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THE LOLA T333CS

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A publicity shot of the T333CS featuring the full-wdth nose. The rear wing appears to be floating in mid-air!

There were two Lola options for the 1977 Can-Am Series, if you owned a T332C you could buy a sports car kit from Carl Haas and convert your car into a T332CS, or you could buy a new T333CS from Lola. Although there are no details of the specification in Lola Heritages it is probably safe to assume it was basically the T332C with a season's development and a sports car body.

The T333CS initially appeared and was tested with a full-width nose but the works-supported Haas team thought this gave insufficient downforce so opted to change this for a F5000-style design which did not impress the teams that had paid for the full-width version! The opening race at St Jovite saw the Haas car, driven by Brian Redman, flip over when air got under the nose, the ensuing accident saw Redman suffer a broken neck which kept out of racing for a year and resulted in Patrick Tambay being signed-up for the rest of the season. Despite this setback most of the T333CS owners soon followed the Haas route and fitted a F5000 version nose.

For the next three seasons the Haas entered T333CS would dominate the Can-Am Championship winning the title in 1977 with Patrick Tambay, 1978 with Alan Jones and 1979 with Jacky Ickx. In fact, the T333CS was the class of the field, even if Can-Am wasn't the force it had been with almost half the field being 2-litre cars, and of the twenty-nine races over the three years the T333CS won twenty-one.

Year(s) of Construction: 1977-1979

Total Built: 12



Patrick Tambay won the 1977 Can-Am Championship in a T333CS, note the Haas team's modified F5000 style nose.

T333CS CHAMPIONSHIP WINS

YEAR	CHAMPIONSHIP	WINNER(S)	NOTES
1977	Can-Am Championship	Patrick Tambay	Lola T333CS-Chevrolet
1978	Can-Am Championship	Alan Jones	Lola T333CS-Chevrolet
1979	Can-Am Championship	Jacky Ickx	Lola T333CS-Chevrolet

Lola advert celebrating Patrick Tambay's victory in the 1977 Can-Am Championship.



Two in a row for the Haas team when Alan Jones, seen here at Mosport, won the Championship in 1978 and...
(Photo courtesy of Terry Capps Road Racing Memories)

T333CS SIGNIFICANT RACE WINS

1977

DATE	VENUE/MEETING	DRIVER	NOTES
26th June	Laguna Seca - Citicorp Can-Am Challenge	Don Breidenbach	First Lola win in the “new” Can-Am - Can-Am Championship - Round 2
10th July	Watkins Glen - Citicorp Can-Am Challenge	Patrick Tambay	Can-Am Championship - Round 3
24th July	Road America - Citicorp Can-Am Challenge	Peter Gethin	Can-Am Championship - Round 4
7th August	Mid Ohio - Citicorp Can-Am Challenge	Patrick Tambay	Can-Am Championship - Round 5
21st August	Mosport - Citicorp Can-Am Challenge	Patrick Tambay	Can-Am Championship - Round 6
4th September	Trois Rivieres - Citicorp Can-Am Challenge	Patrick Tambay	Can-Am Championship - Round 7
25th September	Sears Point - Citicorp Can-Am Challenge	Patrick Tambay	Can-Am Championship - Round 8
16th October	Riverside - Citicorp Can-Am Challenge	Patrick Tambay	Can-Am Championship - Round 9
?th November	Road Atlanta	Jerry Hansen	Road Race of Champions (A Sports Racing class)

1978

DATE	VENUE/MEETING	DRIVER	NOTES
14th May	Road Atlanta - SCCA/Citicorp Can-Am	Alan Jones	Can-Am Championship - Round 1
11th June	Mid Ohio - SCCA/Citicorp Can-Am	Alan Jones	Can-Am Championship - Round 3
9th July	Watkins Glen - SCCA/Citicorp Can-Am	Warwick Brown	Can-Am Championship - Round 5
23rd July	Road America - SCCA/Citicorp Can-Am	Alan Jones	Can-Am Championship - Round 6
7th August	Mosport - SCCA/Citicorp Can-Am	Alan Jones	Can-Am Championship - Round 7
8th October	Laguna Seca - SCCA/Citicorp Can-Am	Al Holbert	Can-Am Championship - Round 9
15th October	Riverside - SCCA/Citicorp Can-Am	Alan Jones	Can-Am Championship - Round 10

1979

DATE	VENUE/MEETING	DRIVER	NOTES
20th May	Charlotte Motor Speedway - SCCA/Citicorp Can-Am	Jacky Ickx	Can-Am Championship - Round 1
3rd June	Mosport Park - SCCA/Citicorp Can-Am	Jacky Ickx	Can-Am Championship - Round 3
10th June	Mid Ohio - SCCA/Citicorp Can-Am	Jacky Ickx	Can-Am Championship - Round 4
8th July	Watkins Glen - SCCA/Citicorp Can-Am	Keke Rosberg (Driving a Spyder NF11 - based on the T333CS)	Can-Am Championship - Round 5
22nd July	Road America - SCCA/Citicorp Can-Am	Jacky Ickx	Can-Am Championship - Round 6
19th August	Brainerd - SCCA/Citicorp Can-Am	Jacky Ickx	Can-Am Championship - Round 7
28th October	Riverside - SCCA/Citicorp Can-Am	Jacky Ickx	Can-Am Championship - Round 10

1980

DATE	VENUE/MEETING	DRIVER	NOTES
24th August	Mid-Ohio - Lumbermens 500, North American Sports Car Championship	Brian Redman/David Hobbs	Entered by Roy Woods Racing
?rd November	Road Atlanta	Jerry Hansen	Road Race of Champions (A Sports Racing class)

...Jacky Ickx, here at Trois-Rivières, triumphed in 1979 for a T333CS/Haas hat-trick. (motorsportmagazine.com)



Elliot Forbes-Robinson in the Bill Freeman Racing T333CS finished second to....
(Photo courtesy of Terry Capps Road Racing Memories)



...Patrick Tambay at Mid-Ohio in 1977.
(Photo courtesy of Terry Capps Road Racing Memories)



Keke Rosberg won the 1979 Watkins Glen Can-Am round driving a Spyder NF11 which was based on the T333CS.



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