This car (Lola chassis SL163/18), known as the Robbins-Jefferies Can Am Special, ran eight of the eleven Can Am races in 1969. Ronnie Bucknum debuted the car at Watkins Glen in low wing configuration. Future Can Am Champion Peter Revson then drove the car for the season’s final seven races in high (strut mounted) wing configuration. Despite running only a partial season, this car was the second highest finishing Lola in the 1969 Can Am Championship and earned Revson an eleventh place in the final points standings. Revson’s best finish was fourth at Elkhart Lake during a season in which every race was won by the McLaren M8B of either Bruce McLaren or Denny Hulme.
Race | Driver | Qualified | Finish |
Watkins Glen | Ronnie Bucknum | 14th | 22nd |
Mid Ohio | Peter Revson | 8th | 7th |
Elkhart Lake | Peter Revson | 4th | 4th |
Bridgehampton | Peter Revson | 5th | 17th |
Michigan | Peter Revson | 4th | 24th |
Laguna Seca | Peter Revson | 3rd | 22nd |
Riverside | Peter Revson | 7th | 5th |
Texas | Peter Revson | 5th | 13th |
Veteran road racer Dave Causey purchased the car at the end of 1969 from Robbins & Jefferies. Causey campaigned it in all ten of the 1970 Can Am Races. He consistent finishes, including second place at Road Atlanta and third at Elkhart Lake earned him fourth place overall in the final point standings. Causey nicknamed the car his “money maker” after earning $58,450 in prize money during the 1970 season.
Race | Driver | Qualified | Finish |
Mosport | Dave Causey | 14th | 7th |
St. Jovite | Dave Causey | 19th | 9th |
Watkins Glen | Dave Causey | 26th | 13th |
Edmonton | Dave Causey | 12th | 5th |
Mid Ohio | Dave Causey | 11th | 19th |
Elkhart Lake | Dave Causey | 16th | 3rd |
Road Atlanta | Dave Causey | 12th | 2nd |
Donnybrooke | Dave Causey | 13th | 8th |
Laguna Seca | Dave Causey | 20th | 9th |
Riverside | Dave Causey | 16th | 8th |
At the end of the 1970 Can Am, Causey traded the car to Carl Haas, the U.S. Lola Distributor, as partial payment for a new Lola T222. Can Am racer Bill Overhauser Jr. subsequently purchased the car from Carl Haas. Overhauser never raced the car, but did use some parts from it, including the center lock axles in his own Lola T160.
The car sat in Overhauser’s shop until California racers, Dick Raymond and Pat Semple, purchased it in late 1972. Tony Settember drove the car in the 1973 Laguna Seca Can Am. Raymond extensively raced the car for the 1973-75 seasons as follows:
Race | Date | Finish |
Laguna Seca-National | 23/06/73 | DNF |
Sears Point-Regional | 21/07/73 | DNF |
Sears Point-Regional | 19/08/73 | 1st |
Seas Point-National | 16/09/73 | 3rd |
Laguna Seca Can Am Driven by Tony Settember |
14/10/73 | 19th DNF |
Laguna Seca-Regional | 04/11/73 | 1st |
Sears Point-Regional | 07/04/74 | 1st |
Sears Point-National | 21/04/74 | DNF |
Laguna Seca-Regional | 02/06/74 | 4th |
Laguna Seca-National | 30/06/74 | 5th |
Sears Point-National | 08/9/74 | 2nd |
Phoenix-National | 22/09/74 | 1st |
Laguna-Regional | 29/09/74 | 1st |
Sears Point-Regional | 3/11/74 | 1st |
Sears Point-Regional | 16/03/75 | 2nd |
Sears Point-National | 06/04/75 | 2nd |
Sears Point-Regional | 27/04/75 | DNF |
Riverside-National | 04/05/75 | 4th |
Laguna Seca-Regional | 01/06/75 | 3rd |
Laguna Seca-National | 29/06/75 | 3rd |
Sears Point-Regional | 20/07/75 | 3rd |
Sears Point-National | 10/08/75 | 3rd |
Riverside-National | 24/08/75 | DNF |
Sears Point-Regional | 14/09/75 | 2nd |
Laguna Seca-Invitational | 12/10/75 | DNF |
Sears Point-Regional | 26/10/75 | 1st |
Raymond and Semple sold the car in late 1975 to Barry Goldstein of San Rafael, California. Goldstein converted the car for street use by adding a windshield from an E-Type Jaguar to the stock Lola T163 roadster bodywork. Ultimately, Goldstein added Lola coupe body work to the car. Eric Feldman then purchased the car with the coupe body work and also licensed it for street use in 1981. Feldman sold the car to Frank Cooke of Nevada who in turn sold it to Stanley Siegel of California. In early 1990 Siegel sold the car to Japan. In 1992 the car returned to the United States and was purchased by Rick McLean who in turn sold the car in 1993 to vintage racers, Bud Bennett and Joe Wally. Bennett then fully rebuilt and restored the car to its original 1969 Peter Revson high wing roadster configuration.