View of Chris Beighton's Lola T70 Mk3B Engine Bay, in the International Pit Garage, at the 2023 Silverstone Festival
The Lola T70 is a sports prototype developed by British manufacturer Lola Cars in 1965. Lola built the aluminium monocoque chassis, which were typically powered by large American V8s. The T70 was quite popular in the mid to late 1960s, with more than 100 examples being built in three versions: an open-roofed Mk II spyder, followed by a Mk III coupé, and finally a slightly updated Mk IIIB. The T70 was replaced in the Can-Am series by the lighter Lola T160. A T70 Mk. IIIB driven by Mike D’Udy was used to set a South African land speed record, with a two-way average of MPH and one-way best of MPH, on 13 January 1968. The required runs were made on a section of the R45 between Vredenburg and Hopefield in the Western Cape province, and were completed despite an early mechanical failure in which the car's fifth gear was irreparably damaged. This record would stand until November 1988, when a new two-way average of MPH was set by an Audi 5000CS driven by Sarel van der Merwe with official backing from Volkswagen South Africa. In 2005, Lola Cars announced a revival of the T70 MkIIIb in "an authentic and limited continuation series" of the original racer.[4] 7 were produced before Lola Cars went defunct in 2012.
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Location: Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, Northamptonshire, NN12 8TN
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
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