Towards the end of the eighties, Lola marked its entry into Japan by exporting its T87/50 F3000 car. Kazuyoshi Hoshino won the Japanese Formula Championship straight off, and Lola driver Hitoshi Ogawa backed this up by winning the title in 1989.

Lola was also commissioned by Chevrolet to produce their T710, (Corvette GTP) for the IMSA series, which set many lap records. In America too, Nissan, (via Electramotive Engineering of El Segundo, California), commissioned the T810 series of Ground effect Sports Prototype cars for the turbocharged Nissan V6 engine. In developed form, this chassis won the 1988 and 1989 IMSA Championship, driven by Geoff Brabham.