American sports prototype racing cars
Racing car model
TheVDS-001 was an American closed-wheelsports prototype race car, designed, developed, and built byRacing Team VDS for the revivedCan-Am series, in 1981. It is based on theLola T530.Geoff Brabham won the1981 Can-Am Championship with the car, despite only winning 2 of the 10 races that season.[1] It won a further 4 races in1982 Can-Am Championship in 1982, being driven byAl Holbert. It was later exported to England, where it competed in the BritishThundersports series, and achieved great success.[2] Itssports car racing career spanned 9 years (1981-1988), and over that period of time, it won a total of 19 races, achieved a total of 26 podium finishes, and scored 21 pole positions.[3] As with most Can-Am cars of the time, it was powered by a 5.0 L (310 cu in)Chevrolet small-block motor.[4][5]
