The Buck Fulp Lola T-70 Mk1

Buck Fulp bought his first Lola T-70 in 1965.

SL 70 / 09 Competition History Buck Fulp 1966

Date

Event

Track

Driver(s)

Owner

Entrant

Engine

Aspiration

Car no

Grid

q-time

Laps

Time

Result

Comment

6-27-65

Sports Car Grand Prix
Watkins Glen GP Race Course

Fulp

Fulp

Raceway

Engineering

Traco Chev

364 cu.in. 4x DCOE 58
52
5
40
DNF

Transm. broke when in second.
7-18-65
 SCCA National
 West Palm Beach

Fulp

Fulp

Raceway Engineering

Chev

 "
26




DNS
9/5/65 Paul Whiteman Trophy race
Daytona

Fulp

Fulp

Raceway

Engineering

Chev
"
26
1

 

1st place

 Scca race
9-19-65 Bridgehampton Double 500
Bridgehampton Race Circuit		 Fulp
 Fulp
 Raceway
Engineering


 Chev
 "
26
 2
 01:41.6


DNF

 Broken steering put car in guard rail at the pits and out of the race.
10-9-65 Jalisco GP
Guadalajara Mexico		 Fulp Fulp Raceway Engineering
 Chev
"
26
1:20
 
1st
Place
12-3-65 Governors Trophy Nassau Fulp Fulp Raceway
Engineering 		Chev "
 26
 7
3
dnf 44th Rock pierced the radiator
12-5-65 Nassau Trophy
Nassau		 Charlie Kolb
 Baker Racing Team
 Baker Racing Team
 Chev "
 25

8 
53 Fuel line problems, lap 4
12-3-66 Nassau Trophy Nassau Carlie Kolb Baker Racing Team Baker Racing Team Chev 364 4x DCOE 58 25





8-28-66 SL 70 / 09 was in the pits at Mid-Ohio USRRC, did not race  #1 painted Red, with Schroeder Racing Team, Miami Fl

SL 70 / 09 Competition History Baker Racing/Kolb 1966-1967

Date
 Event
 Track
 Driver
 Owner
 Entrant
 Engine
 Aspiration
 Car No
 Grid
 Q-Time
 Laps
 Time
 Result
 Comment
2-13-67
 SCCA Regional
W Palm Beach
 Charlie Kolb
 Baker Racing
 Baker Racing
 364 Chev
 4x DCOE 58
 125

15
 1:28.4
 1st
 class CM
2-12-67
 SCCA National
 W Palm Beach
 "
 "
 "
 "
 "
 125



1st
 CM
4-23-67 Las Vegas GP USRRC Las Vegas "
 "
 "
 "
 "
 12



DNS
 Practice only,-engine
4-30-67
 Riverside USRRC
 Riverside
 "
 "
 "
 "
 "
 12
 12
 127.7
 45
 1:27.7
 DNF
 transmission
5-7-67
 Laguna Seca USRRC
 Laguna Seca
 "
 "
 "
 "
 "
 21
1:09
 23
DNF
 Oil Cooler
5-4-67
 SCCA National
Cumberland
Cumberland VA
 "
 "
 "
 "
 "





May have been T70 Mk3, CSR
6-27-67
 Confederate GP
 Courtland AL
AFB
 "
 "
 "
 "
 "
 21





5-21-67





























info I recieved from an internet forum.

"Fulp drove the car in both the Governor's Trophy race and the Nassau Trophy race in 1965. He did not finish in either race, going out on lap 3 in the Governor's Trophy and on lap 8 in the Nassau Trophy. Further information can be obtained in the forthcoming Bahamas Speed Weeks book [out in the Spring of 2006] written by Terry O'Neil and published by Veloce Publishing."

From Vince Howlett:

More on the Fulp Lola in the '65 Nassau Trophy race from "Wheelspin"..."At the end of the first lap, McLaren led, followed by Bob Bondurant in the Lola T-70 followed by John Fulp's Lola T-70, then Sharp in the older Chaparral. Charlie Hayes in a McLaren Chev was in 5th spot...Jim Hall in 6th....The first four laps had hardly gone by when the parade down pit alley started: John Fulp encountered fuel line problems..."

Fulp purchased his second Lola SL/70/18 December 19, 1965.

Here is a photo of SL70/09 (A Mk1) in the background, his Mk 2 SL71/18 in the foreground.

This photo is puzzling because the Mk2 was first purchased by Bob Bondurant 12/19/65 according to Lola Historian John Starkey, he says Bondurant drove it at Nassau 12/3/65, THEN sold it to Fulp? Either way, Fulp raced it in 1966.

I believe Fulp was the original owner of SL70/18, and Pacesetters did not run this MK2 at Nassau, I think it was their Mk1 that ran Nassau with Bondurant driving.

fulps 2 cars

Watkins Glen June 27 1965
Fulp's first race with his new Lola T70. Car number is 52, double his usual number of 26. Probably someone entering earlier got his preferred number.
race program cover
watkins glen program

Original 1965 participant dash plaque, thanks, Ebay!

wat plaque

52 at watkins glen

Bridgehampton Double 500 race, 9/19/65

PROGRAM COVER
bridge prog

This is a 1966 photo of the start finish flag stand

flag stand

Bridgehampton 65 Photo copyright Pete Lyons http://www.petelyons.com/index.html


fulp lola Bridge

Pre-Race photos

Pace lap 1

Photo credits to Ron Roullier who took the Bridgehampton photos below. His son Stephen Roullier was 10 years old in 1965 at this race, - many thanks for permission to use them.

bridgeh start

Pace Lap 2 taking the start

Near car is Walt Hansgen driving for John Mecom - Mecom Racing team Walt took an early lead

Red car unknown

Second blue car is Buck Fulp number 26 I believe he ran as high as second

White car behind is Hap Sharp who won the race

pace lap

Fulp loses steering and hits guard rail at pit entrance. He is walking right to left behind the car near the Orange pylon


fulp guardrail


Nassau Speed Week 1965


Patchbahamas 65 program


Sitting in the car is Raceway Engineering crew member Harvey Corley AKA "Pinhead" his daughter Brenda told me he built a complete car for Buck, likely the "Scorpion", a front engined car much like the Chaparral 1.
fulp lola Corley

Nassau - in the race

nassau gov trophy

scgfulp

 

8-28-1966
 Mid-Ohio USRRC
Photo shows Buck Fulps Mk1 SL70/09 painted Schroeder Racing red and wearing number 1. SL 70/09 did not race that weekend, appears to be a spare car. From photos, Fulp drove the Mk1 in practice.
The second photo shows the Dino Ferrari that Kolb drove in the race. Behind the Ferrari is Buck Fulp's Lola Mk2 SL 71/18 which Mr Fulp raced.

This photo was a surprise. Fulp must have sold his Lola Mk1 to Schroeder, but they never raced the car as far as I can tell. The next race was at Road America, a 500 miler. The Mk1 did not race.

schroder kolb t70

"Schroder team" Kolb Ferrari Dino with Buck Fulp Lola T70 SL71/18
ferrari dino kolb

Sometime after Mid-Ohio SL70/09 was sold to Baker Racing Team, Fred Baker

Dec 1966: Driven at Nassau Speed Weeks

Driver Charlie Kolb


nassau patch

Top of rear fender reads "Baker Racing Team" Car is blue with two white stripes, wider than Fulp used. "Baker Racing Team is on top of the fender, where in other photos, it's more on the side.

Fred Baker usually ran his Porsche 906 number 24 as seen in this photo, the Lola is metallic blue matching the Porsche.


baker racing lola w 906


Nassau 1966 Kolb drove for Baker Racing Note the damage on the fuel tank just below the "Charlie Kolb". My car has damage there.

The car should be blue here, note Baker Racing Team on top of rear fender.

kolb lola nassau 66


 

1967

The Lola was raced again by the Baker Racing team, driver was Charlie Kolb. Painted Quaker State green. SL 70/09 ran some  ran some races but Baker Racing also owned Buck Fulp's T-70 Mk2 and Kolb ran it at times in 67.

At Road America Fred Baker ran SL70/09 in a practice session while his Porsche was being worked on, he reports at high speeds the nose lifted so much he could not see where he was going!

Below: USRRC Stardust LasVegas 1967 car is Green and White Quaker State Livery. You can see the front lifting at high speed.


Kolb lola stardust


USRRC Bridgehampton 67. Baker Racing had both Lolas there, 09 and 18. The lola below is SL71/18.

bridge baker Qstate lola

Bridgehampton: SL71/18 in front, behind you can see the tail of SL70/09

#18 was raced, #09 was probably a backup/spare parts car. Since both Kolb and Baker raced, it may have been backup for both of them.

Baker team at Bridgehampton

USRRC Laguna Seca 1967


Laguna Seca 67 prog cover


kolb lola laguna66

Confederate GP Courtland Al  7-4-67
Baker Racing Charlie Kolb, driver
Note small scoops on doors.
Kolb Lola Confederate GP Courtland Al



5-14-67 SCCA National Cumberland Va
Last race on record for SL 70/09
Car sold to Brian O'Neil Miami Fl
Car was painted red before the next owner bought it so it may have raced somewhere else.

1971 Bill Krueger Purchased from Brian O'Neil

Riverside SCCA driver's school

kruger riverside

He dropped a wheel off the track and the left rear tore off!

crash

1974 Purchased by David Pozzi from Bill Krueger an Autoweek sales ad.

The car was red with the number "0" on the side when I recieved it.

Note the left rear suspension was torn off the car. It didn't roll very well with rusty rotors.

fulp lola at home

If you have any added info or photos, please contact me, my Email address is:please remove the text in CAPS to make a via email address. REMOVETHISdavidpozziracer@netscape.net

2013 Repainted in Original Buck Fulp livery, raced at Laguna Seca Monterey Motorsports Reunion.

fulp t70 RMMR