This is the Lola T163 with which Penske entered just one round of the 1969 Can-Am. The team received the chassis well after the season had already started. They were in the middle of a huge battle in the Trans-Am series with their Camaro's, and had a full-on USAC program on the go, so didn't have the time required to dedicate to the Lola. Donohue had Karl Kainhofer fit a 430ci Traco Chevy in the back, and they spent a couple of days with it at their skidpad, before taking it to Mid Ohio, which was the 5th round of the championship.
The Lola broke a couple of rear axle half-shafts in practice and qualifying, and was both understeering and oversteering, but someone Donohue qualified 3rd behind the factory McLaren M8Bs. But in the race another rear axle half-shaft broke which put the car into the wall, and Roger Penske made the decision on the spot to pull out of the Can-Am for good, until they could dedicate themselves properly with a full program. This, of course, they eventually did in 1972 with the Porsche 917/10K.
