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Donohue-Penske Sunoco AMC Lola Latest to Enter L&M
The most talked about team entry in this year’s L&M Championship
(1973) is finally a reality.
The Mark Donohue/Roger Penske/American Motors
/Sears/Sunoco/Goodyear et al combine began competition at Mid-Ohio
two weeks ago with a new Lola which replaced the one burned earlier in
the year in a garage fire at Riverside, Calif.
The Sunoco AMC Lola, although relatively unsorted at Mid-Ohio, and
having only a few qualifying laps to shake down, was driven to a solid
third place in the feature by Donohue. To put a car that high the first
time out in a virtually untested state is some kind of an accomplishment.
And you know that here two weeks later, the car will have all the bugs
ironed out and will be ultra-competitive.
The return to the L&M series by the team is a sterling statement about
the quality of not only the series itself, but also the competition. For it is
no secret that the Penske team does not enter races on a whim. A great
deal of time and preparation have gone into the Sunoco AMC Lola this
weekend(Watkins Glen) and that preparation will undoubtedly be
rewarded by Donohue.
The most talked about team entry in this year’s L&M Championship
(1973) is finally a reality.
The Mark Donohue/Roger Penske/American Motors
/Sears/Sunoco/Goodyear et al combine began competition at Mid-Ohio
two weeks ago with a new Lola which replaced the one burned earlier in
the year in a garage fire at Riverside, Calif.
The Sunoco AMC Lola, although relatively unsorted at Mid-Ohio, and
having only a few qualifying laps to shake down, was driven to a solid
third place in the feature by Donohue. To put a car that high the first
time out in a virtually untested state is some kind of an accomplishment.
And you know that here two weeks later, the car will have all the bugs
ironed out and will be ultra-competitive.
The return to the L&M series by the team is a sterling statement about
the quality of not only the series itself, but also the competition. For it is
no secret that the Penske team does not enter races on a whim. A great
deal of time and preparation have gone into the Sunoco AMC Lola this
weekend(Watkins Glen) and that preparation will undoubtedly be
rewarded by Donohue.
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