T624E HU45 is currently owned by Anthony Mann in Melbourne, Australia. It was the works FFord 1600 car in 1983 when it was driven by John Pratt and prepared by the David Morgan team.
Pratt had a successful year with HU45 finishing third in the Townsend Thoresen Championship and fifth in the RAC where he took a couple of wins, these were the two most prestigious championships in the UK at the time. Other highlights included a new lap record at Brands Hatch in the end of year FFord Festival.
In November of 1983 the chassis was sold on by the Lola factory to a new owner in the UK listed in the Chassis Log as "Cochrane"
Research by Martin Hadwen of the National Motor Racing Archive has traced the history of HU45 in its later years:
After this it had a succession of owners including:
Robert Goodwin ran it in the Monoposto series and won the championship.
It was then owned by Nick Spence.
Next it went to Peter van Smirren.
Then to Mike Fyles.
Then owned by Lee Bennett and the car won 4 Monoposto races at Mallory Park in 1998, Brands Hatch in 1999, Snetterton and Brands Hatch in 2001.
The car was the Mono 1600 Championship runner-up in 1999 and 2001 and was third in the championship in 1998.
Next was by Nick Atkins.
Then Pip Allen.
Followed by Andrew McInnes.
Then Steve Lunn and now to Anthony.
