I wonder if someone here has knowledge or can put me in the right direction regarding the history of my Lola T93/00 IndyCar chassis number HU04
It has a very straightforward history as it was Hiro Matsushita´s car in 1993 entered by Derrick Walker Racing.
In 1994 and 1995 it was entered by Team Project Indy for Christian Danner amongst other drivers.
Now, while stripping the paint I found that the first colour the car was painted in was a bright dayglo/neon orange/red similar to the Granatelli STP colours. I would´ve expected a blue colour as this was the Panasonic livery for Matsushita.
Has anybody heard of a sponsor deal with STP and Walker Racing that run dry prior to the saison?
Or was it a Granatelli car in the first place but never entered by them and then sold to Walker Racing for Matsushita?
Any information is glady appreciated.