Thread: Lola T280
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Old 26 May 2004, 21:59 (Ref:984472)   #231
Michael Oliver
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Join Date: Sep 2003
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Michael Oliver should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
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Originally posted by Jeremy Jackson
driftwood,

Skidmore & Bean's cars are 2 different devices.. Bert Skidmore was raceing his car last year before and after the Bean car's appearance(s?), and he's also entered in the LM Classic this year.

Not sure how long Bean has been using his, Skidmore's car appears to have had it's first post-restoration race at Thunderhill park in early July last year (quoted in VM as "fresh white paint", and it didn't have it's 1979 graphics on a that time). And Bean's car you saw at Elkhart lake - that was the Brian Redman event, also in July?
@Jeremy

Just searched results and Bean's T286 is down as having won a race at Elkhart Lake in July 2002 (Brian Redman Challenge), so yes, he was racing his car before Skidmore.

@Driftwood
So, just to clarify, are you saying that Bean has a second 3-litre Lola, a T280-DFV?
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