Lola T332
The
1973 Lola T330 was the fastest Formula 5000 car yet and dominated the 1973
season. The 1974 Lola T332 was therefore almost unnecessary. It was a refinement
of the T330 and virtually made it perfect - it won the UK and US series
in 1974, the Tasman and US series in 1975 and the US series in 1976. It
would continue to win races in the early days of Can-Am alongside the purpose-built
T333 variant. Even later still, it provided the basis of the highly successful
Frissbee Can-Am car and was still running well in the final season of Can-Am
in 1986 and even into the CAT series of 1987.
They were built in huge numbers so summarising the number found is very difficult. It looks like about 36 were built by Lola; at least three, probably many more, from replica tubs; and an unknown number from kits. So far, 30 have been located.
My thanks to Martin Krejci, Gerr Measures, Shayne Windelburn, Fabrizio Bologna, Ron Lampley, Todd Reiners, RJ Nelkin, Michael Duncan, Marc Rauchfus, Jay Braffett, Johan Woerheide, Richard Fried, Bryan Miller, Jim Gustafson, Phil Myers, Dick Lasselle, Jim Snelling, David Colpak, Kent Painter, Pete Brennan, Jim Rollinsand Marcus Pye for their helping in getting this far. Much, much more is needed to make sense out of these cars. As the identification of the Lola T332s has been a massive task in itself, the notes covering the identification of each chassis have been separated out into this page.
All and any help would be gratefully received. Please email Allen if you can add anything.
1974 Lola T332 production
| Chassis | History | Current owner |
|---|---|---|
| Lola T332 HU27 |
Pat Burke for Warwick Brown
Tasman 1974 (first seen Levin 6 Jan 1974); US 1974 (3 races: debut
Ontario 1 Sep 1974); Australian Gold Star December 1974; Tasman
1975. Advertised
alternately by Fast Co Ltd (Marblehead, Mass) and Autosport Promotions
Inc (Torrance, CA) from April to September 1975 so unlikely to be
one
of the 1975 mystery cars. Sold to Ron Lampley
but not raced until 1977. Sold
in 1980
Jim Snelling and raced in SCCA events in
1981 (run by John Collins) until crashed at Willow Springs in late
1981. Swapped with Pat Burke (Australia) for HU36a
early in 1982:
restored and driven by Warwick Brown at Amaroo Park historic meeting
1985. To George Parlby
(Sydney, Australia) Feb 1990 ...
bought from Australia by Chapman Root (Florida)
early 1990s: driven at
HSR
Mid-Ohio Aug 1993. To anonymous owner (Connecticut)
2000. Retained 2005. Current condition unknown. |
Anonymous owner (US) 2005 |
| Lola T332 HU28 |
 Graeme
Lawrence (NZ) for Tasman 1974 (first seen
Levin 6 Jan 1974); New Zealand Gold Star December 1974; Tasman 1975;
Tasman 1976; Gold Star Oct/Nov 1976; Australian Internationals 1977
- Terry Hook (Aus) Australian Internationals
1978, Australian Internationals 1979; heavily
crashed at a club
event at Lakeside 21 Jun 1981. Rebuilt by March 1982 by Chas Talbot who, according
to RCN, built a complete new tub, an exact duplicate, rivet for rivet. Sold
to Bob Minogue and Pete Brennan in the mid-1980s who sold the rear end to Peter Bick to complete his ex-Davison HU34. The ex-Hook car was then built up with other parts and sold to Manuel Jimenez who in turn passed it to Murray Richards (Murrumbeena, Aus). Advertised in 1993 when
('fresh motor, good tub') by Richards - David Sharp (New
Zealand) 1993: restored and raced at Whenuapai
1995
- Murray Sinclair
(NZ) Dec 2001. To Russell Greer (NZ) early 2007. |
Russell Greer (NZ) 2007 |
| Lola T332 HU29 |
Mario Andretti in Lola T332 HU29 at Road Atlanta in 1975. Copyright Russ Thompson 2002. Used with permission. 
Another view of the hugely successful Lola T332 of Mario Andretti. Copyright Autosports Marketing Associates and Bill Oursler 2001. Used with permission. In 1989, Stephen Murphy bought a "basket case" T332 which he later referred to as Andretti's "original Lola", implying 029. The car was restored for Andretti to drive at the Long Beach Grand Prix 20th anniversary celebrations in 1995. Nothing more known. |
Unknown. Presumably the Stephen Murphy car (US) 1994 |
| Lola T332 HU30 |
 Hogan
Racing: US 1974 for David Hobbs (five
races: won its first race R2 Mosport 16 Jun, also a third and a fourth);
US 1975 for David Hobbs (eight starts: best of third at Mid-Ohio) and
Jody Scheckter (one race: Long Beach). Hogan
is thought to have bought T332C HU59 for 1976 and HU30 was probably
used only as spare car that season. The T332C was apparantly sold at
the end of 1976. Hogan Racing Can-Am 1977: for Randy Lewis
(two races); Can-Am 1978: for Al Holbert
(four races) then replaced by new T333 at Watkins Glen in July. HU30
advertised (with T333) 13 Oct 1978. To Bill Tempero:
Can-Am 1979 (9 races) -
Larry Johnson (Colorado): Can-Am 1980 (2
races + 1 DNS, debut Sears Point 24 May 1980) and also run in SCCA events
(Larry Johnson noted as MiDiv ASR champ in 1979 ('Lola T330') and 1981
('Lola T333')) - Bruce McCaw about 1987:
for mechanic Byron Sandborne in SCCA events;
stored for some years; run for Danny Sullivan
in Vintage Seattle (SIR) race 1996 - Kevin Kelly
late 1998: restored to Busch livery; run at HSR Daytona event December
2000, HSR Thundersport invitational enduro Daytona 2001, SVRA VIR event
2001; retained 2001. |
Kevin Kelly (US) 2001 |
| Lola T332 HU31 |
Eppie Wietzes (Toronto, Canada)
US 1974 -
Ed O'Brien (San Diego, CA) for Danny Ongais
US 1975 (but crashed badly
at Mosport). Ongais had to use a T400 until a new T332 was bought.
It would now appear that the damaged tub from HU31 was acquired from O'Brien by Alan Holly and then went to Rick McLean (Oceanside, CA) "at a swap meet down near San Diego" and subsequently Shayne Windelburn (Auckland, New Zealand). Retained 2005. In July 2005, Shayne acquired another used T332 tub from Ed O'Brien. The origins of the second tub aren't yet known. |
Wrecked - tub with Shayne Windelburn (NZ) 2005 |
| Lola T332 HU32 |
Evan Noyes US 1974 (3 races then crashed
badly at R4 Elkhart Lake 28 Jul 1974 and replaced by HU51). Many years
later, in January 1994, "HU32" was advertised
by George Valerio (California) as "one
owner, logbook, original, complete". "HU32" then raced
by Tomy Drissi (Hollywood, CA) up to 1998
and then stored until sold to Marc Rauchfus
(Simi Valley, CA) in Jan 2004. Retained April 2005. |
Marc Rauchfus (US) 2005 |
| Lola T332 HU33 |
 Rogers Racing US 1974 for Larry Harley
(at R1 Mid-Ohio but also said to have been used as a spare by Haas Racing for
Brian Redman; Harley used an ex-Haas T330 for the rest of the season) -
Bob Nagel US 1975 (6 races), US 1976 (6 races),
SCCA Nationals 1976 (at least one win: Nelson Ledges 23 May 1976; retired
at Run-Offs); converted to Can-Am spec with Riley body: Can-Am 1977 (7 races),
Can-Am 1978 (6 races then driven by Howard Kelly
in two races), Can-Am 1979 (Kelly four races then Nagel at Road America
22 July 1979). Chuck Haines
recalls buying this car from Dan Craddock in
Dec 1980 (note that Haines advertised
a Riley-bodied T332 "just rebuilt by Tom Frederick" in 1981);
Craddock had raced a "Spyder NF11" during 1980.
Sold , still with its Riley body, to Jim Gustafson
in part-exchange for a March 73A in 1982: raced in "club racing"
events, Can-Am 1983 (one race only: Road America 18 July 1983), Can-Am 1984
(one race only: Lime Rock 4 August 1984), Can-Am 1985 (4 races)
- Dennis Steinhardt 1986: retained 2001. Pictures
of the car at
Mosport 20 Aug 1978 (#9 Kelly) and
at Mosport 2 Jun 1985 (#27 Gustafson) are on the Racing
Sports Cars site and show that it had retained its Riley bodywork in
1985. |
Dennis Steinhardt (US) 2001 |
| Lola T332 HU34 |
 John Butterworth for Guy Edwards
as Embassy Racing UK 1974 (9
races), also driven by Keith Holland (3 races) and Eddie Keizan (2 races); for Edwards again UK 1975 (16 races)
- Theodore Racing
US 1976 (Alan Jones at Mid-Ohio and Patrick Tambay at Riverside); sent to
Australia 1977 to replace destroyed HU61: Alan Jones
Australian Internationals 1977 - Jon Davison
from October 1977; Australian Internationals 1978 (driven by Keith Holland
at R1 Sandown Feb 1978); Australian Internationals 1979; Australian Internationals
1980; Australian Gold Star May 1981; at last F5000 race March 1982. The rear end
was sold to a sports sedan guy and the rest of the car went to Peter Bick. He bought the rear end from the Minogue/Brennan HU28 to complete the car. Subsequent history unknown but advertised
by Richard Davison June 1991. With Richard Davison in September 2004 when it was
being rebuilt by Jon Porter in Adelaide. Bryan Miller believes it has been
owned by Dr. William Marshall of Sydney during part of the intervening period. |
Richard Davison (Aus) 2004 |
| Lola T332 HU35 |
 Vel's Parnelli Jones for
Mario Andretti US 1974 (only used
Ontario final and Laguna Seca); for Danny Ongais
at 1974
SCCA Run-Offs; probably the Al Unser car US
1975; Unser's spare US 1976. Presumably one of four T332s advertised by
VPJ
in Jan 1977. Subsequent history unknown.
 Cavaglieri Restorations lists
the ex-Unser T332 as one of its past projects in 1990. A #51 Unser Lola
T332
was at the Walter Mitty Challenge
in the late 1980's and Steve Simpson had an 'ex-Unser' #51 '76 Lola F5000'
at
SVRA Road Atlanta late
1990 (as #5), HSR
Mid-Ohio Aug 1993 and HSR Mid-Ohio
July 1994. This
could be a reference to the T332 'K1'
tub from the Frissbee? |
Unknown |
| Lola T332 HU36 |
McKechnie for Bob Evans UK 1974 - Brian McGuire (but see also HU40): UK 1975 (rebuilt on "new (secondhand) tub" priot to August Thruxton) - Alfredo Costanzo (Aus) from October 1976; Australian Internationals 1977; Australian Internationals 1978 - Charles Talbot from July 1978; Australian Internationals 1979; Australian Internationals 1980. Wrecked in an accident at Symmons Plain March 1980. Rebuilt on new tub and raced as HU36a until 1981. Peter Molloy and Pat Burke acquired HU36a in 1982 to trade it for Jim Snelling's ex-Warwick Brown HU27. Once the car was in the US, Snelling built it up with a Can-Am body bought from John Morton and raced in SCCA events in 1982 and 1983. In May 1983, Snelling had a major accident at Riverside, putting him out of action for three months. The Lola was dismantled for spares with some going to Merle Brennan and others to Les White. When he emerged from hospital, Snelling was told the tub had been scrapped. However, some parts of the tub may have been reusable and the chassis plate also survived. Exactly what happened to these parts isn't yet clear. | Wrecked |
| Lola T332 HU37 |
 Sid Taylor for Brian Redman
UK 1974; as "Theodore Racing" for
Vern Schuppan US 1974 (Laguna Seca October only)
and Tasman
1975; Theodore Racing UK 1975: driven by Vern
Schuppan, Bob
Evans, and Tony Brise
(R11 only) 1975; Theodore Racing for Tony Brise US late season 1975 (3 races);
Theodore Racing for Vern Schuppan Tasman 1976;
Theodore Racing US 1976 for Alan Jones (crashed
in practice at R3 Watkins Glen and replaced by brand new HU61).
Not seen again and assumed written off. Possibly rebuilt (but see also HU61)
and maybe the Colin Bennett car or the
Arnold Glass car?.
 "Chassis
#37" advertised in Victory Lane November 1991
from Burbank, CA "ground up restoration" ... "Chassis
37" advertised in Victory Lane Dec 1996
from Los Angeles, CA ... Garry Hobbs owned
"HU37" at the June 1999 Watkins HSR meeting - Larry Neviaser
(Easton, Maryland) March 2002. Retained 2003. The car is in livery from
when it raced in Australia at some point but this (see picture, right)
does not match the white
livery used by Schuppan in 1976 nor even the orange-and-black livery
of Jon Davison's ex-Theodore HU34 when it was last seen. More work is
needed to positively identify this car. Retained 2004. |
Larry Neviaser (US) 2004 |
| Lola T332 HU38 Now 2 cars |
Tuck Thomas US 1974: written off at Laguna
Seca Oct 1974.
 T332
HU38(A): The original tub was repaired and sold as a spare tub at the
same time as the complete HU38(B). These were last advertised by Thomas
in May 1978 and Bill Peters, Thomas's crew, advises that the complete
car was sold to Gordy Oftedahl (see the
1977 Oftedahl car). This doesn't appear to fit as Thomas advertised
his cars after Oftedahl's had run. Possibly the subject of an advert
(Kansas City, MO) for "HU38" in Victory Lane in 1990
which noted that it had been in storage for 12 years. Had minor damage,
Chuck
says. Probably the car sold by Chuck Haines
to Ian Clements (NZ) in 1999 (note that
Haines advertised
a Riley-bodied T332 "just rebuilt by Tom Frederick" in 1981).
Clements was also told by Haines that Gordy Oftedahl was a previous
owner, deepening the mystery. Chuck confirms this came direct from Gordy
and had Lazier's name on the side. Retained by Clements 2001.
 T332
HU38(B): HU38 rebuilt on a new tub supplied by Carl Haas in time for
the 1974 Run-Offs. Used through 1975 when Peters built a roll cage
for the car. Retained until May 1978 at least.
Acquired by Bill Faircloth
(Connecticut) as a project in 1990, rebuilt and raced in historics
1994 (e.g. HRS Mid-Ohio Jul 1994). Retained 1997. |
Divided: HU38(A): Ian Clements (NZ) 2001 HU38(B): Bill Faircloth (US) 1997 |
| Lola T332 HU39 |
Haas Racing for Brian Redman
US 1974. Wrecked and replaced by HU42.
Repaired by end of 1974 - Steve Durst (Medford Lakes, NJ) US 1975 - Randy Lewis (Mountain View, CA) US 1975, US 1976; advertised Apr 1977. Lewis ran the Hogan T332 in 1977 but returned to his original car for Can-Am 1979; Can-Am 1980. A picture of this car (#0) at Mosport 3 Jun 1979 is on the Racing Sports Cars site. According to Mike Apker, it was sold in 1980 to Fred Parkhill (Tulsa, OK). Parkhill won the midiv ASR championship in 1983 and 1984 in his 'Lola T333' before the category was discontinued. After racing in SCCA events in the 80s and 90s, by 2004 it sat in a garage next to a WWII army tank. It still is in running shape and is taken to Hallet race track once a year to race. Last seen racing at Hallet on 2 Apr 2006. |
Fred Parkhill (US) 2006 |
| Lola T332 HU40 |
Brian McGuire UK 1974 (first appeared late May; 9 starts plus 2DNS) - Reed Racing for Gordon Spice UK 1975: crashed "very heavily" on Saturday before R9 Mallory Park on 10 Aug; totally rebuilt; car reappears for Bob Evans R13 Silverstone 28 Sep then for Bill Gubelman R14 Snetterton 5 Oct, R15 Mallory Park 12 Oct and R16 Brands 19 Oct. Advertised by Reed Racing (contact Gordon Spice) in Autosport 18 Dec 1975. Sold to an overseas owner, probably American, early 1976 and crated up for shipment March/April 1976. Subsequent history unknown but likely to be one of the 1976 US mystery cars. | Unknown |
| Lola T332 HU41 |
Chuck Jones Racing US 1974: raced by Graham McRae, Mike Hall and Al Unser (late 1974 season). Advertised by Chuck Jones (ex-McRae, ex-Unser) 1 Feb 1975. Bill Baker (Pismo Beach, CA) US 1975, US 1976 (one race only: crashed at R2 Mosport). Not seen again and presumed destroyed. Bill Baker later died of a heart attack while practicing for a NASCAR Grand National West race at Sears Point International Raceway in August 1978. | Wrecked |
| Lola T332 HU42 |
Haas Racing for Brian Redman US 1974 (new at Watkins Glen replacing the wrecked HU39). To Bay Racing and Eisert for BJ Swanson US 1975. Wrecked in testing late July/early August 1975 but probably rebuilt and therefore the car wrecked by Swanson in his fatal accident at Mid-Ohio. Probably rebuilt again and then the car entered by Bay Racing and Interscope for Danny Ongais late 1975. Then the car advertised by Chuck Jones Mar 1976 (NB Jones' car is referred to as ex-Redman/Swanson and Eisert recalls selling a wreck to Jones so it looks as if two separate cars emerged from the two Swanson wrecks. Also, Ed O'Brien told Shayne Windelburn that he bought all the BJ Swanson cars and that they consisted of three cars plus the Mid-Ohio wreck.) ... Mike Roche SCCA Nationals early 1977 (17th at Riverside 13 Feb 1977) then converted for Can-Am by Paul Lamar: Can-Am 1977 (2 races: debut Sears Point 25 Sep but was earlier a DNA at Watkins Glen 10 Jul); Can-Am 1978 (four races); Can-Am 1979 (just the Californian rounds: 1 race + 1 DNS); Can-Am 1980 (Sears Point only: DNS). Subsequent history unknown. Note that the HU42 chassis plate was later applied to a T332 tub supplied for the rebuild of T330 HU6. | Unknown |
| Lola T332 HU43 |
Hogan Racing US 1974: for Johnny Rutherford at Watkins Glen 1974 but crashed and destroyed during first practice session. | Destroyed |
| Lola T332 HU44 |
 Leader Cards Inc US 1974: raced by Mike Mosley
(4 races) and Mick Fowler (1 race) - Patrick
Racing/George Bignotti for Gordon Johncock US
1975
- Doug Schultz US 1976. Rebuilt as the first
Schkee ('DB1/01') for Can-Am in 1977. Probably the basis of the later Schkee
DB3. Subsequent history unknown but owned by Linn Way (Oceanview, NJ) in
2005. |
Linn Way (US) 2005 |
| Lola T332 HU45 |
 Mickey Rupp US 1974 (new
for Ontario: crashed) - returned to Haas and rebuilt as Haas
Racing car in 1975: driven by Brian Redman
US 1975 (won championship). Not known in 1976. Advertised by Max
Mizejewski (Woodland Hills, CA) in December
1976 noting that it had only had "one race since completely rebuilt
by Jim Hall". Mizejewski appears in the
SCCA Southern Division results in 1976 with 6 pts so this race was presumably
a SCCA National. Subsequent history unknown.
At HSR Mid-Ohio Aug 1993, Dick Marconi (Orange County, CA) drove an 'ex-Boraxo' Redman '75 T-332 C'. In 1994, this car was said to be Redman's 1975 Long Beach winning car. Redman ran the car in a demo to celebrate the 20th Long Beach GP in 1994. It has also been suggested that Marconi's car is actually one of the ex-VDS Lola T333CS Can-Am cars, as converted to T332 F5000 specification for Warwick Brown to use in the Australian Rothmans International series. |
Dick Marconi (US) 1994 |
| Lola T332 HU46 |
Almost certainly the Arciero/Grant car. Frank Arciero US 1974: driven by Jerry Grant (debut at Ontario) - Eddie Lewis for Graham McRae US 1975, US 1976 (1 DNS only) - AAR for Vern Schuppan US 1976 - Mike Allen: Can-Am 1977 (1 race: Riverside 16 Oct 1977); Can-Am 1978 (8 races); Can-Am 1979 (1 race + 1 DNS: crashed in practice at Mosport 3 Jun 1979). Allen replaced the car with the ex-Briedenbach T333 but it appears that the T332 was not badly damaged. After Allen's death in 1983 (while driving the T333), Bob Brewer (Los Angeles) acquired HU46 from his widow together with many of the remaining parts in his workshop. Brewer intended to prepare the car for West Coast ASR racing but sold it in the autumn of 1985 to Ray Reimer (Middlebury Indiana). Reimer and chief crew Phil Myers repaired the damage to the lower front tub and raced the car in Can-Am in 1986 (1 race) and in the CAT series in 1987 (3 races). Retained by Reimer 2005 but in very poor condition. | Ray Reimer (US) 2005 |
| Lola T332 HU47 |
John Gunn US 1974, US 1975, US 1976 - Bill Blackledge for Feb 1977 National - back to Gunn by Jun 1977: raced in Can-Am; retained until 1987 - Tom Frederick 1987/8 - Bob Lee 1989 - Tom Malloy about 1997: retained 2000. A picture of this car (#47) at Mosport 20 Aug 1978 is on the Racing Sports Cars site. | Tom Malloy (US) 2000 |
| Lola T332 HU48 |
Francisco Mir US 1974: raced by James Hunt,
John Morton and Lella Lombardi;
US 1975: raced by Vern Schuppan and Elliot Forbes-Robinson.
Then either:
To Newman-Freeman Racing and rebuilt as Spyder NF11 [CA-04] for Can-Am series in 1979: believed to be the car driven by Randolph Townsend at R3 Mosport 3 Jun 1979 (accident), R5 Watkins Glen 8 Jul 1979 (13th/retired), R6 Road America 22 Jul 1979 (19th/retired), R7 Brainerd 19 Aug 1979 (9th/retired), R8 Trois Rivieres 2 Sep 1979 (15th), R9 Laguna Seca 14 Oct 1979 (DNP - used by Keke Rosberg in race - 6th) and R10 Riverside 28 Oct 1979 (7th). Subsequent history unknown. From Mir to Eddie Superfond (US) by 1979 - Robb Woltring c1979: raced in Can-Am 1981 (3 races); Can-Am 1982 (3 races); Can-Am 1983 (1 race); Can-Am 1984 (1 race); Can-Am 1985 (1 race) - Peter Austin (Canada) 1985/86 - Rick McLain (US) 1991 - Steve Tillack (US) 2001. A picture of this car (see #17 although car wears #48) at Mosport 2 Jun 1985 is on the Racing Sports Cars site. The identification of this car as HU48 may by a mistake due to Woltring's regular use of #48 during the car's Can-Am race career. To Stuart McDonnell (Hamilton, NZ) 2003. |
Stuart McDonnell (NZ) 2003 |
| Lola T332 HU49 |
James LaBar for Jerry Karl US 1974 (debut Laguna Seca 13 October); US 1975 (last seen Road Atlanta 31 Aug 1975). Then unknown until 1978 (could be the car run by Gordy Oftedahl in F5000 in 1976 and then in Can-Am in 1977 - although this now seems unlikely as that Can-Am car appears to have gone to Leonard Janke for 1978 to 1981). Reappears with Tex Arnold (then Club Racing Director at Texas World Speedway) in 1978 in Can-Am spec (Riley-bodied, as Karl's 1977 car was - Nagel's and Oftedahl's were also Riley bodied) - Gerre Payvis 1978/79 until 1984 - GTS Racing (David Leslie) … "B.Beer" 1989 - Stan Siegel 1990: returned to F5000 specification as raced at ASRA Firebird (Phoenix, AZ) Feb 1992 - John Obialero 1994: retained 2001. Ran at the Pueblo (CO) F5000 reunion on 6 May 2001. | John Obialero (US) 2001 |
| Lola T332 HU50 |
John Briggs US 1975. First spotted at Laguna Seca "June Sprints West" on 28/29 June 1975 - 9th overall and 2nd in class. Ended the 1975 SCCA season with 10pts in the NP Div - suggesting just two finishes - a 2nd and a 3rd. Briggs US 1976. Briggs raced the T332 in F5000 spec in Feb 1977 and at Sears Point 24 Apr 1977, generally winning these minor SCCA events. Presumably the basis of Briggs' Can-Am 'T333', (but this could have been based on HU59): Briggs Can-Am 1977 - Rocky Moran 1979. Moran didn't get on with the ex-Briggs car and went back to using his T332 HU29. This 'T333' may have been the basis of Moran's 1981 Frissbee. Subsequent history unknown but HU50 has been advertised in April 2007. | Unknown |
| Lola T332 HU51 |
Evan Noyes US late 1974, Tasman 1975 (one DNS - crashed). Repaired and presumably Noyes' primary car at Pocono (US R1) and Mosport (US R2) where Noyes crashed. Noyes has a car with a new tub for R3 Watkins Glen. Presumably same car used for the rest of ther season, US 1976 and Can-Am 1977. Advertised 18 Aug 1978. As Noyes other car, HU32, appears to be accounted for, HU51 must be the ex-Noyes T332 with roll bar number '76-2401' owned by Joseph Moch (Grand Rapids, Michigan) in the late 1980s. Offered to Chuck Haines 1991 but sold instead to a Terry Muir in Texas. Bought "somewhere in Texas" by Stan Wattles [date unknown]. To Wade Gohran (Washington state?) [date unknown] and restored in blue and yellow livery. To Tupper Robinson (Monterey, CA) 1995 - Guy Drier (Tucson, AZ) 1999 - Johan Woerheide July 2001. Retained 2006. | Johan Woerheide (US) 2006 |
| Lola T332 HU52 |
Bill Simpson (Torrance, CA) and tested by Luis de Palma and Juan Fangio IV at Willow Springs but not raced. Sold to Gary Wilson US 1975 (2 races; DNS at Long Beach and retired at Laguna Seca). Later used in SCCA racing in 1978 and 1979, including 'Pacific Coast champion' 1978/79, winning a Super-National at Riverside on 27 May 1978, two other Super Nationals in 1979 and appearing in the 1979 Run-Offs, but only 10 starts over those five seasons. Still with Wilson in September 1981. Later sold by Wilson to Tom Shelton (Florida) and then to Richard Schoenfeld (Muttontown, NY). Advertised late 1994 by Schoenfeld and sold to Glenn Brown (Auburn, WA): vintage racing 1996 to 2003 (overall wins at SOVREN Seattle in 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2003; at Zupan Historics at Portland 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2003; and at HSR West Las Vegas in 1999). Retained 2006. Sold to Simon Hadfield (Shepshed, UK) and Marcus Pye (Bournemouth, UK) Dec 2006. | Simon Hadfield and Marcus Pye (UK) 2006 |
1974 mystery cars
The combination of Lola's invoice records, Tom Erwin's notebooks and a limited amount of information from Carl Haas' records has allowed all the T332s that ran in 1974 to be identified. However, that still leaves one car from Lola's invoice records, the Canary Yellow HU52, still unexplained. This car probably first raced in 1975.
1975 Lola T332 production
The 1975 Lola F5000 was the T400 but this was a dismal flop, most owners replacing them with T332s at the earliest opportunity. Lola built two more T332s later in the season before building a new run of T332Cs in 1976.
As well as the two cars that appear in official Lola records, at least two more T332s were supplied to owners in 'kit' form, allowing them to build a complete car using parts of an unwanted T400. This process was done on the Vel's Parnelli Jones T400 (probably HU6) and on John Morton's T400 HU12. These two cars are called 'K1' and 'K2' in these histories.
| Car | History | Current owner |
|---|---|---|
| Lola T332 HU53 |
BARA for Benny Scott US 1975 ... converted to Can-Am specification and sold by Carl Haas to RJ Nelkin for Price Cobb: Can-Am 1979 (2 races: Road Atlanta 6 May 1979 and Charlotte 20 May 1979) - Charlie Kemp (Jackson, Miss): Can-Am 1979 (2 races: Laguna Seca 14 Oct 1979 and Riverside 28 Oct 1979). Sold to Gerre Payvis but then becomes confused with his Lola T330 HU19, Lola T330 HU24 and with HU49. See also Payvis's 1984 'Frissbee'. Subsequent history unknown. | Unknown |
| Lola T332 'K1 - the Parnelli car' |
Converted T400. Vel's Parnelli Jones for Mario Andretti and Al Unser US 1975. This conversion was first seen at R6 Road Atlanta but was only ever used in practice. Then Unser's main car in 1976 (2nd at R3 Watkins Glen, 2nd at R4 Elkhart Lake, 4th at R5 Mid Ohio and won R7 Riverside). Presumably one of four T332s advertised by VPJ in Jan 1977. To Brad Frisselle 1979 and converted for Can-Am: Can-Am 1979 (raced just once in final race at Riverside); converted over winter as first Frissbee Can-Am; Can-Am 1980: driven by John Morton (3 races) and Al Unser (1 race: won at R9 Laguna Seca 19 Oct 1980); rebuilt on new Joey Caviglieri tub as full Frissbee; Can-Am 1981: raced by Rocky Moran (two races) - Galles Racing as "Frissbee GR2" Can-Am 1982: raced by Al Unser Jr (four races: won R1 Road Atlanta, won R2 Mosport, 2nd at R3 Mid-Ohio, retired at R5 Trois-Rivieres) and as No 2 entry for Geoff Brabham (two races) - Canadian Tyre as spare for Jacques Villeneuve Can-Am 1983 (three races: 2nd at R3 Elkhart Lake, won R4 Trois-Rivieres and 2nd at R5 Mosport) - Rick Miaskiewicz Can-Am 1985 (unused spare) - Al Lamb Can-Am 1986 (2 races (crashed at R1 Mosport, 3rd and Fastest Lap at R3 St Louis). Subsequently to Chuck Haines: retained 2001. | Chuck Haines (US) 2001 |
| Lola T332 'K2 - the Morton car' |
Converted T400. John Morton US 1975 (Morton's T400 used at R5, R6 and R7; then converted to T332 for R8 Laguna Seca and R9 Riverside); US 1976 (1 race: R7 Riverside); Can-Am 1977 (four races: two third place finishes at R8 Sears Point and R9 Riverside); Can-Am 1978 (one appearance: wrecked in practice crash at R1 Road Atlanta 14 May 1978). Replaced by T333CS. | Destroyed |
| Lola T332 HU54 |
Probably the first of the two Interscope/Ongais cars for 1976. Interscope Racing for Danny Ongais US 1976. As HU60 still exists, it can be reasonably assumed that HU54 was the car "comprehensively written off" in practice at Elkhart Lake (see Autosport's F5000 review 25 Nov 1976 p25). However, it may have been repaired and be one of four T332s advertised by VPJ in Jan 1977. | Destroyed? |
1976 Lola T332C production
Lola built a new run of updated T332s for Carl Haas in 1976 but surviving Lola records do not show the end customers of each car. The Bay Racing and Theodore cars are quite clear and both HU56 and HU58 are listed as Haas Racing. Apart from them, the recorded colour is the only clue. So it is fairly certain that Interscope's new car at R2 had to be the Black HU60. No contemporary reports found so far mention Hogan having a new car for 1976, this information is gleaned only from later Autoweek adverts. If he did, then it must be the Royal Blue HU59. This leaves Shirey with the White HU57, which makes plenty of sense. However, Korn also had a new T332C in 1976, suggesting he got whichever car Haas Racing found they didn't need.
| Car | History | Current owner |
|---|---|---|
| Lola T332C HU55 |
 Bay
Racing for Warwick Brown US 1976.
A variety of sources say that an unused spare Bay Racing T332 went
to
Doug Schultz for 1977 and was used as the
basis of the second Can-Am Schkee ('DB1/02'). Schultz Can-Am 1977.
This
car to Tom Spalding: Can-Am 1978 (6 races
+ 1 DNS); Can-Am 1979 (two races: raced by Spalding Road America 22
Jul 1979 and by Patrick Gaillard Laguna
Seca 14 Oct 1979). To Charles Willis (Tennessee)
mid-1980s: partly converted for road use - Michael Duncan
(Colchester, CT) 1988: restored to 1979 Patrick Galliard/Laguna Seca
livery - Stan Wattles (NY) 1992. Advertised
from Florida
1996 and
1998. Advertised
by Chuck Haines from 1999. Sold by Wattles
to
Johan Woerheide (US) 2003. Used in HSR
events in 2004, winning twice in Group 7. Retained April 2005. |
Johan Woerheide (US) 2005 |
| Lola T332C HU56 |
Haas Racing for Redman US 1976 - John Benton late 1976 - US Racing/Herb Caplan 1977: driven by George Follmer Can-Am 1977 (5 races, 2 second places at Mosport 21 Aug and Riverside 16 Oct); rebodied by Lance Smith for 1978 as "Prophet 1"; for Follmer again Can-Am 1978 (4 races + 1 DNS, won at St Jovite 25 Jun 1978). Follmer had set pole position at Laguna Seca but crashed when the throttle stuck and wrecked the Prophet. Rebuilt on a new chassis for 1979, thus ending the Prophet's connection with HU56. The battered tub from HU56, together with other parts including the Boraxo body and the chassis plate, were sold by Caplan to Rick McLean. However, McLean then ordered a new tub from Lola so that resulting car's links to the original HU56 now rely largely on the chassis plate. McLean hadn't put the car together when he sold it as a project to Rick Dittman (US). Subsquent history unknown but Hal Whipple is believed to have owned it at some time. | Unknown |
| Lola T332C HU57 |
Probably the Shirey car below. | |
| Lola T332C HU58 |
Haas Racing for Redman US 1976 as spare car at Pocono 1976. T430 HU3 later used as spare car so HU58 presumably redundant. Maybe later the Korn car. | Unknown |
| Lola T332C HU59 |
Probably the 1976 Hogan Racing car below. Or could this be a new car for John-David Briggs in 1976? The 1978 Surfers Paradise race program says that his Can-Am Lola T333CS was believed to have been based on HU59. | |
| Lola T332C HU60 |
Interscope Racing for Danny Ongais US 1976. Presumably one of four T332s advertised by VPJ in Jan 1977. Reported to have continued with Ongais in, presumably, SCCA FA racing in 1977 and 1978, passing from Interscope into Ongais' ownership in 1978. To Vasek Polak 1981 - Todd Gerstenberger (Manhattan Beach, CA) 1997: restored and raced in historics. VARA F5000 champion 2000. Retained 2002. | Todd Gerstenberger (US) 2002 |
| Lola T332C HU61 |
Theodore Racing US 1976: driven by Derek Bell (1 race) and Alan Jones (1 race); Australian Internationals 1977: crashed in practice R2 Surfers Paradise 13 Feb 1977 and written off. | Destroyed |
1976 mystery cars
The identification of two of the 1976 T332Cs is tentative: if Hogan Racing bought a car then it was probably HU59 and Shirey's car is probably HU57. The redundant Haas Racing car is likely to be the car bought by John Korn.
Only two mystery T332s appear in 1976, Ed Polley's car and Rocky Moran's Riverside mount. Polley's car may have been built outside the factory and Moran's may have been a hire drive. The missing cars include HU40 probably coming over from the UK, Redman's 1975 championship winning HU45 which appears to have spent the year in the hands of Max Mizejewski, and Jerry Karl's HU49 which may in fact have stayed with Karl until 1977.
| Car | History | Current owner |
|---|---|---|
| Lola T332C 'the Korn car' (1976-Apr 1979) |
Pyott-Boone for Dr John Korn US 1976. Advertised until April 1979. Subsequent history unknown. | Unknown |
| Lola T332C 'the 1976 Hogan car' |
Carl Hogan of Hogan Racing 1976. Sold at end of season? - Unknown (area code 415) owner as at Sep 1977. Subsequent history unknown. | Unknown |
| Lola T332C 'the Shirey car' |
Bob Smith for Richard Shirey US 1976. Run once by Theodore Racing for Alan Jones. Advertised by Bob Smith Mar 1977. Subsequent history unknown. | Unknown |
| Lola T332 'the Polley car' |
Peter Clarke for Ed Polley
US 1976 (#13, 2 races). This is the
same car raced as the "Polley EP1" by Polley for Clarke in
Australian Internationals Feb 1977.
Then through two other US owners and used in Can-Am before sold to Chuck
Haines and then to Les Loushin.
The chassis has the John Timmanus scrutineer's serial number, "76-13".
The car is being restored by Les in 2003. |
Les Loushin (US) 2003 |
| Lola T332 'the Moran car' |
Rocky Moran at R7 Riverside 1976 (final round) in #35 T332. Perhaps a hired car? Unlikely to be the ex-Andretti car he raced in Can-Am 1978-1980 (see HU29). Nothing more known. | Unknown |
1977 Lola T332C production
For 1997, the SCCA killed off F5000 and replaced it with Can-Am, for which single-seat 5-litre cars were eligible as long as they had a sports car body. So the T332 carried on. As well as the "T333CS" body from Haas and Lola, kits were also produced for Bob Nagel by Bob Riley, the famed US race car designer behind everything from AJ Foyt's Coyote Indy cars to the enormously successful Riley & Scott endurance racers of the late 1990's.
Only one production car was built in 1977, chassis HU62 for Len Gibbs to run in G8 in the UK.
| Car | History | Current owner |
|---|---|---|
| Lola T332C HU62 |
 Len Gibbs Racing (Kent):
UK Shellsport G8 series 1977 driven by Keith Holland (7 races) and then Damien Magee (5 races)
- John Hinley
(Kineton) 1978: used in UK Sprints - Mike Connor
(Cirencester, Gloucestershire) early 1982: raced at Castle Combe libre
30 May 1983 (4th), Mallory Park BRSCC libre
19 Jul 1983 (5th) - Nick Crocker
(Bedford) 1983 - Mark Hales (Gainsburgh, Lincolnshire)
1984: raced in 1984 McLaren Open Championship
(BRSCC libre) - Bill Hall (Sheffield) 1987
- Bobby Howlings (Cheshire) 1989 - Bobby Brown
(New York) 1990: raced in vintage racing, e.g. at
HSR
Mid-Ohio Aug 1993 - Keith Baldwin
(UK) 2000: retained 2001. |
Keith Baldwin (UK) 2001 |
1977 mystery cars
F5000 was now dead in the US, at least outside SCCA Nationals, but the T332s and T332Cs continued as Single-Seat Can-Am cars. Most of these used the Lola/Haas conversion kit but a handful used the Riley bodies; Oftedahl's mystery car was one of these as was Nagel's HU33. Tex Arnold's HU49, which appeared in 1978 appears to have been a third.
| Car | History | Current owner |
|---|---|---|
| Lola T332 'the Briedenbach car' |
Possibly John-David Briggs' original HU50 if he bought a new HU59 for 1976. John-David Briggs for Don Briedenbach in SCCA FA 1977; Can-Am 1977; Tasman 1978; for sale until June 1979 - Mike Allen (to replace HU46): Can-Am 1979 (5 races, debut Road America 22 Jul); Can-Am 1980 (4 races); Can-Am 1981 (3 races); rebodied as Frissbee for Can-Am 1982 (2 races); Can-Am 1983 (1 race: crashed at Mosport Park 5 Jun 1983. According to AutoRacing USA 1983, Allen "crashed and flipped his Lola T333CS/Chevrolet at the end of the main straight. He was airlifted to a nearby hospital, but died the next day of head and neck injuries". The car is presumed to have been destroyed. | Destroyed |
| Lola T332 'the Oftedahl car' |
 Maybe HU49; maybe T330 HU15. Gordy Oftedahl Can-Am
1977: driven by Tom Bagley (2 races: Mid Ohio
7 Aug 1977 and Mosport 21 Aug 1977), Bert Keuhne (1
race: Trois Riveries 4 Sep 1977), Milt Minter
(1 race: Riverside 16 Oct 1977) and possibly others that season. Subsequent
history unknown but see the Janke car of 1978. A
picture of Nagel-bodied #5 Chip Mead at
Mosport 21 Aug 1977 (DNS) is on the Racing
Sports Cars site. |
Unknown |
1978 mystery cars
A second season of Can-Am saw yet more mystery Lolas, possibly cars being newly converted to Can-Am, possibly the cars already seen in 1977. The Janke car was probably the Oftedahl car from 1977 and the Frank car may possibly have been a brand new T333CS but the Hoff car is a complete unknown.
| Car | History | Current owner |
|---|---|---|
| Lola T332 'the Janke car' (1978-1981) |
 Leonard
Janke Can-Am 1978 (3 races, debut Watkins
Glen 9 July 1978); Can-Am 1979 (4 races); Can-Am 1980 (2 races); Can-Am
1981 (2 races + 1 DNQ). Tom Erwin saw this car on its debut at Watkins
Glen in 1978 but noted that it had no chassis number. The blurred picture
to the right shows Janke being overtaken by one of the March 817s at
Edmonton in 1981. The bodywork appears to be the same as the Riley-bodied
Oftedahl car of 1977. This was the car's
last recorded race and ended after 31 laps with an accident. Jim Rollins spoke to Harold Janke (Pender, NE), Leonard's son, in June 2006 and confirmed that they still have the car. Harold mentioned that it was a rental before they bought it. |
Leonard Janke (US) 2006 |
| Lola T332 or T333 'the Frank car' (1978-1980) |
Tom Frank Can-Am 1978 (2 races: Laguna Seca 8 Oct 1978 and Riverside 15 Oct 1978) - Herb Caplan (US Racing) 1979 as spare car; rebuilt for 1980 with new ground-effects body designed by Jack Smith as "Prophet 2": Can-Am 1980 driven by Bobby Rahal (3 races: 3rd at R1 Sears Point but later crashed at R3 Mosport 22 Jun 1980). Not known whether this car was rebuilt later in 1980. Subsequent history unknown. The Caplan team had a Frissbee for 1981 but On Track notes that this was their Prophet "Frissbee-ized". As Bob Danzi also had a Prophet in 1981, it is assumed that the older 1979 Prophet went to Danzi and the newer 1980 Prophet was the one "Frissbee-ized" for 1981. It is also possible that Danzi just bought the Prophet bodywork and put it on an older car. Not seen after 1981. This car was said to be in the US in 1999. Claimed by Rick Lasselle 2005. | Rick Lasselle (US) 2005 |
| Lola T332 'the Hoff car' |
Bob Hoff (Lola
T332) second in Southern Pacific Div FA points table 1978. Hoff,
a 29-year-old paramedic from Long Beach, CA, entered eight races in
1977: six Regionals of which he won five, and two Nationals which he
also won. He bought a FB March for 1978 but the points table suggests
he also ran the Lola. Subsequent history unknown. |
Unknown |
1979 mystery cars
More "new" cars appear in the US in 1979: a new chassis being used to built a Prophet Can-Am car, a puzzling "ex-Karl" car for Pat McGonegle and a Don Weber entry for Rick Knoop.
Meanwhile, in the UK, Bob Penzer appeared in a Lola T332 in the British Sprint Championship.
| Car | History | Current owner |
|---|---|---|
| Lola T332 'the Gaillard car' |
Now resolved. The "Lola T332" (as previously identified in the Can-Am section of this site) driven by Patrick Gaillard at Laguna Seca 14 Oct 1979 was actually the Schkee DB1/2. My thanks to Fabrizio Bologna for spotting a picture in Auto Sprint that identified this. | |
| Lola T332 'the McGonegle car' (1979-1982) |
T. Patrick McGonegle appeared at Watkins Glen 8 Jul 1979 with a "Lola T332" but did not start. Tom Erwin was there and looked at the car but could not see a chassis plate. However, he did note that it was "Ex-Karl". Erwin had also seen Jerry Karl's Nagel-bodied Can-Am Lola at Watkins Glen in 1978 and noted its number as "T330 HU15". McGonegle reappears for three races in 1982 but this may be a different car - possibly a new-ish T333. | Unknown |
| Prophet 1979 '79-188' |
Rebuilt for 1979 from remains of original Prophet (based on T332C HU56) but with 'a brand new tub from England': driven by John Morton (1 race), George Follmer (2 races) and Bobby Rahal (six races, won at Laguna Seca 14 Oct 1979); replaced by new "Prophet 2" for 1980 but used after Prophet 2 wrecked at Mosport: for Rahal Can-Am 1980 (at least 2 races but probably the car used to the end of the season: 7 races). Sold to Bob Danzi: Can-Am 1981 (1 DNQ only at Laguna Seca). Subsequently sold by Danzi to Hal Whipple. Then via via Chuck Haines and Tom Frederick to Warren Snodgrass (CA) 1987 who also bought the original 1979 Prophet bodywork from Herb Caplan at the same time, the Danzi car being fitted with a hybrid 1980 bodywork. Restored to 1979 condition but not raced in historics as there was no suitable West Coast class. To Jeff Gentry 1997 - Ken Constandine 1999 - Mark Butters 2001 - Dick Lasselle Nov 2004. The car carries SCCA serial number 79-188. Fully restored to original (i.e. Prophet) condition and livery for historic racing in 2005. | Dick Lasselle (US) 2004 |
| Lola T332 'the Penzer car' |
Bob Penzer: British Sprint Championship
1979 (one Top-10 only: 8th at R11 Wroughton 20 Sep 1979). The only
T332s
and T332Cs last seen in the UK were the long-lost ex-Gordon Spice HU40,
now known to have been exported, and John Hinley's T332C HU62. As Hinley's
car had run in sprints the
season before Penzer's appearance, it is most likely that Penzer had
HU62. |
Unknown |
| Lola T332 'the Weber /Knoop car' |
Entered by Don Weber for Rick Knoop: Can-Am 1979 (1 race only: R10 Riverside 28 Oct). Nothing more known. | Unknown |
1980 mystery cars
Another Can-Am design, the "Intrepid GB-1" appeared in 1980 based, as usual, on a Lola T332 chassis. Only one other T332 appears: for Merle Brennan.
| Car | History | Current owner |
|---|---|---|
| Intrepid GB-1 | Garvin Brown Racing for Danny Sullivan Can-Am 1980 (4 races + 1 DNS, debut Sears Point 24 May 1980; best result 2nd at Watkins Glen 6 Jul 1980). Designed by Lance Smith, who had previously contributed to the Prophet and Spyder Can-Am cars and based, like those, on a Lola T332. Despite the inherited second place at Watkins Glen, the Intrepid was regarded as a failure by the team and the Lance brothers were dropped. A new Lola T530 had arrived before Watkins Glen. The Intrepid was later bought 'from "Whitey" who was selling it for Garvin Brown, in the San Fernando valley area' by Lance Nist. "Whitey" is presumably Dave White, who worked for Garvin Brown. Retained by Nist 2003. | Lance Nist (US) 2003 |
| Lola T332 'the Brennan car' (1980-1984) |
Merle Brennan Can-Am 1980 (1 race only: Laguna Seca 19 Oct 1980); Can-Am 1981 (2 races only: Riverside DNS and Laguna Seca); Can-Am 1982 (2 races only: Riverside and Laguna Seca); Can-Am 1983 (1 race only: Sears Point); Can-Am 1984 (1 race only: Sears Point; DNA at Riverside). Subsequent history unknown. | Unknown |
1981 mystery cars
Just one newcomer to the T332 in 1981 - Robert Meyer.
| Car | History | Current owner |
|---|---|---|
| Lola T332 or T333CS 'the Woltring car' (1981-1985) |
Robb Woltring #47 'T333CS': Can-Am 1981 (R8 Riverside, R9 Laguna Seca and R10 Caesars Palace); Can-Am 1982 (R5 Trois-Rivieres, R6 Mosport and R8 Riverside). In 1982, the car is described many ways: Woltring wins Northern Pacific Division National at Sears Point 8-9 May 1982 in "Lola"; at the 13 June Portland National it's a Frissbee (November p34) but at Laguna Seca 13 days later (p35) it's a Lola; Can-Am R5 results also call it "Lola Frissbee" but R6 results (a week later, also in Canada) call it "Lola T?332"; R8 results call it a Frissbee; the CSPRRC preview (Sports Car October 1982 p15) calls it a "Lola Frissbee". Note there was a second Western Fleet-entered car at R8 Riverside, a Frissbee for Ken Dunn, so maybe Woltring had two cars (recent reports say he had three cars). Woltring Can-Am 1983 (R6 Sears Point only). Woltring Can-Am 1984 (R9 Riverside only). Woltring "Lola T332" Can-Am 1985 (R1 Mosport only). To Pete Austin: Can-Am 1986 (1 entry only: DNA R4 Mosport Park 14 Sep). Subsequent history unknown. | Unknown |
| Lola "T332CS" 'the Meyer car' (1981-1984) |
Robert Meyer Can-Am 1981 (appeared only at Laguna Seca 11 Oct 1981 - DNQ); (2 races only: Riverside and Laguna Seca); Can-Am 1983 (5 races); Can-Am 1984 (2 races); Can-Am 1985 (1 race). Subsequent history unknown. The car was Frissbee-bodied by 1983. A picture of this car (#39) at Mosport 11 Sep 1983 is on the Racing Sports Cars site. Subsequent history unknown. | Unknown |
1982 mystery cars
John Kalagian makes his debut in 1982 with a 'new' Frissbee and Ken Dunn makes a one-off appearance in a Lola T332. Unlike the Moran and Morton Frissbees, Kalagian's car appears to have been a Lola conversion, possibly using John Morton's old T333 but as likely as not based on an old T332. Over these next six seasons, most remaining Can-Am Lola T332s are converted to Frissbee specification.
| Car | History | Current owner |
|---|---|---|
| "Frissbee" 'the Kalagian car' (1982-1984) |
John Kalagian Can-Am 1982 (full season). Kalagian bought the car for 1982 and "picked it up from John Morton" (Sports Car July 1982 p38). This doesn't sound like it is a new car but with Morton continuing through 1982 in his Frissbee, it can't be Morton's. Listed with the T332s until more is known. See photo in 1983 Lime Rock program and RSC photo Mosport 6 Jun 1982. To Charlie Monk (Canada), who traded the unique March 77S for it: Wolf Power Tools for Monk Can-Am 1983 (full season). Monk "Frissbee/Lola T333" Can-Am 1984 (four races). Subsequent history unknown but see the Cusumano car of 1985 . | Unknown |
| Lola T332 'the Dunn car' |
Ken Dunn Can-Am 1982 (1 race only: R8 Riverside - entered by Western Fleet, presumably as a team mate to Rob Woltring). | Unknown |
1983 mystery cars
Two more Can-Am entries in 1983: Phil Compton is a Frissbee-ized Lola and John Macaluso in a much more curious beast.
| Car | History | Current owner |
|---|---|---|
| Lola "T333" 'the Compton car' (1983 only) |
Phil Compton appeared in a Frissbee/Lola T332 at Mosport 5 Jun 1983. He then drove VDS-003 for Norwood Walker at the next race. Earlier in the season, Compton had driven the car at SCCA events: it was called "Lola T-333" at the Texas World Speedway National on 19 Feb; and just "Lola" at Hallet Apr 16-17 and at West Texas Region National 30 Apr-1 May. May be the same car driven by Compton at Dallas 1984. Two pictures of this car (#25) at Mosport 5 Jun 1983 on the Racing Sports Cars site appear to show a standard Frissbee body. Nothing more known about this car. | Unknown |
| Lola "T332" 'the Macaluso car' (1983-1986) |
John Macaluso Can-Am 1983 (1 entry only: DNA at Mosport 11 Sep 1983); Can-Am 1984 (4 races); Can-Am 1985 (4 races); Can-Am 1986 (2 races). Pictures of this car show an odd front-radiator body design - possibly something created for a T300. Pictures of this car (#84) at Mosport 10 Jun 1984 and at Mosport 15 Sep 1985 are on the Racing Sports Cars site. Car 'T332 75-1' sold in 1986 to Chuck Haines. | Unknown |
1984 mystery cars
Two more "Frissbees" in 1984, one from the large Gerre Payvis stable and another "ex-Morton" for Steve Foster; Bill Tempero reappears in an unknown T332 and Billy Schyphers makes a one-off appearance in a Frissbee owned by "a gentleman in Sacramento".
| Car | History | Current owner |
|---|---|---|
| "Frissbee" | Race Power for Drake Olson (Bridgewater, CT) Can-Am 1984 (3 races). Presumably one of Gerre Payvis's cars, so maybe Lola T330 HU19 or Lola T332 HU49 or Lola T332 HU53. Dave Nuding bought a T332-based ex-Olsen Frissbee from Payvis around 1984. Retained 2003. | Dave Nuding (US) 2003 |
| Lola 'the Schyphers car' |
 Billy Schyphers Can-Am 1984 (1 race only:
Sears Point 30 Sep). Entered at #58. Owned by "a gentleman in Sacramento" and prepared by Ike Smith and Colin Riley for Schyphers to drive at Sears Point. The car suffered brake problems over the weekend and didn't feature. Nothing more known. |
Unknown |
| Lola "T332" 'the 1984 Tempero car' |
Bill Tempero (Ft Collins, CO): Can-Am 1984 (2 races: Sears Point 30 Sep and Riverside 7 Oct). Not Tempero's 1979 car (T332 HU30) as he'd sold that to Larry Johnston by 1980. This car is first recorded when it was sold by Chuck Haines to an unknown owner in Nevada who did not race it. It then passed to Tempero who raced it with a Riley body and was later bought from Tempero's team by Kent Painter (Fort Collins, CO). It also came with a black/beige F5000 body. Retained by Painter 2005. | Kent Painter (US) 2005 |
| "Frissbee" 'the Steve Foster car' |
Steve Foster (San Antonio, TX): Can-Am 1984 (2 races: Sears Point 30 Sep and Green Valley 28 Oct). Sold to Bruce Langson (Fort North, TX): Can-Am 1985 (5 races); rebuilt as Langson LR002 and ultimately LR003 for Can-Am 1986 (3 races) and CAT 1987 (2 races). Parts used in the construction of Langson's LR004 which was completed after the end of the 1987 season and did not race. Langson still had the LR003 and the LR004 plus the original Frissbee body from the Foster car. | Bruce Langson (US) 2002 |
Also in 1984, Jerry Kehoe (Santa Rosa, CA) drove a "Frissbee" in Can-Am (R8 Sears Point and R9 Riverside) and a previous version of this page supposed that it may have had a Lola T332 basis. Remarkably, this car was built around the Brabham BT29 [11] that Kehoe had run in FB; then, with an FVC engine, in FA; then in the 2-litre Can-Am class and then, with a 3.5-litre Oldsmobile V8, in the 5-litre class. The final refinement, for 1984, was the addition of a Frissbee body. This amazing vehicle contained little of its Brabham BT29 origins by 1984.
Later mystery cars
Several well-used T332s or Frissbees disappeared at the end of 1984, notably those of Charles Monk, Robert Meyer, Merle Brennan and Bill Tempero. These are replaced by four new combinations in 1985. Finally, a single new Frissbee appears in the CAT series of 1987.
| Car | History | Current owner |
|---|---|---|
| "Frissbee-Lola T333" 'the Cusumano car' |
Rodolfo Cusumano (Summit, NJ): Can-Am 1985 (2 races). The #7 Will Petroleum-RCG Financial Special. A picture of this car (#7) at Mosport 15 Sep 1985 is on the Racing Sports Cars site. Johan Woerheide has an old Lola T33x tub recovered from the undergrowth at Road Atlanta which was said by corner workers to be ex-Monk, ex-Cusumano. | Unknown |
| Lola T332 'the Sanchez car' |
Frank Sanchez (Spring Grove, PA) Can-Am 1985 (2 entries only: both DNAs) - Robert Goulet 1986: CAT series 1987 (1 race only: R6 Phoenix 1 Nov 1987). Retained by Goulet until his recent death. Believed to be an ex-Haas car, raced by Patrick Tambay or Alan Jones, but was usually entered as a T332. When Goulet first owned it, he entered it once as a Frissbee. Nothing more known. | Robert Goulet's estate (US) 2005 |
| "Frissbee" 'the Montoya car' |
Diego Montoya (Miami, FL): Can-Am 1985 (4 races). Entered by B&T Racing at #82. a picture on racingsportscars.com shows a blue-and-white Frissbee. Nothing more known. | Unknown |
| "Frissbee" 'the Dragfy car' |
Peter Dragfy Can-Am 1985 (1 race only: R6 St Petersburg 3 Nov 1985). Dragfy (or Dragffy) isn't on the entry list so may have hired one of the Frissbees that was entered, for example Rod Cusumano's car, Pete Austin's, Robert Meyer's or, most likely, Gerre Payvis's. However, a picture on racingsportscars.com shows an all-white Frissbee wearing #8. Nothing more known. | Unknown |
| "Frissbee" 'the McConnell car' |
Chuck McConnell CAT series 1987 (1 race only: R1 Willow Springs 3 May 1987). Observed by Martin Spetz to be #46, an ex-Morton/Conte car. Nothing more known. | Unknown |
Other mystery cars
A number of other cars are known but cannot yet be connected to the histories above.
| Car | History | Current owner |
|---|---|---|
| Lola T332 'the Glass car' |
Allan McCall mentioned to Shayne Windelburn that, in the late 1970s, he had put together a T332 using a tub they had acquired from Theodore and new parts from Lola. It was for Arnold Glass but he found the driving experience to be bad for his dry cleaning bill and sold the car on. This is presumably the car that Glass races to fifth place in a libre at Mallory Park 21 Jun 1981. Nothing more known but see the Bennett car below. | Unknown |
| Lola T332 'the Rose-Catell car' |
Mark Rose raced and, it is thought, crashed a Lola T332 in Can-Am. The car was then sold to Scott Catell (Sebastopol, CA) in the late 70s/early 80s. This presumably relates to the advert Rose placed in On Track on 17 Jun 1982 for a "Lola T-332 disassembled, new chassis, Prophet bodywork and engines available, blueprints for assembly...". However, if this is the right advert, this predates Rose actually racing in Can-Am by two years so if the car had been crashed, it must have been by someone else or it must have been in club racing. Scott restored much of the car and sold it to Todd Reiners (Sacramento, CA) in 2000. The bodywork on the car is ex-Edwards/Embassy but the origins of the tub are not yet known. Fully restored and retained by Todd 2004. | Todd Reiners (US) 2004 |
| Lola T332 'the Bennett car' (1983) |
Advertised by Colin Bennett Feb 1983. Quite possibly the Glass car as Bennett ran Glass in Can-Am in 1982. Nothing more known. | Unknown |
| Lola T332 'the Sheehan car' (2002) |
Effectively a brand new car advertised by Michael Sheehan
(CA, US) in 2002. This was a 100% rebuild of an old, crashed, car but
the identity of the crashed car is unknown. To
John Mann (New Zealand) 2002. |
John Mann (New Zealand) 2002 |
| Lola T33? '91467' |
Owned by Shayne Windelburn (NZ) 2004. Shayne reports that:
Looking again later, Shayne thinks the number could be '19 1467', implying a car from SCCA Region 19, the California Sports Car Club. |
Shayne Windelburn (NZ) 2004 |
| Lola T332 'the David Kane tub' |
David M. Kane (US) has a severely bent Lola T332 tub. More to follow. | David Kane (US) 2005 |
| Lola T332 'the Perkins car' |
The rumour mill says that Chris Perkins was restoring a T332 in Sep 2005. Chris has recently been in touch with details of this car and more will follow shortly. | Chris Perkins (UK) 2007 |
Other T332 advertisments as yet unexplained include:
- "Stan" (Wyoming) "totally restored" Victory Lane and Autoweek Sep 1996;
- Jan or Pat (California), "restored" Autoweek Feb 1996;
Les White acquired parts from the crashed HU36 in 1983 which implies he had a T332 at this time. Also Jim Swartzbaugh owned a Lola T332 in March 1991.
Last, but not least, Phil Myers recalls Ray Reimer having a damaged T332 tub hanging on the wall of a barn for some time. Ray sold it to John Welsh (Chicago, IL) who intended to restore it. Phil believes it may have been John who sold it to Ray in the first place.
These histories last updated on 6 January, 2008 .