Lola B2K/40 (SR2)

History

Lola served the SR2 formula's customer market with the B2K/40 (2000): the junior-prototype staple — the SR2 class's grammar (the FIA-and-ACO junior sports-racer category: the cost-capped open-cockpit formula beneath the SR1 exotica), the production-based engine window (the Nissan V6-era fitments the customer builds favoured), and the Huntingdon production depth (the customer-constructor's small-prototype line the class's volume answer) — racing the category's 2000s map: the Le Mans SR2/LMP675-era class entries, the European-and-American series campaigns (the Grand-Am-and-SRWC careers the fleet ran), and the privateer-team culture the affordable-prototype tier served — before the LMP2-era resets closed the formula and passed the fleet toward the historic-and-club channels.

The junior-class economics frame the type: the cost-capped intent (the SR2 tier's affordability philosophy the modern LMP3 concept descends from), the production-engine rationality, and the customer-fleet depth Lola's production gave the class.

The revival-regular identity structures the market: the historic-endurance welcome (the Masters-and-revival prototype grids the fleet's present life), the fitment-identity documentation per car, and the affordable-prototype positioning the type still holds.

The present is revival custody: fitment honesty, chassis-hours documentation, and the SR2 staple's rational case throughout.

Palmarès

Le Mans-era SR2/LMP675 class entries and the European-and-American privateer campaigns — the customer staple's ledger through the junior class's 2000s.