Eric Broadley (pictured in 1980), a British racing entrepreneur and engineer whose Lola Cars company played a key role in the creation of the British motorsports industry as well as the modern paradigm of customer racecars, has died at the age of 88.Broadley founded Lola Cars Ltd in 1958 and...

After watching McLaren dominate the Can-Am series for four years, in 1971 Lola and its American team leader Carl Haas seemed to have it all: a World Champion driver in Jackie Stewart, huge sponsor dollars from L&M cigarettes and a brand-new machine, the T260. But the results were disappointing, and...