1970 Lola T300

This car competed in the Formula 5000 class of the HSCC Pre '71 Single Seater Championship race at he Historic Sports Car Club's Spring Historic Race Meeting at Oulton Park in May 1987.

It's shown in the programme of the event as a 1970 Lola T300 entered by Autocavan Components Ltd and driven by Geoff Thomas, seen here during the race at Deer Leap. Formula 5000 was a intended to be a low cost formula for single-seater cars with a maximum engine capacity of 5 litres, usually powered by American V8 engines of that size. Geoff Thomas's car is chassis HU10 which originally went to the USA where it changed hands several times until it returned to the UK and was next seen in competition in 1985.

On 11 June 2016 I showed photographs of this car with its previous owner at Oulton Park in 1986 where it was described in the programme as a 1971 car.

Lola T300

This car contested the HSCC Seldon Pre '71 Single Seater Championship race at the HSCC's Spring Historic Race Meeting at Oulton Park in May 1986, which included classes for Formula 1, Formula 2 and Formula 5000 cars.

It's the Formula 5000 1971 Lola T300 entered by Seldon Airconditioning and Refrigeration and driven in the race by Alex Seldon. It's chassis number HU10 and the history of the car is detailed in this article by oldracingcars.com. Behind it is the Lotus 72 of Mary Foulston.

Here's Alex Seldon dropping down into Deer Leap after rounding Lodge Corner.