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1971 LOLA T212 HU29

All pictures courtesy of Jeffrey Anderson.

Lola T212 HU29 left the Lola factory on April 29, 1971; the 13th car of 21 Lola T212's manufactured in 1971. The car was sold or transferred to Jo Bonnier, a purchasing agent for Lola, and campaign with SCUDERIA FILIPINETTI, but very little can be confirmed about the cars early racing history with Bonnier l s team. There is some unconfirmed information that the car raced at Nürburgring and Watkins Glen while with SCUDERIA FILIPINEITI in the latter part of 1971, and still another unconfirmed report that it was raced one time by Graham Hill. Unfortunately, most racing event records did not always identify the specific race car by its serial number.

In 1972, Lola T212 HU29 was sold by Jo Bonnier to Theo Van Kindbergen in the Netherlands, who raced the car in Europe for two years before selling it in 1975 to an English man, Stephen Pontinwaltier. Mr. Pontinwaltier raced the car in European Supersports for a short time before retiring the car into storage.

Because of some tax problems Mr. Pontinwaltier sold the car in 1985 to Philip Van Der Pal in Holland. Mr. Van Der Pal restored the car and attempted to enter it in several "historic" events, but was unsuccessful. He was told that even though the car was over 15 years old at that time, it "looked to modern" to compete in historical race events. David Lucy bought the car from Mr. Van Der Pal in 1987, and brought the car to Denver, Colorado. Mr. Lucy raced the car in vintage races in Colorado and elsewhere, until the car was shunted and substantially damaged in 1989 in a vintage race at Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The car was stored, and not rebuilt for several years.

On or around 1996, David Lucy sold the unrepaired/unrestored car to Tom Atlas in Houston, Texas. Mr. Atlas restored the car and raced it in many vintage races, at many race tracks, including Texas World Speedway, Hallett Raceway, and Road America.

In late 2003, Tom Atlas sold a car to Scott Monroe in Houston, Texas. Mr. Monroe also raced the car in many vintage races, promoted by the Corinthian Vintage Auto Racing Club, primarily in Texas. In September 2005, the car was purchased from Scott Monroe, and has been raced it in many vintage races over the last 15 years. The car has raced three times at the Rolex Monterey Historics at Laguna Seca, California, and six times at the U.S. Vintage National championships at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. The car has had many podium finishes including the first Legends of Motorsports Race Series at Barber Raceway in Birmingham, Alabama, in 2010. The car has won 11 A Class Sports Racer Championships with the Corinthian Vintage Auto Racing Club, most recently in November of 2016. in the 2018 U.S. Vintage Nationals at Circuit of the Americas the Lola finished third in its class. On September 30, 2009, Lola T212HU29 was awarded its FIA Historic Technical Passport.

In 2024 HU29 was purchased by Angelo De Angelis and it now resides in Italy.