Lola T530

The Lola T530 is a purpose-built Can-Am sports prototype designed by the British manufacturer Lola Cars for the revived Can-Am series in 1980. It was very successful, winning 7 of the 9 races in its first season and giving Patrick Tambay the championship with the Carl A. Haas Racing Team, and Geoff Brabham won the championship in 1981 despite winning only two races. It was used in Can-Am racing until 1983 and later in the Interserie and British Thundersports series between 1984 and 1988. Between 1980 and 1988 it scored 32 race wins and 43 podium finishes. Like other full-size Can-Am cars of the time it used a mid-mounted 5-litre naturally aspirated Chevrolet V8 engine, and ten chassis were built.