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#1 Dolph

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Posted 29 May 2017 - 15:16

RIP Eric Broadley - the Man behind Lola

 

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#2 cpbell

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Posted 29 May 2017 - 15:26

Oh dear - one of the great designers and team owners.  His T70, in both spyder and coupĂ© forms was a truly iconic sports car.  R.I.P.



#3 pathogen

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Posted 29 May 2017 - 18:03

Thank you, Mr. Broadley. Lola was in my humble opinion the greatest sport car constructor across categories... you name it.

Racing = Lola.

 

RIP



#4 JacnGille

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Posted 29 May 2017 - 18:04

Sad news



#5 Marc Sproule

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Posted 29 May 2017 - 18:08

very sad news

 

broadley and patrick tambay

 

https://www.flickr.c...57644859972643/

 

my lola album/////

 

https://www.flickr.c...157644859972643

 

 



#6 pathogen

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Posted 29 May 2017 - 18:16

very sad news

 

broadley and patrick tambay

 

https://www.flickr.c...57644859972643/

 

my lola album/////

 

https://www.flickr.c...157644859972643

A beautiful sample. Thank you. I wonder if any current constructor can made a claim like this.



#7 Marc Sproule

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Posted 29 May 2017 - 18:37

thank you.

 

i was fortunate to be in the right places at the right times



#8 Disgrace

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Posted 29 May 2017 - 21:04

Definitely a motorsport giant. On top of that, he also gave us MasterCard Lola for which I will be eternally grateful.



#9 PayasYouRace

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Posted 29 May 2017 - 22:20

Pretty sad to hear.

For me Lola was a large part of a great period of Indycar racing when every car was built in the UK.

#10 paulb

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Posted 29 May 2017 - 23:28

very sad news

broadley and patrick tambay

https://www.flickr.c...57644859972643/

my lola album/////

https://www.flickr.c...157644859972643

What a tremendous portfolio of cars and the men that drove them. I had forgotten about the radical later year Can Am cars, they were spectacular cars.

RIP Eric.

#11 Docc

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Posted 29 May 2017 - 23:53

My neighbor has a T170 vintage racer he is crew chief for..and stores (among others cars).. Always loved the looks and they were excellent racers..

 

RIP Eric..


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#12 teejay

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Posted 30 May 2017 - 00:33

To me, Andretti in the black Kmart car is an all time memory of my childhood. 

 

RIP.



#13 barrykm

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Posted 30 May 2017 - 04:19

RIP Eric.

 

A beautiful Mk 1 seen in period as a young lad was a defining moment.



#14 Sparky68

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Posted 30 May 2017 - 06:15

A lot of guys in F1 are where they are today because of Eric. A lovely man and a great man to work for. R.I.P



#15 superden

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Posted 30 May 2017 - 09:01

Sad news indeed.

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Stunning, just a wonderful thing.