Lola T250 Super Vee

[Falcon Racing]

I recently purchased a Lola T250 Super Vee and am trying to find any early information. The car was invoiced to Carl Hass Automotive on Jan. 18th 1971 and delivered mid to late Jan. The first records I can find show the first Log Book issued by Chicago Region To Warren West in early 1974. Car is believed to have been run in the Pro Series in 1971-72-73 before going to Warren West. Car was then purchased by Ron Taylor of St. Joe, Michigan in 1975 or 1976 and then purchased by Tom Connley of South Bend, IN. in 1979.
No records are available from Carl Hass Automotive, so I'm looking for contact information for Warren West (formerly of Chicago Region who raced a Lola Formula Ford before moving to SV) or any other early information.

Thanks, Dave

[E1pix]

Presuming you’re searching for its Pro history from 1971-73, have you seen and/or contacted the Lola Heritage website?

Gerald Swan is a true and impassioned enthusiast of Lola chassis history, and diligently looking to fill in more HU info — and in turn, spread it right back to people in your position.

All my programs and results are packed in storage while we travel. That may change by summer and moving storage, and will help then if I can find this thread.

It’s worth a look at Runoffs entry lists on the VIR History site, those years are covered and many Pro or semi-Pro S/V guys also ran the Runoffs.

I loved Super Vee and had several friends running in Pro and Club — and winning many titles in the ‘70s.

Best of Luck, and please post whatever you find!!!

[Falcon Racing]

I've been in contact with Gerald Swan at Lola Heritage and he has been very helpful in verifying the car but was not able to give me any information about the early history once it was received at Hass Automotive. Gerald stated that it may have been used as a test car for evaluation as the next T250 was not delivered to Hass until 5 to 6 weeks later. Any information you may have as far as entry lists or race results would be greatly appreciated as it may give me some other contacts to find early history.

Thanks Dave

[E1pix]

From VIR History site…

1971 Runoffs Results

1	Tom Davey, Tenafly, N.1.	NE	Lola
2	John Zeitler, Stamford, Conn.	NE	Zeitler
3	Jim Purcell, Taylor, Mich.	CE	Lynx
4	Galen Lyons, Austin, Tex.	SW	Royale
5	Joe Wedig, Alton, III.	MW	Hawke
6	Harvey Staab, Denver, Colo.	MW	Winkelmann
7	Kirk Stowers, Melbourne, Fla.	SE	Caldwell
8	Bill Baldwin, Gladstone, N.J.	NE	Royale
DNF	John Finger, Greenville, S.C.	SE	Zink
DNF	Harry Ingle, Charlotte, N.C.	SE	Zink
DNF	Dick Cooney, Redlands, Ca.	SP	Hawke
DNS	John Mills, Southfield, Mi.	CE	Lynx
DNS	Jim Tharp, Kansas City, Mo.	MW	Lola T250

1972 Runoffs Results
https://www.virhistory.com/cars/arrc/scans/72-res-3.jpg

1973 Runoffs Results
https://www.virhistory.com/cars/arrc/scans/73-res-3.jpg

It’s a start.

[Falcon Racing]

From VIR History site…

1971 Runoffs Results

1	Tom Davey, Tenafly, N.1.	NE	Lola
2	John Zeitler, Stamford, Conn.	NE	Zeitler
3	Jim Purcell, Taylor, Mich.	CE	Lynx
4	Galen Lyons, Austin, Tex.	SW	Royale
5	Joe Wedig, Alton, III.	MW	Hawke
6	Harvey Staab, Denver, Colo.	MW	Winkelmann
7	Kirk Stowers, Melbourne, Fla.	SE	Caldwell
8	Bill Baldwin, Gladstone, N.J.	NE	Royale
DNF	John Finger, Greenville, S.C.	SE	Zink
DNF	Harry Ingle, Charlotte, N.C.	SE	Zink
DNF	Dick Cooney, Redlands, Ca.	SP	Hawke
DNS	John Mills, Southfield, Mi.	CE	Lynx
DNS	Jim Tharp, Kansas City, Mo.	MW	Lola T250

1972 Runoffs Results
https://www.virhistory.com/cars/arrc/scans/72-res-3.jpg

1973 Runoffs Results
https://www.virhistory.com/cars/arrc/scans/73-res-3.jpg

It’s a start.

Thanks for the info, I'll start from there.
Dave

[E1pix]

You’re welcome, Dave.

Might not be a bad idea to PM me your info. We travel full-time so moving storage will be a mega-thrash, but know exactly where my programs are — in hanging files, doesn’t everyone?

From memory I have programs for:
1971 (possibly June Sprints) S/V Pro race at Road America
1972 June Sprints, S/V Pro race at RA, Brainerd Can-Am (not sure if S/V ran), SCCA Runoffs
1973 June Sprints, S/V Pro race at RA, SCCA Runoffs

You might contact Allen Brown (allen@oldracingcars.com). Wonderful resource, and a real enthusiast, and they’ve added American Super Vee to their remarkable, existing work of the upper pro Formulas and Series.

Here’s what they’ve done for Super Vee documentation so far:
https://www.oldracingcars.com/fsv/