| As if entertaining Johan and his delightful wife Catherine and driving in the hillclimb was not sufficient to do on one weekend, Lola Cars had taken a late decision to have a hospitality marquee and invite Sir Jackie Stewart to drive Martin Birrane’s recently acquired Lola T92 USAC car. Now the weekend was beginning to look extremely crowded. |
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Dave Scotney and John Bright of Lola Cars prepare the T92 for its appearance at the Festival of Speed.
Note the reproduction Team uniform as worn at Indianapolis in 1967.
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As written about HERE on the site two Lola USAC cars appeared at the Festival and inspired a reunion between Sir Jackie Stewart and Al Unser Snr., Mecom Racing teamates at the ‘Brickyard’ in 1967. |
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| And then the rain came! As will be obvious from the photos the weather played a major part in the weekends events, eventually causing abandonment of the hillclimb runs during Sunday afternoon. |
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The only dry run of the weekend for me was late on Friday afternoon. |
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| Johan gave the car it’s fastest run of the event on Saturday morning. |
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This is typical of Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday. |
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