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The Vintage Automobile Racing Association of Canada (VARAC) and Lola Heritage
announce that the 29th Annual Vintage Festival at Mosport International Raceway
June 20-22, will honor the Fiftieth Anniversary of Lola Cars. A Lola from each
Race group will be selected for a special award based on preparation, history,
and paddock presentation. Additionally there will
be a Lola parade lap , Lola Group Photo
and a display
of the stunning T70 MK2 Spyder Continuation
car.
Established in 1958 by Eric Broadley MBE, Lola is proud to be Great Britain’s
longest-serving manufacturer of racing cars. After an extraordinary rise to
prominence, in which it mastered all spheres of the sport from humble club
classes to Formula 1, and endurance sports racers to Indycars, Lola has
continually been at the forefront of the worldwide motorsport industry. Its
enviable position has been consolidated under the ownership of Martin Birrane
since 1997, with the introduction of advanced technologies to keep its products
winning in the 21st century.
Drivers of Lola cars scored points in the FIA Formula 1 World
Championship from the marque’s debut season in 1962. Lola’s roll of honour also
includes no fewer than nine CART/OWRS championship titles, three Indianapolis
500 wins and the 1978 USAC Triple Crown, eight US/European/Tasman Formula 5000
titles, victory in the 1963 Monaco Formula Junior Grand Prix, the inaugural
Can-Am Challenge series of 1966, the 1969 Daytona 24 Hours, the 1973 European
2-litre Sportscar Championship, five successive Can-Am titles, eight Japanese
Formula 3000 crowns, numerous FIA International F3000 championships and three
Sports Car Championships in 2001 alone. Additionally, Lolas have carried amateur
and professional competitors to countless championships and race victories on
every major continent.
It is fitting that Lola chose to have Mosport as one of the
venues to honor their Fiftieth Anniversary. Lola’s have competed at Mosport
since that first spectator race back in 1961 and can count the first ever Can-Am
at Mosport among the outright victories they have achieved at Mosport. This is a
don’t miss opportunity to join the ranks of those already committed to enjoying
these historic cars on one of North America’s most historic tracks, see you
there.
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