What happened to the Mulholland "King of the Hill" RSR?

[lfot]

Love it

[TooTall]

From the LA Times archive.

Carl’s Curve on Mulholland Drive - Framework - Photos and Video - Visual Storytelling from the Los Angeles Times

Kurt O.

[Banning]

Originally Posted by TooTall

From the LA Times archive.

Carl’s Curve on Mulholland Drive - Framework - Photos and Video - Visual Storytelling from the Los Angeles Times

Kurt O.

Thanks for posting Kurt. Cool Photo in Carls. They must have gotten the idea from the cover to The Mulholland Experience. lol

Just joking. This was the photo from the L.A. Times article "Night Racers" that was the inspiration for the cover of The Mulholland Experience book.
The major difference is that Carls Jr was used for the cover of the Mul. Exp. book (with a similar backdrop, setup, and time of day).

[Banning]

Six Lola F5000 Tubs discovered in Michigan, incredible.
talk about a barn find...

It’s not everyday that one comes across a vintage race car in the back of a garage or shop, but veteran F5000 driver Eric Haga has managed just that by finding and procuring six vintage Lola F5000 tubs, as well as several other key parts to go along with the monocoques.

Eric is no stranger to Formula 5000, as he competed in the original series in 1970 and 1971, and today he continues to compete in the North American F5000 Revival Series in the same Lola T190 that he waged war with back in 1970. That car, chassis number 190/F1/8, was reunited with Eric in 2008 after a restoration by Chip Boatright. From 2008 to the present, Haga has been racing the car actively across North America with the F5000 Revival Series.

When Eric’s not out on the track, he’s scouring the globe for as many parts as he can find. Recently Eric got wind that there was a gold mine of parts for Lola T190s and T192s located in Wixom, Michigan, USA. The Seattle native jumped in his truck and drove east to RM Motorsports where what he would find was astonishing indeed.

Upon arriving at RM Motorsports, Eric met with Bud Bennett. Bud had told Eric that he had six Lola F5000 tubs, four T190 models and two T192s. Bud also showed Eric the large selection of spares that he had to offer with the tubs, including some of the body molds for T190 and T192 cars that were made by Bennett himself. Eric didn’t have to give the deal much thought after seeing the complete package up close. He simply completed the transaction and headed back to Seattle.




Lola T190s and T192s enjoyed a prolific life in the Continental F5000 Series in North America, the Guards European Formula 5000 Championship in Europe, and the Tasman Series in Australia and New Zealand. Some of the most incredible drivers of the era piloted Lola T190s and T192s in the early 1970s. Mike Hailwood finished 4th in the Guards European Series in 1970 having piloted both variants during that season; and more notably Frank Gardner, who finished the 1970 Guards Series in 3rd place behind the wheel of his T190. Frank would return to the Guards Series in Europe in a Lola T190 for 1971, before moving to a T300 later in the season and capturing the championship. Meanwhile, in North America, Jerry Hansen used a Lola T192 to capture his first SCCA Formula A title in 1971. Jerry would continue to drive other models from Huntingdon and win the Formula A title each year through to 1976. While the find was immediately deemed to be significant due to so few Lola T190 and T192 models in existence today; Eric knew little of each tubs individual history, only receiving a stack of documentation to later be gone through once back in Seattle.

With Eric having made it home with his treasure, he began to rummage through the paperwork that accompanied the massive find. “So far I have identified two of the tubs from the accompanying paperwork”, Eric states. “They are T190/F1/12, the car that was raced by Mike Goth, Crockey Peterson and Gus Hutchison in the Continental Series in 1970; and T192 chassis number HU23, the car that Lou Sell had at the Questor.”

Jerry Hansen has also been contacted and has confirmed that chassis number HU23 is the tub he won his first of six SCCA Formula A titles in 40 years ago, making it a very historic car for open wheel road racing collectors. Eric plans to continue researching the chassis numbers to obtain more about the history of each tub.




The Lola T190 is very significant in that it represented a major step forward in the company’s F5000 design, as it moved from the space frame T142 of 1969 to a full monocoque layout of the T190. Frank Gardner was responsible for doing the brunt of the development work on the T190 in order to make it more competitive with its contemporary rivals from McLaren, Leda, and Surtees. Many of the improvements were carried over to the T192, which continued with the monocoque layout the T190 pioneered for Broadley’s race car company a year earlier by Bob Marston, the T190’s Chief Engineer.

Eric would like to get these tubs out to racers that are going to properly restore and race them, “My hope is to either get these tubs into the hands of people who will restore them and get them on track, or to do them (one at a time) myself and get them to customers who will put them on the grid. After all, this isn’t a museum that I have here. They had been stored in the rafters and on shelves for years where I found them and I couldn’t pass them up. We need more cars on the grid.”

For more information on how to procure one of these incredibly rare F5000 tubs and all the right bits to build up a car, contact Eric Haga at erikha@msn.com. Further information on the current location of two of the three known Lola T190 cars that are currently racing can be accessed at www.f5000registry.com/lola. As far as Lola T192 variants in service, there are three known to be in the USA and one in Australia. It is without doubt that Eric will insure that the six tubs he has come across will find proper homes and be racing once again in the very near future.
Info from sports car digest.

[Schumi]

Took a good run today of the Malibu hills. I have a new benchmarking loop.

Derek: the rules have been posted on my facebook page. You're on.

[Banning]

Last week while coming home thru the Racecourse I saw a For Sale sign right in the middle of the course just east of Mid-pits.



As I came around Mid-pits, there was another For Sale sign just before Carls. "Holy Mother of God, what is happening to our world?"
Are they really going to put houses in the middle of the Racecourse? Is nothing sacred?



Looking back just to make sure that I wasn't having a nightmare, the sign still there...time for a stiff cocktail, which is what happened.
I guess property finally got so valuable on Mul that they are willing to build cliff-dwellings in No-Mans land.

If you want to experience the Racecourse before it gets impossible, you had better get out there and "drive it like you stole it", soon.
I just did and it's probably one of the last times, too dangerous now for even the best drivers... sorry to say...those days are sadly over.

[lfot]

Boooooo!!!!!

[slodave]

You sure those signs are not for the house on the above lot?

[Banning]

Originally Posted by slodave

You sure those signs are not for the house on the above lot?

I looked at the signs Dave. It appears that the property for sale is between the upper houses and the roadway of Mulholland Drive.

[rcm]

This is such a great thread. I am making a trip to LA for a week or so. I am going to drive up Mulholland and feel some of what you guys have been talking about. I have arranged to have a new Turbo for the drive. I will be able to say I did it.

[nameisbauer]

Its a perfect opportunity! Buy them up, so no one else can. Then you have a say on what happens on the road. Build a small shed to hold some Pothole fixing supplies, Extra Tires and High Octane fuel. Do I have to think of everything?

[Banning]

Originally Posted by nameisbauer

Its a perfect opportunity! Buy them up, so no one else can. Then you have a say on what happens on the road. Build a small shed to hold some Pothole fixing supplies, Extra Tires and High Octane fuel. Do I have to think of everything?

How about a Bat Cave dug into the cliff to disappear into. We could have monthly meetings and invite all the old members of the MRA, CRE, TVL, ACR, SCCRA, MIRRC, and all other interested parties. Show old movies and have grudge races. Put another shrimp on the Barbi, lol.
Drinks are on me.

[Banning]

I think I see Dave B, and John N. working on the car. They are on the floor behind it.

Jay W. is over to the left working on the computer. Mark M. is helping Craig C. in the back. Tony C. is getting fuel ready with Kurt O.

John H. and Bart R. are testing out the track conditions. Victor VT and Jeff H. are getting pizza to bring back.

Jeff D. and Doug H. are checking the police scanners. I hear Derek, Radu, Dave, and a few others knocking on the hidden door.

[lfot]

Originally Posted by rcm

This is such a great thread. I am making a trip to LA for a week or so. I am going to drive up Mulholland and feel some of what you guys have been talking about. I have arranged to have a new Turbo for the drive. I will be able to say I did it.

Just a heads-up... All the rain we've been having out here the past few months combined with the city of Los Angeles being completely broke has left sections of Mul in rather sad states of disrepair.

Keep your eyes open for potholes and such.

[tevake]

Hey Banning, I haven't been reading all of this thread, but did just flip back thru the last few pages. And want to thank you for sharing the Lola posting. Really fantastic machines, Both in looks and racing records. They were the stand outs at last years Le man Classic for me!!
Also great write up on your special day with Mr Janes. He sounded a little understated' which is often the way with those that have the most to share.

Thanks again
Richard

[Banning]

Originally Posted by tevake

Hey Banning, I haven't been reading all of this thread, but did just flip back thru the last few pages. And want to thank you for sharing the Lola posting. Really fantastic machines, Both in looks and racing records. They were the stand outs at last years Le man Classic for me!!
Also great write up on your special day with Mr Janes. He sounded a little understated' which is often the way with those that have the most to share.

Thanks again
Richard

Everyone who has contributed to this thread, including the old Racers and the new appreciate the interest and thanks from guys like yourself when it comes to Mulholland and Mulholland Racing. The "Thanks" are from us Richard. Best wishes.

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by lfot

Keep your eyes open for potholes and such.

You mean like the big one right in the middle of the Sweeper going Eastbound?

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by nameisbauer

Do I have to think of everything?

Uh, what about the little sticking point of who's got the money?

[Banning]

Originally Posted by Noah930

You mean like the big one right in the middle of the Sweeper going Eastbound?

And a wicked one going up Coldwater from Ventura, Yeoww!

Aside from the potholes it looks like only one rain induced failure just west of the Beverly Park Entrance.



Street Services were there for a day putting up the danger barracades. It took 6 men (three crews).



Fire Hydrant water line now exposed. Danger.



Heavy runoff caused this small gulley leading downhill into the Valley. This happens at different locations on Mul every couple of years.
Note: Not a good place to lose it and go over the hill here.

[Banning]

Yesterday while passing the famous Barris Kustom Automotive, I saw police cars and an unusual race car in front.
This is on Riverside Drive and Lankershim Blvd. in Studio City.



This really caught my attention.



Had to turn around to get another shot. Might be a world land speed record car or similar.



Looks like I just missed a party.
See the Chef with apron talking to Officers.
On the window front is the image of the famous Batmobile which Barris designed and built in the '60s.
Barris also designed other famous cars for Hollywood. Can you name a few?