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The Ex-Weller Int. Ted Wentz 1975 Lola T360 Chassis HU18

• Believed to be the Lola Works development car for the T460.

• Loaned to Ted Wentz to complete the 1975 season in which he won the Southern Organs Championship and came 5th in the John Player Championship.

• Beautifully presented in Formula 2 specification and professionally race prepared and maintained.

• Fresh from crack testing ready for this season and with only two races on the Geoff Richardson rebuilt BDG engine.

• Accompanied by and extensive usable running spares package, history file and current FIA Papers.

Since the dramatic of the Lola MK1 in the late 1958, Ltd. have been at the pinnacle of race car design. Surely no other race car manufacturer has been so dominant for so long across such a wide array of different racing classes and disciplines. The brainchild of the companies founder, one of most renown and highly regarded British race car designers , Lola is Great Britain’s longest standing manufacturers of racing cars.

In the early to mid 1970’s Lola, Formula 2 and were in their hay-day. Lola were dominant in the 2- Litre Sportscar Championship having taken victory with the T212 in 1971. Aided by the advent of sponsorship Formula 2 and subsequently Formula Atlantic were going from strength to strength. Very much the feeder series for the ultimate prize Formula 1. Fiercely competitive racing went on in these series on both side of the Atlantic with names such as , and .

T. + 44 (0)1285 831 488 E. [email protected] www.williamianson.com Formula Atlantic originated in America with the SCCA’s Formula B class, created in 1965 for single- formula cars with engines not exceeding 1,600cc. Formula Atlantic as a class evolved in the in 1971 from the US Formula B rules, with 1600cc production-based twin- cam engines. Conceived by John Webb of Hatch as a category for national competitors with the performance close to a Formula 2 car but running costs at or below that of a contemporary Formula 3 car. A single championship ran in 1971-2 Sponsored by Yellow Pages, with a rival BP backed series appearing in 1973. 1974 saw the BP series changing sponsor to John Player cigarettes, and the Yellow Pages series becoming backed by John Webb's MCD organization and Southern Organs. In practice most top drivers competed in both series and there were no date clashes. Only one series ran in 1975-6, in the final year taking the title 'Indylantic and adopting -style single-car qualifying.

Very similar to Formula 2 in terms of the chassis regulations, in Europe in particular, most manufacturers used the same chassis for both Formula 2 and Formula Atlantic. The only big difference being the engines with Formula 2 running 2- litre and Formula Atlantic 1,600cc. In the end it was the similarity between the series that would eventually bring on the demise of Formula Atalantic in Britain 1977.

Bourn in 1946 Ted Wentz read philosophy at the University of Pensilvania. He started racing an old Jaguar XK120 in 1971 before soon moving to . He moved to for the 1973 season and won the Weller Sponsored Formula Ford Championship. As a prize for winning the championship he was awarded a new March 74B Formula Atlantic car for the 1974 season. Weller continued to sponsor him in the 1975 where he made the move from March to the Lola T360. Ted Wentz went on to win the Southern Organs championship and take 5th in the John Player Championship. In 1976 when the two championships were combined into the Indyatalntic season he won the championship in a Swan Larger sponsored Lola T460

T. + 44 (0)1285 831 488 E. [email protected] www.williamianson.com This car HU18 is believed to be the Lola Works development car for the T460. It was loaned to Ted Wentz in September to complete the 1975 season after his first T360, HU7, was written off in testing by Roy James, the getaway drive in the Great Train Robbery. The history file contains and extract from Lola Heritages Scrapbook where Wentz recalls testing the modified T360 with Bobby Rayhal.

For the 1976 British Formula Atlantic Series HU18 went on to be driven for the first two rounds at by , winning on both occasions and for the remainder of the season by Mike King. The race results for HU18 for 1975 and 1976 are listed below.

4th October 1975 Ted Wentz 2nd 12th October 1975 Thruxton Ted Wentz 2nd 19th October 1975 Brands Hatch Ted Wentz RTD

4th April 1976 Brands Hatch Tony Trimmer 1st 9th May 1976 Brands Hatch Tony Trimmer 1st 6th June 1976 Brands Hatch Mike King 12th 1st August 1976 Knockhill Mike King 7th 8th August 1976 Thruxton Mike King RTD 5th September 1976 Silverstone Mike King 5th 26th September 1976 Brands Hatch Mike King RTD 16th October 1976 Oulton Park Mike King 2nd

T. + 44 (0)1285 831 488 E. [email protected] www.williamianson.com After the 1976 season HU18 sold to Carl Liebich in Canada who campaigned the car in the 1977 Labatts Canadian Formula Atlantic series and the 1978 and 1979 North American Formula Atlantic series. In the records we have for 1977 and 1978 HU18 is listed as a T460. It is unclear at this stage as to whether it had been fully converted to T460 specification or not. It is interesting to note that in 1979 it is listed as Lola T560 (460-HU18).

7th August 1977 Halifax Carl Liebich RTD 4th September 1977 Trois-Riviéres Carl Liebich DNA 25th September 1977 Québec City Carl Liebich DNA 23rd April 1978 Westwood Carl Liebich DNS 4th July 1978 Lime Rock Carl Liebich 15th 23rd July 1978 Carl Liebich 19th 7th August 1978 Hamilton Carl Liebich RTD 22 July 1979 Road America Carl Liebich 5th 16th September 1979 Bridgehampton Carl Liebich DNA 29th March 1980 Long Beach Carl Liebich DNS

HU18 was finally returned to the UK having been purchased by Steve Maxted. With the help on Colin Poole they undertook the complete restoration of the chassis and car. Fitting a new 2-litre Cosworth BDG engine thus running the car in Formula 2 specification. Finished in time for the 2006 Silverstone Classic he raced the car until it was purchased by its current owner.

Himself a very competitive racer on the historic racing circuit, racing a number of different cars, the current owner has had the car fully prepared with no expense spared. Recently the wishbones were crack tested and all the rose joints replaced and the car has not raced since. The BDG was rebuilt by Geoff Richardson two races ago. The rear wing supports and rear frame/engine mounts are all fresh as well.

The car comes with an extensive usable running spares package which includes 7 wheels (4 x wets + 2 x rear slick and 1 x front slick), wheel nut socket and brace, a gear ration box with 19 ratios, 2 sets of new Pagid pads, exhaust silencer, 3 pairs of springs, new oil filter, new thermostat, rear wing post, left and right rear subframe, engine cradle/mounts, nose section, 2 steering wheels, new and used timing and fuel pump belts, etc... A full list is available by request.

Accompanied by a history with it s current FIA paperwork, race results, set up sheets drawings and invoices. Eligible for Historic F2, the HSCC’s Derek Bell Trophy, you can also run this car in Formula Atlantic specification. Which ever format you choose, this is perfect opportunity to jump into a well prepared, well proven and competitive car.

T. + 44 (0)1285 831 488 E. [email protected] www.williamianson.com