Team Lark McLaren

[Angelis]

Anyone know anything about "Team Lark McLaren"

Are they still in existence?

Can't seem to find any information about them.

[rubystone]

Angelis said:

Anyone know anything about "Team Lark McLaren"

Are they still in existence?

Can't seem to find any information about them.

A Lark sponsored car ran at Le Mans in'95, I can dig out my programme to see what team ran the car, but I don't recall it being run as a 'Team Lark' car...

[Angelis]

I think it's the same Team.

It has the red/black livery.

[chevronb37]

Andy Bruce's ex-Japanese GT car is in the UK. I'm sure if I really stretched my old memory I might be able to recall the chassis number.

Here at 2012 Goodwood FoS:



And here at 2011 Supercar Sunday Goodwood Breakfast Club:

[Angelis]

Thanks Guys.

What I'm really trying to find out is the contact details of the Lark team as I'd like to get in touch with them.

Sorry, should have stuck that in my original post.

[chevronb37]

The only reference I can find to a Lark sponsored car in Europe is the long-tailed #24R competing at Le Mans and the Le Mans pre-qualifying in 1997. This same car competed subsequently in FIA GT and British GT - run by Parabolica.

The short-tailed cars (I think there were two) competed in Japanese GT - I presume run by a domestic race team over there.

Hope that helps.

[belleair302]

Lark is (was) a Japanese tobacco brand part of Altria (Philip Morris), thus juts a sponsor. Team Goh International were the guys who ran the cars and have been at Le Mans on a regular basis with a variety of cars including the Porsche Spyder.

[Angelis]

Thanks for that.

Didn't realise they were a tobacco company.

No need to contact them now.

[Kiltie]

Just came across this vid (at 1:21).

Cheers,

Eric

[hurstg01]

The LARK livery was seen in a few Mclaren GTRs

1. 04R
2. 13R
3. 14R
4. 19R
5. 27R

HTH

[chevronb37]

hurstg01 said:

The LARK livery was seen in a few Mclaren GTRs

1. 04R
2. 13R
3. 14R
4. 19R
5. 27R

HTH

Which chassis is the one which competed at Le Mans in 1997? Is my information incorrect that it was #24R?

[GreigR]

chevronb37 said:

Andy Bruce's ex-Japanese GT car is in the UK. I'm sure if I really stretched my old memory I might be able to recall the chassis number.

Here at 2012 Goodwood FoS:



And here at 2011 Supercar Sunday Goodwood Breakfast Club:

And owned by a PH'er

[hurstg01]

chevronb37 said:

hurstg01 said:

The LARK livery was seen in a few Mclaren GTRs

1. 04R
2. 13R
3. 14R
4. 19R
5. 27R

HTH

Which chassis is the one which competed at Le Mans in 1997? Is my information incorrect that it was #24R?

There was #24R at Le Mans in 1997, but not in LARK livery, as well as #20R, #25R, #26R and #27R off the top of my head

[chevronb37]

hurstg01 said:

There was #24R at Le Mans in 1997, but not in LARK livery, as well as #20R, #25R, #26R and #27R off the top of my head

Sorry - transposed incorrectly. #27R was the car I was thinking of. I think I must've seen the majority of the GTRs at some point but keeping track of which was which has proven beyond me...

[hurstg01]

GreigR said:

chevronb37 said:

Andy Bruce's ex-Japanese GT car is in the UK. I'm sure if I really stretched my old memory I might be able to recall the chassis number.

Here at 2012 Goodwood FoS:



And here at 2011 Supercar Sunday Goodwood Breakfast Club:

And owned by a PH'er

It's #13R, and as chevronb37 alludes to its owned by Andy Bruce [aka Andy74b]

chevronb37 said:

hurstg01 said:

There was #24R at Le Mans in 1997, but not in LARK livery, as well as #20R, #25R, #26R and #27R off the top of my head

Sorry - transposed incorrectly. #27R was the car I was thinking of. I think I must've seen the majority of the GTRs at some point but keeping track of which was which has proven beyond me...

It does get confusing, especially as chassis numbers carried different livery's that others carried [bar small variations] and some even used same race numbers.

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