River. ... Dyson Racings MG-Lola EX257 at the 2005 Petit Le Mans. ... Dyson Racings MG-Lola EX257 at the 2005 Petit Le Mans. ...

An updated version of the Lola LMP2 came in 2005 with the introduction of the Lola B05/40 (also known as the MG-Lola EX264). It quickly became a contender in LMP2 by taking class honors in 2005 and 2006 at Le Mans with Ray Mallock Limited. It also earned several class wins in the American Le Mans Series in 2005 and 2006 with Intersport Racing, including a second-place overall finish in the 2006 12 Hours of Sebring. Dyson Racings MG-Lola EX257 at the 2005 Petit Le Mans. ... Aston Martin DBR9 at dusk during the 2005 12 Hours of Sebring The 12 Hours of Sebring is an annual motorsport endurance race held at Sebring Raceway, a former Air Force base in Sebring, Florida. ...

Lola has also updated its LMP1 challenger in 2006 with the introduction of the B06/10. The car is being run in the American Le Mans Series by Dyson Racing and in the Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans by UK-based Chamberlain-Synergy Racing. Dyson Racing is a professional sports car racing team based in the United States. ... The Le Mans Endurance Series or LMES is a European sports car racing series created as a support series to the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans race. ... The 24 Hours of Le Mans (24 Heures du Mans) is the worlds most famous sports car endurance race, held annually at Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France, in the French Sarthe département. ...

A Lola B05/40.

Lola is likely to taking over the Chase Competition franchise in Grand-Am's Daytona Prototype category in 2007. It is likely that the Chase chassis will appear in some races in 2007 before receiving a revised Lola-designed body for 2008. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 532 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 851 pixel, file size: 136 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 532 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 851 pixel, file size: 136 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A Lola B05/40. ... The Grand American Road Racing Association or Grand-Am is an auto racing sanctioning body that was established in 1999 to organize endurance road racing competitions in North America. ... The Grand American Road Racing Association or Grand-Am is an auto racing sanctioning body that was established in 1999 to organize endurance road racing competitions in North America. ...

The new closed-cockpit LMP1 car from Lola, the B08/60, was revealed in June, 2007. [[1]]

Formula One

Bowmaker and Parnell

Lola made its first foray into Formula One in 1962, supplying Lola Mk4 cars to Reg Parnell's Bowmaker-Yeoman Racing Team, with John Surtees and Roy Salvadori as drivers. A measure of success was immediate, with Surtees's car claiming pole position in its first World Championship race, but wins in Championship Grands Prix eluded the team. After Bowmaker's withdrawal, Parnell continued to run the cars privately. Privateer Bob Anderson gave the Mk4 its last victory, in the non-Championship 1963 Rome Grand Prix. Consistency, however, was not to be found, and after only two seasons, Lola abandoned Formula One cars for the time being. Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The 1962 Formula One season was the 13th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... The Lola Mk4 and the derivitive Mk4A were Formula One racing cars constructed by the Lola company in 1962. ... Reg Parnell was a Formula One driver from Britain. ... John Surtees (Ferrari) at the British Grand Prix 1964 John Surtees MBE (born February 11, 1934) is an English World Champion motorcycle racer and race car driver. ... Roy Salvadori was a Formula One driver from Britain. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Bob Anderson (born May 19, 1931; died August 14, 1967) was a Great British Formula One driver who participated during seasons 1963 to 1967. ...

The "Hondola" Honda RA300

In 1967, Lola assisted Honda Racing and John Surtees with the design of their F1 car. The overweight chassis design by the engine-specialists from Honda was abandoned, and a Lola Indianapolis monocoque used as the basis for a Honda-engined car. The resultant Honda RA300 was unofficially called the "Hondola" by the press, and was sufficiently light and powerful to win the 1967 Italian Grand Prix. Honda Racing F1 Team is a Formula One team run by Japanese car manufacturer Honda. ... “Indy 500” redirects here. ... The Honda RA300 was a Formula One racing car produced by Honda Racing, and introduced half way through the 1967 Formula One season. ... The Italian Grand Prix is one of the longest running events on the motor racing calendar. ...

A number of Lola-built BMW F2 cars were subsequently entered in the F2 class of the German Grand Prix at about this time. The world-wide recognized term, BMW, abbreviated for Bayerische Motoren Werke or in English Bavarian Motor Works, is an independent German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. ... Formula Two was a type of formula racing. ... The German Grand Prix (Großer Preis von Deutschland) is an annual automobile race. ...

Embassy-Hill

Towards the end of his long career, Graham Hill found it difficult to attract works drives; with a view to both finding a drive and a future as a team owner he established his own team backed by the Embassy cigarette brand. After an unsuccessful 1973 with a customer Shadow the team commissioned its own cars from Lola. The T370 was largely based on F5000 practice, and looked similar to Lola's F5000 offerings, although it sported an extremely large airbox. The car was developed by Andy Smallman into the Hill GH-1 in 1975, but the team's first in-house design, the GH-2, remained unraced when Hill, Smallman, Tony Brise and several other team personnel were killed in an air crash in November 1975. Norman Graham Hill, known as Graham Hill (February 15, 1929 - November 29, 1975) was an English racing driver and two-time Formula One World Champion. ... Formula 5000 (or F5000) was an auto-racing series that ran in the United Kingdom from 1968 to 1976. ... Tony Brise was a Formula One driver from Britain. ...

Team Haas Lola/Beatrice

The Haas-Beatrice-Lola F1 programme was extremely promising, funded by a large American industrial conglomerate and run by the highly experienced Teddy Mayer, but it flattered to deceive. The handsome car, designed mostly by Neil Oatley, was barely a Lola; the name was used largely because Haas was Lola's US concessionaire although Broadley had some involvement with the car. Alan Jones was tempted out of retirement to drive it in F1 races towards the end of the 1985 season, with Patrick Tambay joining in a second car for 1986. A works Ford-Cosworth turbocharged engine was promised, but this did not materialise until 1986 and old Hart four cylinder units were used. Car, engine, drivers and sponsors were all troublesome and the team folded after the 1986 season with most of its assets (including the factory) being sold to Bernie Ecclestone. At one point during the season, Ecclestone informed the Beatrice/Haas/Lola team that "his driver" (Patrese) would be in the car at the next meeting; Ecclestone was primarily interested in acquiring the Ford engines as a replacement for his BMW units. He used the team's factory to build the ill-fated Alfa Romeo "ProCar" (a series for "silhouette" touring cars with F1-style mechanicals and engines). Teddy Mayer (born 1930s?, Scranton, USA) is a motor racing team manager who has enjoyed success in several categories of racing, including Formula One and Indycars. ... Neil Oatley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Alan Jones MBE (born November 2, 1946) is an Australian former Formula One racer. ... Patrick Tambay (born 25 June 1949 in Paris) was a French Formula One driver. ... Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and the worlds third largest automaker after Toyota and General Motors, based on worldwide vehicle sales. ... Cosworth Logo Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing. ... Brian Hart (aka B.E. Hart, thelemurgod) is a prolific, multiple media artist best known for his webcomic Disassemblance, and his industrial music produced under the monkier, lemur. ... Bernard Charles Bernie Ecclestone (born October 29, 1930 near Bungay, Suffolk) is the president and CEO of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration, and owns a stake in Alpha Prema, the parent company of the Formula One Group of companies. ... The world-wide recognized term, BMW, abbreviated for Bayerische Motoren Werke or in English Bavarian Motor Works, is an independent German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. ... During its history, Alfa Romeo has competed successfully in many different categories of motorsport, including Formula One, sportscar racing, touring car racing and rallies. ...

Larrousse-Calmels

The Larrousse-Calmels programme was initially much lower-key than the previous effort. Starting from a simple Cosworth-powered car based on Lola's F3000 technologies, the French team built up a steady reputation in normally-aspirated F1 from 1987 on. They attracted Lamborghini V12 power for 1989 and once the Chris Murphy-designed car was on stream, scored some good results with Éric Bernard and Aguri Suzuki. The team experienced some problems after Didier Calmels' arrest for the murder of his wife, but continued at a slightly lower key with Cosworth power again. Unfortunately due to irregularities with the team's F1 entry in 1990 (the cars were entered as Larrousses but were really Lolas) they lost all their constructors' points - which promoted the politically well-connected Ligier outfit into a position in the constructors' championship that gave them significant FIA benefits.^{[citation needed]} The Larrousse-Calmels Formula One team was founded in 1987 by Didier Calmels and former racer Gérard Larrousse. ... Formula 3000 is a type of formula racing. ... Automobili Lamborghini S.p. ... Chris Murphy is the name of: a Chris Murphy, Canadian Broadcaster, Anchor at The Weather Network. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Aguri Suzuki , born September 8, 1960 in Tokyo) is a former Formula One driver from Japan. ... Cosworth Logo Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing. ... Ligier is a French automobile maker created by former racing driver Guy Ligier. ...

Scuderia Italia

The Scuderia Italia programme was something of a disaster from the start. The team had done reasonably well with Dallara chassis before, but turned to Lola for 1993. Powered by customer Ferrari engines, both engine and car seemed to be well off the pace and Michele Alboreto and Luca Badoer struggled to even qualify for races. The team withdrew from F1 before the end of the season and partly merged with Minardi for 1994. Dallara was a Formula One constructor from 1988 through 1992. ... Dallara was a Formula One constructor from 1988 through 1992. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Michele Alboreto (December 23, 1956 - April 25, 2001) was a Formula One driver who participated during seasons 1981 to 1994 in Tyrrell, Ferrari, Larrousse, Arrows, BMS Scuderia Italia and Minardi. ... Luca Badoer (born January 25, 1971 in Montebelluna, Italy) is a Formula One driver who has raced for the BMS Scuderia Italia, Minardi and Forti Corse teams. ... Minardi was an automobile racing team and constructor founded in 1979 by Giancarlo Minardi. ...

The Unraced Test Cars

Lola built a number of Cosworth V8 powered test cars in 1994-5, with rumours of a Havoline-funded quasi-works Ford team. The rumour was that Cosworth V12s badged Jaguar would go to Benetton and Lola would inherit the Zetec V8. Allan McNish did much of the test driving, but as this was a period of instability in the F1 rules little was achieved. Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and the worlds third largest automaker after Toyota and General Motors, based on worldwide vehicle sales. ... Jaguar Cars Limited is a British luxury car manufacturer, with headquarters in Browns Lane, Coventry, England. ... Benetton Formula Ltd. ... Allan McNish is a racing driver, born on 29 December 1969 in Dumfries, Scotland. ...

The MasterCard Works Programme

• Main article: MasterCard Lola

Lola had originally intended to enter Formula One in their own right in 1998, but pressure from main sponsor MasterCard caused Lola to debut its new car one year early, in 1997. The sponsorship model was curious, linked both to MasterCard membership of a 'club', and to results - something a first-year F1 team often finds hard to achieve. A custom-build V10 engine from Al Melling was going to be fitted to the cars, which initially started racing fitted with underpowered Ford Cosworth ED V8s. MasterCard Lola is a former Formula One team that contested one race in the 1997 Formula One season. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... MasterCard Worldwide (NYSE: MA) is a membership organization owned by the 25,000+ financial institutions that issue its card. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Al Melling is a prolific car engine designer. ... Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and the worlds third largest automaker after Toyota and General Motors, based on worldwide vehicle sales. ... Cosworth Logo Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing. ...

The cars had a lot of problems, the worst being aerodynamics - they had never even been wind-tunnel tested when they arrived in Australia, which by that point in time was unthinkable. The car was fundamentally flawed, and the lack of wind-tunnel time had made it even more of a joke. Despite the fact of the car's problems, the team was confident that it could finish ahead of some of the other teams. The results were disastrous, the cars were well off the pace and were no faster than Lola's Formula 3000 cars. After only one race the sponsors pulled out; the team turned up for the second race in Brazil but the cars did not turn a wheel and that was the end of the MasterCard-Lola story. Shortly afterwards, the entire Lola Car Company went into receivership. The company was saved by Martin Birrane who then started to build it up again. There were rumours that one Zoran Stefanovic wanted to purchase the chassis and use them as the basis of a 1998 privateer effort, but nothing came of this. Formula 3000 is a type of formula racing. ... Martin Birrane is an Irish millionaire, and owner of Lola cars and the Mondello Park racetrack. ...

Formula Two / Formula 3000 / A1GP

After their limited success in the 1960s with Formula One, Lola turned its attentions primarily to sports cars but also to Formula Two, where Lola became the works team for BMW. As the years went on, Lola had somewhat more success in Formula Two than it ever had in Formula One, although as March and later Ralt established themselves, Lola's involvement in the category became intermittent and less successful. The final Lola F2 was in fact derived from a Ralt design - the Ralt RT2 became the Toleman TG280, which Toleman licensed to Lola who built it as the T850. When Formula Two became Formula 3000 in 1986, Lola made a "false start" with a car based on their significantly larger Indycar chassis; from 1986 they returned with a bespoke F3000 design and the cars enjoyed significant success for the next few years, competing with Ralt and Reynard, although Reynard effectively wiped the others out of the market. In 1996 International Formula 3000 became a one-make series and Lola was awarded the contract by the FIA to build all Formula 3000 cars, a contract which was renewed in 1999 and 2002 before International F3000 was replaced by GP2. The sole holdout, Formula Nippon, ran mixed grids of cars (with Reynard dominating) until 2003, when Lola was awarded that contract as well. In 2004, every Formula 3000-class car in the world was produced by Lola, but from 2005 Lola focused on Formula Nippon, having lost the bid to build the new GP2 chassis. Formula Two was a type of formula racing. ... The world-wide recognized term, BMW, abbreviated for Bayerische Motoren Werke or in English Bavarian Motor Works, is an independent German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Toleman Motosport was a Formula One constructor based in the U.K. It was active between 1981 and 1985 and attended 131 Grands Prix. ... Formula 3000 is a type of formula racing. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Reynard Motorsport was at one time the worlds largest racing car manufacturer. ... Formula Nippon is a type of formula racing and the top level of open-wheeled racing in Japan. ... GP2 Series, GP2 for short, is a form of motor racing introduced in 2005 following the discontinuation of the long-term Formula One feeder sport, Formula 3000. ...

Lola succeeded in winning the largest-ever contract for single-seater racing cars in 2005, winning the contract for the A1 Grand Prix series. Lola built 50 identical Zytek V8-powered cars which were leased to the national franchisees (although the teams' spare cars were recalled part-way through the 2005 season to be used for spare parts); development work on these is strictly prohibited. The cars are approximately at the F3000 level of technology and provide close, spectacular racing. A1GP (formerly A1 Grand Prix) is an open-wheel auto racing series. ... Zytek is a british engineering company in automotive control systems, powertrain management and hybrid-electric vehicles. ...

Formula 5000

In the late 1960s, the SCCA's Formula A series evolved into Formula 5000 and attracted the attention of more professional drivers and teams. It was intended to be a cheap, high-powered open-wheeled racing series using relatively cheap tuned stock-block V8 engines. Lola entered this market as well, and after some interesting struggles with McLaren, Surtees and Chevron, came to dominated the later years of the series, producing the bulk of Formula 5000 cars throughout the 1970s - these competed in F5000 in Europe, the USA and Australasia. The cars continued when the CanAm series was revived using Formula 5000 cars as the base. Lola made a seamless switch into this kind of "sports car racing", and won five consecutive Can-Am championships. The SCCA could be considered the grass-roots level of auto racing in the United States. ... Formula 5000 (or F5000) was an auto-racing series that ran in the United Kingdom from 1968 to 1976. ... McLaren, founded in 1963 by New Zealander Bruce McLaren (1937–1970), is a racing team based in Woking, Surrey, England, which is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed in the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, Canadian-American Challenge Cup, and 24 Hours of Le Mans. ... // Chevron was a manufacturer of racing cars, founded by Derek Bennett, who remained in charge from 1965 to his death in 1978. ...

USAC/CART/Champcar

Lola had built chassis for the Indianapolis 500 as early as the 1960s -- Graham Hill had won the 1966 Indianapolis 500 in a Lola, and Jackie Stewart raced a four wheel drive Lola there. Al Unser, Sr. won the 1978 Indianapolis 500 race in a modified Lola chassis. However, the marque did not make a fully fledged attack on the American Open wheel market until the mid 1980s. “Indy 500” redirects here. ... Norman Graham Hill, known as Graham Hill (February 15, 1929 - November 29, 1975) was an English racing driver and two-time Formula One World Champion. ... Results of the 1966 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on May 30, 1966. ... Jackie Stewart talks with fans at the 2005 United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis. ... Results of the 1978 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on May 30, 1978. ...

The revived CanAm was a fading series which collapsed in 1986, prompting Lola to move its focus to CART and the Indianapolis 500 beginning in 1985. Once again, Lola showed its ability to succeed in all motorsports outside of Formula One, pushing March down to one team for the 1990 CART season, and out of the series altogether by 1991. Six years after its full-time entrance into Indycar racing, Lola triumphed at Indy again, as the winning car for Arie Luyendyk in the 1990 Indianapolis 500. The rivalry between Lola and Reynard continued in the United States as well as the European F3000 series. Reynard entered CART in 1994 and eventually almost completely displaced Lola from the market. Ultimately, Lola outlasted their rivals, and by 2004 were the only remaining manufacturer in the Champcar series. For the 2007 season, Champ Car switched to a Panoz chasis. The previous Lola had been in the series since the 2001 season. A cart is a vehicle or device, using two wheels and normally one horse, designed for transport. ... “Indy 500” redirects here. ... March Engineering was a Formula One constructor from Britain. ... Arie Luyendyk, originally Arie Luijendijk (born September 21, 1953) is a Dutch auto racing driver, twice winner of the Indianapolis 500. ... Results of the 1990 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on May 30, 1990. ... Champcar has been the name for the class of cars used in the United States premier open wheel auto racing series for decades. ...

Formula 3

In Formula 3, Lola partnered with Dome of Japan to produce a chassis since 2003. There they are competing with long-established Dallara, the two makers being among the last specialty race-car makers left in Europe. The partnership was broken for 2005, with Lola building their own chassis, which won its debut in the British series. Formula Three is a class of auto racing. ... Dome (童夢 - dohmu upon translation) is a racing car constructor in Japan, formed in 1975 at Takaragaike, Kyoto by Minoru Hayashi, who built his first racing car which was a rebodied Honda S600 coupe, belonging to Tojiro Ukiya called the Karasu (crow in Japanese), due to its shape back in 1965... Dallara was a Formula One constructor from 1988 through 1992. ...

Others

Lola built chassis for a wide range of minor categories, as a means of training new designers and keeping the works occupied in between major programmes. Formula Atlantic cars tended to be derived from F2 and F3 designs, and other Lolas have raced in Formula Ford, Sports 2000, Formula Super Vee and many other categories, often designed by people who went on to successful careers elsewhere in the sport -- Patrick Head of Williams fame designed his first cars for Broadley. There was not much profit margin in the minor-formulae cars, which tended to be built during the summer when the factory was otherwise quiet (most senior-formulae cars are built over the winter in the off-season) - but they kept staff occupied, gave designers somewhere to learn, and established relationships with drivers at early stages of their careers. The Toyota Atlantic Championship is an auto racing series with races throughout North America. ... Formula Ford is a single seater, open wheel class in motorsport which exists in some form in many countries around the world. ... Formula Vee is a popular single-seater junior motor racing formula, with relatively low-costs in comparison to Formula Ford or Formula BMW. It is based on a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle. ... Patrick Head (born June 5, 1945) in Farnborough, England, is co-founder and Engineering Director of the Williams Formula One team. ...

Naming scheme

At the time of Lola's creation, their sports cars and formula cars followed a naming scheme of being numbered in order of construction, and preceded by the term Mark (Mk1 through Mk6). However in 1964, the designations were altered to become Type (marked as simply T), with the first digit or two designating what type of car, and the final digit designating a variant of that car. This continued until 1986 when the numbering scheme was slightly altered. The T would remain, yet the next two digits would designate the year of original design, and the next two would designate what type of car it was. The final digit would again denote variants of that design. This was again slightly altered in 1998, with the T being replaced by a B, in honor of Lola's owner Martin Birrane. The numbering system would however remain the same.[2] The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...

Since employing the new system in 1986, the final two digits would stand for the following types of cars:

• /00 - CART & Champ Car
• /10 - Group C & IMSA GTP, later replaced by FIA Sportscar Championship SR1 & Le Mans Prototype LMP900 and LMP1 classes
• /20 - Indy Lights
• /30 - Formula 1, later replaced by Formula 3
• /40 - FIA Sportscar Championship SR2 class, later Le Mans Prototype LMP2 class
• /50 - Formula 3000 & Formula Nippon
• /60 - Le Mans Prototype LMP675 class (planned for future use with Le Mans Prototype LMP1 coupes)
• /70 - Mexican Formula 3000, later touring cars.
• /80 - Never used
• /90 - Sports 2000

Therefore, a car like the T92/10 would be a 1992 Group C car, and the B03/00 would be a 2003 Champ Car chassis. A cart is a vehicle or device, using two wheels and normally one horse, designed for transport. ... Nigel Mansell racing in a Champcar in 1993 Terminology Champcar, a shortened form of Championship Car, has been the name for a class of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades. ... Group C was a category of auto racing, and was introduced into sports car racing by the FIA (the governing body of World motor racing) during the early 1980s. ... IMSA logo The International Motor Sports Association (generally referred to as IMSA) is an American auto racing sanctioning body based in Braselton, Georgia. ... The FIA Sportscar Championship was a sports car racing series created by John Mangoletsi and was eventually taken control of by the Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile (FIA). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Indy Lights was an open-wheeled racing series that acted as a developmental circuit for CART from 1986 to 2001. ... Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing. ... Formula Three is a class of auto racing. ... The FIA Sportscar Championship was a sports car racing series created by John Mangoletsi and was eventually taken control of by the Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile (FIA). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Formula 3000 is a type of formula racing. ... Formula Nippon is a type of formula racing and the top level of open-wheeled racing in Japan. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Formula 3000 is a type of formula racing. ... Touring car racing is a general term for a number of distinct auto racing competitions in heavily-modified street cars. ...

Note that the current Lola A1GP cars currently do not have a designation that matches this scheme, and are marked simply as Lola A1GP. A1GP (formerly A1 Grand Prix) is an open-wheel auto racing series. ...

External links

• Lola Cars International
• Lola Heritage - Official Lola chassis index and history
• Biodiesel Lola to race at Le Mans

Lola Formula One cars

Lola (1962-1968): Mk4 | Mk4A | T100 | T102 | T110 | T230 Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The Lola Mk4 and the derivitive Mk4A were Formula One racing cars constructed by the Lola company in 1962. ... The Lola Mk4 and the derivitive Mk4A were Formula One racing cars constructed by the Lola company in 1962. ... Honda (1968): RA300 | RA301 Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... Honda Racing F1 Team is a Formula One team run by Japanese car manufacturer Honda. ... The Honda RA300 was a Formula One racing car produced by Honda Racing, and introduced half way through the 1967 Formula One season. ... Embassy-Hill (1974-1975): T370 | T371 Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Hill was a short-lived Formula 1 team started by the two-time Formula 1 world-champion Graham Hill, racing as a constructor in 1975. ... Haas Lola (1985-1986): THL1 | THL2 Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Larrousse (1987-1991): LC87 | LC88 | LC88B | LC89 | LC90 | LC91 Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The Larrousse-Calmels Formula One team was founded in 1987 by Didier Calmels and former racer Gérard Larrousse. ... Scuderia Italia (1993): T93/30 Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Dallara was a Formula One constructor from 1988 through 1992. ... MasterCard Lola (1997): Lola T97/30 Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... MasterCard Lola is a former Formula One team that contested one race in the 1997 Formula One season. ... The Lola T97/30 was the car with which the MasterCard Lola Formula One team used to attempt to compete in the 1997 Formula One season. ...

Lola sports cars

Early Projects (1958-1968): Mk1 | Mk6 | T70 Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... GTP sports cars racing at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 1991 Sports car racing is a form of circuit racing, with cars that have two seats and enclosed wheel wells. ... The Lola T70 was built for sports car racing, popular in the mid to late 1960s. ... Group 7 / Can Am (1967-1974): T120 | T160 | T220 | T260 | T310 A Group 7 element is an element in periodic table group 7 (IUPAC style) in the periodic table, which consists of: manganese (25) technetium (43) rhenium (75) bohrium (107) All of these elements are classed in Group 7 because their valence shell holds four electrons. ... Cover of Car and Driver magazine, showing transparent diagram of CanAm racer The Canadian-American Challenge Cup or Can Am, was an SCCA/CASC sports car racing series from 1966 to 1974. ... Group 6 (1970-1975): T210 | T280 | T290 | T380 | T390 The group 6 in the periodic table consists of the elements chromium (24) molybdenum (42) tungsten (74) seaborgium (106) Group 6 is the new IUPAC name for this group, the old style name was group VIA in the old European system or group VIB in the old US system. ... Sports 2000 (1976-2007): T490 | T590 | T86/90 | T87/90 | T88/90 | T89/90 | T90/90 | T91/90 | B07/90 Group C / GTP (1981-1992): T385 | T600 | T610 | T710 | T810 | T86/10 | T87/10 | T88/10 | T89/10 | T90/10 | T91/10 | T92/10 Group C was a category of auto racing, and was introduced into sports car racing by the FIA (the governing body of World motor racing) during the early 1980s. ... The Nissan R89C race car was developed by Nissan to participate in the Japan Sports Prototype Championship, although it also competed in the 1989 Le Mans 24 hour race. ... The Lola T92/10 (also briefly known as the Lola 981) was a Group C sports car developed by Lola Racing Cars as a customer chassis for the 1992 World Sportscar Championship season. ... LMP / SR (1998-Now): B98/10 | B2K/10 | B2K/40 | B01/60 | B05/40 | B06/10 | B08/60 To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The FIA Sportscar Championship was a sports car racing series created by John Mangoletsi and was eventually taken control of by the Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile (FIA). ... The Lola B98/10 was a Le Mans Prototype built by Lola Cars International for use in the International Sports Racing Series, American Le Mans Series, and 24 Hours of Le Mans. ... A Lola B2K/10 currently used in Historic Sportscar Racing. ... A B2K/40 formerly used by BAT Competition, now in Historic Sportscar Racing. ... Dyson Racings MG-Lola EX257 at the 2005 Petit Le Mans. ... A Lola B05/40. ... The Lola B06/10 is a Le Mans Prototype developed by Lola Cars International for use in the LMP1 class of the American Le Mans Series, Le Mans Series, and 24 Hours of Le Mans. ... The Lola B08/60 is a Le Mans Prototype currently under construction by Lola Cars International. ...

Lola formula cars

Formula Junior (1960-1963): Mk2 | Mk3 | Mk5 Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Formula racing is a form of motorsport where the type of automobiles used is regulated by a formula. ... Formula Junior is a racing class first adopted in October 1958 by the CSI (Controller of International Motorsport, now FIA). ... Formula 2 (1964-1984): T54/T55 | T60 | T100 | T240 | T550 | T850 While Formula One has generally been regarded as the pinnacle of open-wheeled auto racing, the high performance nature of the cars and the expense involved in the series has always meant that there has needed to be a path to reach this peak. ... Formula 3 (1964-Now): T53 | T60 | T350/T360 | T470 | T570 | T670 | T770 | T870 | F106 | B05/30 | B06/30 | B07/30 Formula Three is a class of auto racing. ... Indycar / Champ Car (1965-2006): T80 | T90 | T150 | T500 | T700 | T800 | T900 | T86/00 | T87/00 | T88/00 | T89/00 | T90/00 | T91/00 | T92/00 | T93/00 | T94/00 | T95/00 | T96/00 | T97/00 | B98/00 | B98/00 | B99/00 | B2K/00 | B01/00 | B02/00 The term IndyCar has multiple uses: Indycar (sometimes spelled Indy car) is a generic name used in the United States for a type of open wheel race car. ... “CART” redirects here. ... Formula 5000 (1968-1978): T140 | T190 | T300 | T330 | T400 | T430 Formula 5000 (or F5000) was an auto-racing series that ran in the United Kingdom from 1968 to 1976. ... Formula Ford (1970-1984): T200 | T340 | T440 | T540 | T580 | T640 | T680 | Formula Ford is a single seater, open wheel class in motorsport which exists in some form in many countries around the world. ... Formula Vee/Super Vee (1971-1979): T250 | T320 | T620 | T720 Formula Vee is a popular single-seater junior motor racing formula, with relatively low-costs in comparison to Formula Ford or Formula BMW. It is based on a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle. ... Formula Atlantic / Formula B (1972-1981): T242 | T360 | T460 | T480 | T560 | T760 | T860 The Toyota Atlantic Championship is an auto racing series with races throughout North America. ... Formula Renault (1974-1977): T410 | T510 This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Formula 3000 / Formula Nippon (1985-now): T950 | T86/50 | T87/50 | T88/50 | T89/50 | T90/50 | T91/50 | T92/50 | T93/50 | T94/50 | T95/50 | T96/50 | B99/50 | B02/50 | B06/51 Formula 3000 is a type of formula racing. ... Formula Nippon is a type of formula racing and the top level of open-wheeled racing in Japan. ... Indy Lights (1993-1997): T93/20 | T94/20 | T95/20 | T96/20 | T97/20 The Indy Lights was an open-wheeled racing series that acted as a developmental circuit for CART from 1986 to 2001. ... Mexican F3000 (1996): Lola T96/70 In 1985, the Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile (FIA) created the Formula 3000 championship to become the final career step for drivers willing to enter the Formula One championship. ... A1 Grand Prix (2005-now): A1GP A1GP (formerly A1 Grand Prix) is an open-wheel auto racing series. ... The A1 Grand Prix cars are manufactured by Lola and are standardised for every team to make a level playing field for competing nations. ...