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Lola prepares 50th Anniversary poster for fans

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Falling squarely in the “I gotta get me one of these” category is the just announced 50th Anniversary poster from Lola. In fact, I may just have to get 2. You see, this somewhat unique poster has images on both sides.

The poster has drawings of 50 Lola race cars, one for each year of the company’s existence, beginning with the 1958 Lola Mk1 to the 2008 B08/80. It will be available for free at selected events that are involved in the 50th Anniversary Celebration. The first two events will be at Brands Hatch World Sportscar Masters race in May and the Oulton Park Gold Cup in August. Let’s hope that they free up a few for the VARAC Festival at Mosport in June.

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Horst Kroll rolls out Frissbee at VARAC Festival

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Vintage race meets have a habit of bringing out the legends and the 2007 VARAC Festival did not disappoint. Canadian racing legend and the last Can Am series Champion Horst Kroll was in attendance with an old friend in tow.
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Katherine Legge walks away from tremendous crash

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British Champ Car driver Katherine Legge walked away from her very own version of Mr Toad’s Wild Ride yesterday when her Lola lost it’s rear wing at Road Atlanta. Video shows the the wing coming off at the entrance to the kink, which is a very high speed section of the famed track. The car proceeded to spin and head into the fence at about 180 mph.

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