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Pacesetter - Lola-Chevrolet T70 MK 1 Roadster SL 70/8
Sold to John Klug of Newport Beach, California U.S.A. April 28, 1965: (Pacesetter Homes.) Bentley Blue. Gearbox no: LG500/10.
For More History on this Roadster. See JOHN STARKEY CARS - Mk1 SL 70/8. Interesting history and bottom line although wrecked is now being rebuilt.
Below: Bob Bondurant at wheel of Lola.
- Technical
note:
This car had cross ram induction (side draft Webbers). The air
intakes were designed and fabricated by Roy Campbell, Chief Mechanic
on Pacesetter Team. These
intakes were sold to Buck Fulp & Roger Penske for their T70s. When wing was added
in 1967, it was attached to these intakes. See Krause driven
car below. In first practice whole rear cowl blew off. That was
on track R&D of 1960s. This was thought to be the first use
of a wing in sports car racing.
- Photo below by John Starkey from book on Lola.
- Pacesetter changed car number from 11 to 88. This number remained including their Eagle Indy Car driven by Jerry Grant in 1966
In 1966 Billy Krause was brought on to drive the Pacesetter Lola, now number 88. He raced it in at Riverside and the Stardust in Las Vegas. This was when wing was added by Roy Campbell.
- Here is another shot of the T70, thought to be at Nassau Race
- The below USRRC results pages shows Bill Krause in a Lola T70 Ford - DNF. Sponsor was Pacesetter Homes, John Klug. Was this the Lola Mk2 that John Klug bought 1966 then sold SL70/08 to Skip Hudson who raced it as the Lance - Lola painted Yellow?
- http://www.classicscars.com/wspr/results/usrrc/usrrc1966.html
- Photos below from John Starkey's book on Lola T70s.
- This car being restored starting in 2007.
- Here is excerpt from an interview of Bill Krause in 1999 regarding the Lola vs the Lotus 19.
THE BILL KRAUSE INTERVIEW
by Willem Oosthoek (reprinted from the Spring, 1999- TRIDENTE)
Excerpts from the interview regarding Lotus 19
WO: For most of 1961 you ran a variety of cars from "Old Yaller" to Frank Arciero's Lotus 19.
BK: Max Balchowsky who built "Old Yaller," was a good friend of mine. It was an easy car to drive, probably the easiest I ever drove. It was a good stopper with lots of torque. I led at Laguna in June but the car broke. As for the Lotus 19, I would love to get my hands on a photo of me in that car. Frank Arciero does not remember that I raced it a couple of times when Gurney was in Europe racing Porsches. I liked that rear-engined car. At Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1961 I broke the track record on Friday, the first day of qualifying. You had to drive that Lotus differently, drive it smooth into the corners, not standing on the brakes, and put the power on early.
Excerpts from the interview regarding Pacesetter Lola T70 Race- WO: Then in 1966 the Chevy-engined Pacesetter Lola T70 at the USRRC races at Stardust and Riverside.
BK: I was walking through the pits in Phoenix, Arizona during an Indy car race. The guys who worked on that Lola were in the grandstand and saw me walk along. Roy Campbell was one of the mechanics that suggested hiring me and I agreed to try the car.
WO: Those were the last 2 races of your career.
BK: Yes, by then the cars had wings on them and stuff. I did not really like that Lola because it was the opposite of cars like the Birdcage and the Lotus 30. With those large rear tires it had so much rear traction that it wanted to go straight all the time. I could not throw it around corners. You always had to back off and you could not just powerslide it unless it was a real high-speed corner. For me it wasn't fun to drive. It was just a dragster. Bob Bondurant raced it too but he was a smoother driver than I was. I liked to run right on the edge, with the car slipping just a little bit.
Read complete interview @ www.themaseraticlub.com/Krause.html
- Current articles by Willem Oosthoek
See his Vintage Race Car series on Speed TV site - Caged LionsCaged Lions PART 1 Caged Lions PART 2 - Arciero Bros. Lotus Mark 19
- Above is Arciero
Bros. Lotus Mark 19 - Driver Dan Gurney. Not sure vintage, but
Gurney raced Stirling Moss in identical MK 19 at Laguna Seca
in October of 1961. Gurney's car in that race was numbered 96.
Information courtesy Tam's Old Race Car site, see links page.
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