Lola T70 Spyders
SL71/21

10/01/66: Sold to John Mecom. LG500-43.

The first T70 sold to Roger Penske for Mark Donohue. Fitted with a big block Chevrolet 427 cubic inches. Extensively documented in “The Unfair Advantage”. Crashed and burned out in the 1966 Watkins Glen USRRC race.

Possibly reconstituted by one of Roger Penske’s mechanics and sold.

1966:
29/5: St. Jovite, FIA race: 427 Chevrolet. Donohue; Spun, punctured radiator, engine damaged.
04/6: Mosport: Donohue; Rebuilt engine. DNF.
26/6: Watkins Glen, USRRC: Donohue; Qualified 3rd.

Rebuilt by Murph Mayberry?
Sold to a father and son in Connecticut.
End of 1965 production.



Lola T70 Spyders
SL71/22

Sold to Rick Muther (USA) on 12/01/66. LG500-42.

Another mystery. There are no records of Rick Muther racing a T70 until 1967, and that may not have been this car!

Quite what happened to this car is unknown. Muther may have sold it almost immediately.

1967: Results for Rick Muther – may have been another car.
29/10: Can-Am round 5. Riverside: Muther; Qualified 29th; DNF (gearbox).
12/11: Can Am Round 6, Las Vegas: Muther, #46; Q: 15th, 6th.