This racecar was made by Lola Racing which was one of world's largest and oldest racing carmakers and participated in numerous racing competitions. Lola Racing was established in 1958 by Eric Broadley (1928–2017) in England as a manufacturer of race cars and was a top supplier of chassis and built small front-engine sports cars. Two years later, Lola entered the competitive world of Formula Junior with the MK2 Model. The company then began diversifying into a wider range of sporting vehicles and offered a variety of engines, gearboxes, wheels, and tires allowing clients to fit the car into their set budgets. From 1958 to 2012, Lola’s engineers designed and produced nearly 5,000 race cars spanning 400 different model types, gaining unparalleled success in motorsport championships around the world including IndyCar, Le Mans, Formula 1, Formula 5000, Formula 3000, and A1 Grand Prix. 

The Lola racecar on display at the Museum is similar the Lola racecar used by Al Unser (1939–2021) during the 1978 racing season. During the season, Unser won the Triple Crown Special by winning the Indianapolis 500, Pocono 500, and California 500. Like the Lola used by Unser, this Lola-built Indianapolis styled race car has a V-8 fuel injected engine built by Cosworth, a British automotive engineering company. The racecar has an engine placed in the rear, uses a transaxle style transmission, and contains rear end assembly. The chassis was built using a series of aluminum and steel tubing welded together to support not only the chassis components but the body components as well. With the chassis and body components removed, the car’s frame resembles a bird cage in design. Lola Racing stopped producing cars in 2012 but has continued to be part of motorsport successes through the ongoing services of the Lola Technical Centre in London which provides wind tunnel testing and related services to a select group of racing teams and auto manufacturers.