The Lola T600 was a racing car introduced in 1981 by Lola Cars as a customer chassis. It was the first GT prototype race car to incorporate ground-effect tunnels for downforce. The revolutionary aerodynamic design of the T600 was widely imitated throughout the 1980s by International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) and Group C prototype cars.

The T600 at the Lola factory. The T600 emerged from a meeting between legendary sports car racer Brian Redman and Ralph Cooke, Cooke was not a fan of driving the Porsche 935 with its turbocharged induced throttle lag and was prepared to finance a normally aspirated challenger to the German marque. 1981 saw IMSA introducing a new class GTP cars ...

Dec 6, 2022 · The first GTP car to win an IMSA race was a Lola T600 in the hands of driver Brian Redman at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in 1981. The T600’s first engine was a ground-pounding Chevy V-8...

Feb 1, 2004 · Chassis T600-HU3 was quite successful and earned Lola significant respect throughout the 1981 season. Being one of the first true Formula One-inspired “ground effects” sports prototypes, its success led to a full revolution in race car design. For that one shining summer, with chassis T600-HU3, Lola had it right.

In 1981, Lola Cars introduced the T600 as a customer chassis. It had an aerodynamic design that would be used by other manufacturers through the 1980s and Group C prototype and International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) cars.

Sep 30, 2011 · 1981 - 1983 Lola T600 Chevrolet: 66-shot gallery, full history and specifications

Seeking to regain the dominance it lost to Porsche and Ferrari during the early 1970s, Lola introduced the T600 in 1981. This car, Chassis T600-HU3, was the sole example of 12 built to be fitted with a Ford Cosworth V8 engine.

Sep 30, 2021 · Ascott Collection is offering this LOLA T600 for sale. Rare, powerful and historically important, this Lola marked a turning point in endurance car design and won two rounds of the World Endurance Championship in 1981.

Oct 19, 2020 · The Lola T600 was the first closed cockpit prototype to incorporate ground-effect tunnels, the aerodynamic configuration that became standard in Formula 1 in those years, and it was developed following the new IMSA GTP rules introduced in 1981, superseding production-based ‘silhouette’ cars like the Porsche 935.

1981 Lola T600 Porsche specs, lap times, performance data, engine specifications, pictures, updated July 2024.