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My name is David Pozzi, I own a 1965 Lola T-70 Mk1 Can-Am car that I vintage race. I'm in Salinas CA close to Laguna Seca.- My Lola Mk1 and a Mk2 were owned by Buck Fulp in 1966, and sold to Pacesetter homes team in late 1966. I was told the Mk2 was raced, but my Mk1 was used by Goodyear as a display car. It was probably painted red, and may have had the number "0" on it's side. The suspension was chrome plated.
- I have no idea if my car would have been on display at races or used elsewhere, but if anyone has information or photo of car, please contact us.
- Also, Buck Fulp raced his Mk2 at Riverside and won the USRRC there in 1966, he carried my car along in his large transporter as a "spare".
I will be racing my Lola at the Monterey Historics this year. I live 15 miles from the track, near Salinas.
- Here is my car history
- I still need to update the new info to it. I recently talked to Ike Smith who crewed on the Simoniz team for Chuck Parsons. He told me of Pacesetter buying it prior to the 1967 race season.
- I don't know where the Pacesetter's team was based, but I believe Bill Krueger, the person I bought the Mk1 from back in 1974 got it from Coral Gables, Florida.
- The top Black&White photo is how it looked in 1965, the color photo is how I received it in 1974, the bottom photo is as I race it today. It was a metallic blue with two white stripes, the stripes were edged in red pinstripes.
- Pacesetters may have painted it red with the car number "0", that is how it was painted when I bought it in 1974. That is also how Bill Krueger purchased it in Florida and he raced it that way numbered "0". See photo below.
- My car is a MK 2, the MK 3's had no headlights and used more aluminum in their construction, making them about fifty pounds lighter.
- Of course when the T-70 first came out, they called it the T-70, period. It wasn't until the T-70 Mk 2 came out that they started referring to it as the T-70 Mk I.
- The T-70 is a very good handling race car, and is a lot of fun to vintage race. It's important to keep the rear suspension joints tight. As over 60% of the cars weight and all of the horsepower goes through the rear suspension.
- T-70's weigh about 1600 to 1700 lbs without the driver, and half tank of fuel. It is very easy to get a 350 Chevy to put out 500 to 600 horsepower.
- The neatest thing about a Can Am car is the passenger seat. This is one of the few really fast cars that has the capability of taking a passenger along! In it's time Can Am cars were nearly as fast as Formula one Cars, so they provided a special few passengers with quite a thrill!
- History update 10/11/2007 by David Pozzi
- It was kept as a spare for the 1966 USRRC season by Fulp. It was purchased by the Baker Racing Team and raced Nassau December 1966 and in 1967 later sponsored by Quaker State Oil and painted green and white, driven by Charlie Kolb.
Here is another link talking and about Fulp's Mk1 showing its ownership history up to David Pozzi (misspelled Posey) John Starkey Cars Archive -Lola Mk1 SL70/9. This history is different from that listed above. Not sure which is correct.- From Bill Krueger, who sold T70 SL70/9 to Pozzi
- Bill sent in a full story (October 17, 2007) of how he purchased the car and what happened to it before selling it to David Pozzi. Don't miss this page, it is a facinating story of crossing the country to buy your dream, then have it end in a crash at Riverside Raceway in its first race outing. KRUEGER PAGE LINK
- Special Footnote found on 962.com regarding Lola Mk1s
- "World Champion John Surtees had formed Team Surtees in conjunction with Lola cars, with the first T70 going to him. Surtees and the Lola made a tremendous combination and proved to be very fast in testing. In America, the Lola was quickly in demand, cars being sold through John Mecom (the Lola importer) to Carrol Shelby for his team, John Klug for Buck Fulp and Bob Bondurant, Walt Hansgen for Mecom's own team, Parnelli Jones, and Mario Andretti.
- Eric Broadley did not rest on his laurels. By the time the Mark One was in production, he was already designing the follow-up, designated ŒType 71" although referred to by the press as the T70 Mark two. For the Mark Two, Broadley designed a mainly aluminum riveted and bonded chassis that saved some one hundred pounds in weight."
- See People/Events page for photo of Bondurant in Pacesetters Mk1.
- Here is another link talking and about Fulp's Mk2 currently owned and raced by Paul Wilson Lola Mk2 SL71/18.
- Below: Buck Fulp's Lola now owned and raced by Paul Wilson, This car came to him with large air intakes designed by Roy Campbell for Pacesetter Lolas, but were also sold to Fulp and Penske for their Lola. Wilson chose not to install the intakes, but has them.
- This car might have been raced by Pacesetter - Roger McKluskey driver in 1967. It was painted yellow then. This photo is labeled Bridgehampton 1967.
- Below: Buck Fulp, Bahamas race December 1965 This is the Mk1 car.
- Below: SL70/09 ( Mk1) in the background, his SL71/18 in the foreground.
- Below: Fulp Lola T70 Mk1 as I received it in 1974 - purchased from Bill Krueger
- Below: Fulp Lola T70 Mk1 at Laguna Seca as I now race it.
- Below: Corkscrew at Laguna Seca, Leading three other T-70's on the first lap.
- The second car is Buck Fulp's second T-70 the Mk2, SL 71/18.
For more about this car and David Pozzi see pozziracing.com
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