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THE LOLA T326

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The T326 HU75 of Rüdiger Mager at the 2016 Super VW Festival at Le Mans. (Picture courtesy of Rüdiger Mager)

The T326 was the follow-up to the Championship winning T324 and it was a further development of the successful T320 series. Once again it proved to be a success winning two UK championships and, more importantly, taking three wins for Axel Plankenhorn in a T326 updated to T328 spec (see below) and two for Manfred Trint in the 1977 VW-Castrol European Super Vee Championship. As in the previous year several teams opted for the ATS-style bodywork though the original Lola bodywork was favoured in the US.

The Axel Plankenhorn car is a bit of an oddity, it is listed in the Lola Chassis log as HU 326/328-83. One possibility is that it was built as a T326 but unsold so the Lola factory converted it to T328 spec and then sold it to Plankenhorn. To (hopefully) avoid confusion the results for this car are listed both here and on the T328 entry.

Full details of the T326 specifications can be found in the graphic at the bottom of the page.

Year(s) of Construction: 1976

Total Built: 12



(Picture courtesy of Rüdiger Mager)

T326 CHAMPIONSHIP WINS

YEAR	CHAMPIONSHIP	WINNER(S)	NOTES
1976	Volkswagen (GB) British Super Vee Championship	John Morrison	Lola T326-VW
1978	VW (GB) Silver Cup Super Vee Championship	Bruce Venn	Lola T326-VW

(Picture courtesy of Rüdiger Mager)

T326 SIGNIFICANT RACE WINS

1976

DATE	VENUE/MEETING	DRIVER	NOTES
28th March	Silverstone - BARC HQ	John Morrison	Formula Super Vee Championship and Formula 4 - First Overall and Winner Super Vee
11th April	Cadwell Park	John Morrison	Volkswagen Silver Cup Formula Super Vee Championship round
2nd May	Brands Hatch - BRSCC	John Morrison	Volkswagen Silver Cup Formula Super Vee Championship round
23rd May	Cadwell Park - Lincoln MC & LCC	Jon Morrison	Greens of Faldingworth Volkswagen (GB) Limited Silver Cup Formula Super Vee Championship round
31st May	Silverstone - BRDC	Jon Morrison	Volkswagen Silver Cup Formula Super Vee Championship round and Formula 3 - Winner Super Vee
26th June	Brands Hatch - Sevenoaks DMC	John Morrison	Volkswagen Silver Cup Formula Super Vee Championship round
25th July	Mallory Park - BRSCC Midland Centre	John Morrison	Volkswagen Silver Cup Formula Super Vee Championship round
15th August	Snetterton - TEAC	John Morrison	Volkswagen Silver Cup Formula Super Vee Championship round
29th August	Thruxton - BARC	John Morrison	Volkswagen Silver Cup Formula Super Vee Championship round plus National Formula 4 Championship - First Overall and Winner Super Vee

The T326 on track. (Motor Sport magazine)

1977

DATE	VENUE/MEETING	DRIVER	NOTES
27th March	Zolder - Coupe Benelux	Axel Plankenhorn	Non-Championship Formula Super Vee - Driving a T326 updated to T328 spec (see text above)
26th April	Sylt - International ADAC Rennen	Axel Plankenhorn	European Super Vee Championship - Round 2 - Driving a T326 updated to T328 spec (see text above)
15th May	Hockenheim - 100 Meilen	Axel Plankenhorn	Non-Championship Formula Super Vee - Driving a T326 updated to T328 spec (see text above)
22nd May	Mainz-Finthen - International AvD/HMSC Flugplatzrennen	Manfred Trint	European Super Vee Championship - Round 4
22nd May	Mainz-Finthen - International AvD/HMSC Flugplatzrennen	Axel Plankenhorn	German Formula Super Vee Championship - Round 5 - Driving a T326 updated to T328 spec (see text above)
3rd July	Norisring - 300 Km Rennen	Manfred Trint	European Super Vee Championship - Round 6
24th July	Diepholz - International ADAC Flugplatzrennen	Axel Plankenhorn	European Super Vee Championship - Round 7 - Driving a T326 updated to T328 spec (see text above)
31st July	Hockenheimring - GP von Deutschland, Preis der Stadt Stuttgart	Axel Plankenhorn	European Super Vee Championship - Round 8 - Driving a T326 updated to T328 spec (see text above)
10th September	Aintree - Aintree Circuit Club	Bruce Venn	Formula Super Vee Championship Race

The neat lines of the T326. (Motor Sport magazine)

1978

DATE	VENUE/MEETING	DRIVER	NOTES
16th April	Brands Hatch - BARC	Bruce Venn	Volkswagen Silver Cup Super Vee Championship round
22nd April	Oulton Park - BARC North Western Centre	Bruce Venn (Driving a T326 updated to T328 spec)	Volkswagen Silver Cup Super Vee Championship and Varley Battery Monoposto rounds - First Overall and winner Super Vee
7th May	Donington Park - BRDC	Bruce Venn	National Formula Super Vee Championship round
28th May	Snetterton - BARC	Bruce Venn	National Formula Super Vee Championship round
18th June	Thruxton - BARC	Bruce Venn	National Formula Super Vee Championship round
9th July	Cadwell Park - Nottingham SCC	Bruce Venn	National Formula Super Vee Championship round
8th October	Snetterton - BARC	Bruce Venn	Volkswagen Silver Cup Super Vee Championship round
15th October	Cadwell Park - Lincoln MC and CC	Bruce Venn	The Wests of Lincoln Super Vee Championship round
15th October	Cadwell Park - Lincoln MC and CC	Bruce Venn	B.P. Formula Libre Championship round
N.B. Bruce Venn drove a T326 updated to T328 spec.

1979

DATE	VENUE/MEETING	DRIVER	NOTES
12th May	Brands Hatch - Manchester Liners, Demon Tweeks Race Day	Bruce Venn	AMHEC Formula 4 and VW VW Silver Cup Championship Race - First Overall and Winner Super Vee Class

The T326 sans bodywork. (Motor Sport magazine)



Specification sheet for the T326