Originally Posted by
Alice Ashmore
The nose that you have on your car is what I think is the first nose Herm and Dan Cambell designed and built when they
began to get away from the "as delivered" Carl Haas version of the car. The front cooler was deleted and instead two coolers were
mounted in side pods of Herm and Dan's design. The second generation nose was a copy of the Hesketh F1 nose which Herm thought looked cool. It was thought to have less drag and downforce than the wedge shaped version. That is the nose they ran until the end of the air-cooled era in the Gold Cup. Herm and Dan also made
some fiberglass flares that extended the rear of the side pods to the back tires. Another note on the side pods, they were not short,
as pictured on your car, they ran from behind the front suspension to the rear tire, radically changing the look of the stock Lola.
A few people copied Herm's ideas and consequently he sold a few parts to other Gold Cup racers. Herm's cars were always innovative
but the real speed secret was his fearless driving, and Dan's attention to detail. They were a great combination.
Mike Wolther