T290 HU2 has passed through a number of hands before ending up with its present owner, Mark Richardson.
Jo Bonnier bought the car from the Lola factory in 1972 and he raced the car at Paul Ricard, Vallelunga, Salzburgring, Dijon, Nürburgring 1000 km for Ecurie Filipinetti. Following Bonnier's tragic death at the 1972 Le Mans 24 Hours Vic Elford took over car, Elford had some success with a best finish of second place Enna.
Either at the end of 1973 or at the beginning of 1974 HU2 was sold by Heine Mader to Herbert and Fritz Jerich who updated the car with T292 bodywork and raced it for the next couple of years.
HU2 had several owners over the next few years, a Mr Riss bought the car in 1976 and after a short time sold it on to a Mr Wittwer who, in turn, sold it to a Mr Anspann. The car was now fitted with T296 bodywork and raced in the Interserie championship. In 1984 the car moved to AMCO and then to a Mr Stepleton who sold it in 1993 to a Mr Knutson who lives in Sweden.
Next, in 1994, Wolfgang Mathai bought the car from Sweden and for the next four years HU2 was raced in the SuperSports Cup prepared by Vin Malkie's Chevron Racing. In recent years HU2 has appeared at a number of historic events including races in the Classic Endurance Racing series and the Le Mans Classic.
In 2009 Wolfgang Mathai sold HU2 to new owner Isla Racing and in April 2014 it passed into the hands of Mark Richardson.
At one stage HU2 went through a period of schizophrenia when it carried a chassis plate "Lola HRW 010/179" and was granted an FIA Historic Vehicle Identity Form (see photographs below). One possible explanation is the existence of the other HU2 (SEE HERE), which would also have had valid FIA papers and thus, was a potential cause of confusion further down the line. As can be seen from the Vin Malkie Circuit Check Sheet, by 1996 it had reverted to HU2.
