Lola Mk1 Prototype

This car took part in the 2¼ hour long Historic Motor Racing News Gentlemen Drivers race at the VSCC's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Donington Park in May 2001.

It's the 1958 Lola Mk1 Prototype, driven in the race by Robert Hall and Richard Wills. Around 40 examples of the Mk1 were built between 1958 and 1962, originally with a 1,098cc Coventry Climax FWA engine, though this car has a 1,220cc unit according to the programme of the event. In the mid 1990s the car underwent an extensive overhaul by Hall & Hall, and on 18 September 2017 I showed a photograph taken in 2005 which shows how it looked afterwards.

Lola Mk1 Prototype

This car took part in the 1950s Drum-Braked Sports Racing Cars race at the VSCC's SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2005.

It's the 1958 Lola Mk1 Prototype of Richard Wills which had recently been restored by Hall & Hall. Originally powered by a Coventry Climax 4-cylinder 1,098cc FWA engine, the programme at this Donington Park event showed its engine then to have a capacity of 1,220cc.