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For Sale: Rotary-Powered 1984 Lola That Won Its Class at Le Mans on Street Tires
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HU-2 will be among the featured lots at Mecum’s 2026 Monterey Car Week auction, alongside its sibling car, chassis HU-3.
Mecum Auctions Mecum Auctions Mecum Auctions Mecum Auctions“The problem was, nobody really cared about any RX-7 doing well,” Chuck Patrick, then a BFG tire engineer, said in a 2005 Vintage Motorsport article on the project.
And while the all-important street tires retained the same overall design as the retail versions, they had to be reshaped for the 13×11-inch front and 13×14-inch rear wheels demanded by the regulations.
Mecum Auctions Mecum Auctions Mecum Auctions Mecum AuctionAccording to drivers quoted in that Vintage Motorsport article, the tires were less of a factor than the engine, which was both less powerful and less fuel-efficient than most of the competition (with the exception of the factory Mazda 727Cs also running that year).
Team BFG’s class win was also the second in a row for a Mazda rotary-powered car, helping to build momentum for the Japanese manufacturer’s overall Le Mans win with the 787B in 1991.