The orange machines were so untouchable the series earned the nickname “The wedge-shaped T220 managed to lift Lola's spirits in 1970.A lucrative sponsor deal with Philip Morris Tobacco’s L&M cigarette brand gave the team a much bigger budget for 1970, but the T220 that resulted from this was unable to properly challenge the McLaren M8D, which won 9 out of 10 races.The incredibly short 223 cm (88 inch) wheelbase made the T220 a rather nervous animal. In the process he had cleanly beaten both factory McLarens driven by 1967 Formula One World Champion Denny Hulme and Lola defector Peter Revson.In fact, there was a full seven tenths of a second between Stewart and Hulme, and 5.1 seconds between the T260 and the T222 driven by Kazato. Stewart beat the McLarens of Denny Hulme and Two weeks later however, at the fast, twisting and narrow St Jovite circuit in Quebec’s Laurentian Mountains, Stewart passed Hulme for the lead two thirds of the way through the race and went on the score a convincing victory over the factory McLarens. Since the odd nosecone developed far less downforce than a conventional example, the T260 had a habit of understeering before violently snapping its back end around as the driver tried to correct the understeer with the throttle.Nevertheless, the knife-edge handling did little to curb the Lola’s raw speed. The race brought him the second of four wins that season with Tyrrell. “The T260 was totally new and it was extraordinary but I have to say it wasn’t the best looker,” Stewart observed. The other race where we did quite well was Road Atlanta. Since wind-tunnel testing was still in its infancy, Eric Broadley and Bruce Marston were basically in the dark as to what it would do.Jackie Stewart qualified the revised car in third once again, but had to concede a hefty 2.415 seconds to Hulme’s McLaren. His teammate was Japanese rookie Hiroshi Kazato, who piloted the older T222 model. He took his sole victory of the season at the wheel of the BRM P261. Another added safety feature was soft padding on his steering wheel.The deletion of the inboard brakes robbed the Lola of the increased balance associated with the lower unsprung weight they would provide, but the team couldn’t afford to lose what was then one of the fastest drivers in the world. Victory number one came here at the Spanish Grand Prix. We led the race, then had a puncture and a whole series of other problems but still turned the fastest lap of the race, quicker than Hulme’s pole time.”Road Atlanta was the third round of the Can-Am season and Stewart qualified third behind Hulme and Revson. In comparison to the McLarens, the car was just a monster to drive and we were just trying to keep up.”In fact, Stewart says the T260 was the most physically demanding car he raced in his entire career. As a pioneer of mid-engine racers with 1963’s Mk6 GT Eric Broadley’s Lola Cars predictably took the very first Can Am Cup with 1964 Formula One World Champion John Surtees (GB) at the wheel of a T70 Spyder.John Surtees took Lola to new heights by winning the 1966 Can Am Cup.The initial success compelled Broadley to expand his American exploits, leading to a bond with team owner Carl Haas, who became Lola Cars’ official importer. At the start he grabbed second place to split the orange monsters, but was unable to keep with Peter Revson as he screamed away in the distance.With 8 laps to go, Revson’s driveshaft snapped after dealing with 72 laps of immense bumps, handing Stewart the lead. Other competitors that season were BRM, Shadow, a half-hearted Ferrari and an emerging Porsche.Carl Haas’ team included one T260 (chassis HU1) for Jackie Stewart, with HU2 as a spare. This served not to direct the air over it, but through it. "I would have been a much more popular World Champion if I had always said what people wanted to hear.

Before his retirement he managed to set the fastest lap, which proved even quicker than Hulme’s pole time.Jackie Stewart in front of the two McLarens. Starting from second, he hounded the New Zealander throughout the the two-hour race.On lap 52 of 75, Hulme started to tire out, as he was suffering from a form of stomach flu. © SchlegelmilchMonte Carlo, May 1971: Jackie Stewart dominated the Monaco Grand Prix meeting in the Tyrrell 003, taking pole position, race victory and the fastest lap. That race should never have been held, and having won it by such a big margin gave me more credibility when I demanded safety improvements. Fortunately, I was still achieving a lot of success, winning races in hideously dangerous conditions, and that gave me greater influence. At the first round of the season at Mosport in Ontario, Canada, Jackie Stewart immediately conquered pole position. Later, he explained, "If I have any legacy to leave the sport I hope it will be seen to be an area of safety because when I arrived in Grand Prix racing so-called precautions and safety measures were diabolical. He managed to grab the lead however, as the short-bodied, nervous T260 had incredible pace on the twisty circuit. © SchlegelmilchSpa, June 1966: BRM’s Jackie Stewart in practice for the Belgian Grand Prix.


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