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10/08/2022 9:04 pm
I like the sleek appearance of the Lola T600, which won several IMSA races in the 1981-82 time period (but not any class at Le Mans, sadly). I can't think of a prettier racer since, though everyone has their opinion. At Laguna Seca in 1981 and 1982, T600s (Cooke-Woods and John Paul's JLP Racing, respectively) were winners.
An Interscope-sponsored T600 won at Riverside in 1982 also.
The Cooke-Woods T600 didn't qualify for the 1981 Le Mans race, so the team had to rely on a black-and-yellow-striped Porsche 935. which garnered 6th overall and 2nd in the IMSA GTX class. I was amazed and grateful that Spark made this one. I never saw the car but it appears in my Le Mans annual.
Lastly, a car I did see, the Lola Racing entry from Le Mans 1981, which placed 15th.
This topic was modified 1 year ago by Harv Goranson
John Kuvakas and David Green reacted
10/08/2022 10:24 pm
Wonderful post and photo essay about the Lola T600, Harv. This a pretty car that I did not know much about despite following IMSA in the 1980s.
John Kuvakas reacted
11/08/2022 5:10 am
I don't remember the Lola with the 'spats', but it's a very nice design. Those Interscope cars always attracted me - simple clean black paint with less advertising. But that BP car! Wow- I had not realized that Rahal and Redman ran at Le Mans together! I saw the younger Rahal at Indy several times and he hosted cars n coffee a bunch as well there. The Brian Redman showed up for a day of our Italian car tour. Talked to everyone at dinner, a very nice guy. He drove Alfas and Ferraris a bit in the 1970s but could not remember much about them. (If you don't have anything nice to say, then... perhaps!) The Porsche, he remembered! Sorry to highjack your thread, Harv!
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Topic starter
11/08/2022 11:57 am
@karl Well, Redman and Rahal tried to qualify, but they did not "run" together at LM. BTW, the No. 17 Lola had a Porsche 930 engine while No. 18 had a Cosworth DFL. I saw Brian just long enough to get a couple of autographs last year in Chattanooga.
Karl Schnelle and David Green reacted
12/08/2022 9:59 pm
So glad he is still active!