Category: | USAC IndyCar |
Constructor: | Lola |
Predecessor: | Lola T150 |
Successor: | Lola T500 |
Chassis: | Steel subframe with fully-stressed engine |
Track: | (front) (rear) |
Front Suspension: | Lower wishbones, top rockers actuating in-board coil springs over dampers, anti-roll bar |
Rear Suspension: | Twin lower links, single top links, twin trailing arms, coil springs over dampers, anti-roll bar |
Engine Name: | Ford/Foyt/Offenhauser |
Configuration: | V8 80°/I4 |
Engine Position: | Mid-engined, longitudinally mounted |
Gearbox Name: | Hewland L.G.600 4-speed |
Type: | manual |
Fuel: | Methanol, supplied by Mobil |
Tyres: | Goodyear Eagle Speedway Specials - Rear 27.0x14.0-15 - Front 25.5x10.0-15 |
The Lola T270 is an open-wheel racing car chassis, designed, developed and built by Lola Cars, that competed in the CART open-wheel racing series, for competition in the 1972 and 1973 USAC Championship Car seasons. It didn't win any races, with its best race result being a 2nd-place finish; being driven by Wally Dallenbach at Michigan in 1972. Its best Indianapolis 500 result was a 4th-place finish; being driven by Sam Sessions, in the 1972 race.[1] It was powered by three different engines; including Ford and Foyt-badged Ford V8 turbo engines, or an Offenhauser four-cylinder turbo engine.[2] [3]