Well folks, we had a couple of pretty close guesses.
The car in question is a 1965 Lola T70.
http://home.comcast.net/~parlanti/Mystery_solved.htm
Rick Kellett and I saw this car at this year's 24 hours of Daytona race
last weekend. It was part of a great collection of historic endurance
racers which were displayed after a couple of laps around the track.
Here's a little history of the T70:
Eric Broadly's Lola factory developed the T70 in 1965 for endurance
racing. In 1966 the Mark 2 version of this car, without the roof, was
entered in the first year of the Can-Am series and was very successful.
Five of the six races that year were won by Lola's T70. John Surtees in
the factory car won three and the title. It was also the last year Lola
was so successful in the original Can-Am series. Starting 1967 McLaren
became the leading manufacturer in the series.
Here's a link to much more history about the car:
http://www.imca-slotracing.com/Lola%20T70%20Mk3B.htm
Cheers,
Joe Parlanti
'66 Tiger - B382000026
'59 Abarth Zagato 750GT
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