Rita,
The Lola car photo is the original Lola prototype car , I think Lola was involved in car racing for a long time -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lola_Cars
Bruce McLaren won Le Mans in a Ford GT40, which was basically a Lola with a Ford engine - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_GT40
As to Bruce McLaren and McLaren, I think you could say he is the original DNA of McLaren.....
Bruce Leslie McLaren (30 August 1937 – 2 June 1970) was a New Zealand race-car designer, driver, engineer and inventor.
His name lives on in the McLaren team which has been one of the most successful in Formula One championship history, with McLaren cars and drivers winning a total of 20 world championships. McLaren cars totally dominated CanAm sports car racing with 56 wins, a considerable number of them with him behind the wheel, between 1967 and 1972 (and five constructors’ championships), and have won three Indianapolis 500 races, as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans and 12 Hours of Sebring.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_McLaren
Hope that helps
Pauline xxx
PS Some stuff about the origins of how Lola, the song was written by Ray Davies
Ray Davies has claimed that he was inspired to write "Lola" after the band manager Robert Wace had spent a night in Paris dancing with a transvestite.[6] Davies said, "In his apartment, Robert had been dancing with this black woman, and he said, 'I'm really onto a thing here.' And it was okay until we left at six in the morning and then I said, 'Have you seen the stubble?' He said 'Yeah,' but he was too pissed [intoxicated] to care, I think."[7]
Drummer Mick Avory has offered an alternate explanation for the song's lyrics, claiming that "Lola" was partially inspired by Avory's frequenting of transvestite bars in west London after being invited by publicist Michael McGrath.[8] Avory said, "We used to know this character called Michael McGrath. He used to hound the group a bit, because being called The Kinks did attract these sorts of people. He used to come down to Top of the Pops, and he was publicist for John Stephen's shop in Carnaby Street. He used to have this place in Earl's Court, and he used to invite me to all these drag queen acts and transsexual pubs. They were like secret clubs. And that's where Ray [Davies] got the idea for 'Lola.' When he was invited too, he wrote it while I was getting drunk."[5]
Despite claims that the song was written about a supposed date between Ray Davies and trans woman actress Candy Darling, Davies has since claimed this rumor to be false. He said on the topic, "I didn't have a date with Candy Darling. We just went out to dinner. I knew it was a drag act."[5]
For more on this - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lola_(song)
This post was edited by Pauline Smith at May 14, 2015 7:00 PM BST
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Killer Queen - Queen
Guaranteed to blow your mind
Anytime
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David Bowie: Lady Stardust
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valerie by mark ronson, i will survive by gloria gaynor , its raining men by geri halliwell or the weather girls , only girl in the world by Rhainna and loads of others, always a good sing-a-long
