On September 4, 1988, the World Sportscar Championship stopped at the Nürburgring. The „Journal ADAC 1000 km Der Nürburgring“ formed the eighth round of the FIA World Sports-Prototype Championship and brought the international Group C field to the 4.542-kilometer Grand Prix circuit in the Eifel. Alongside the dominant Jaguar, Porsche, and Sauber-Mercedes teams, car number 24—a Lancia LC2/88 entered by the Italian Dollop Racing team—also took to the grid.
The Lancia LC2/88 shown here was chassis #0003B and was driven by Jean-Pierre Frey and Paolo Giangrossi. The mid-engine prototype competed in Class C1 and was powered by a Ferrari 308C engine. The 3.05-liter, 90-degree V8 featured four-valve technology and two KKK turbochargers. Power was transmitted to the rear wheels via a racing transmission. Painted white and red, the Lancia was fitted with Dunlop tires and bore the sponsors Tau RING, East, and Dollop during the Nürburgring race.
In qualifying, the qualified drivers Frey and Giangrossi put the Lancia in 19th position on the starting grid with a time of 1:35.910 minutes. In the race, the team was initially able to complete 99 laps before their effort had to be ended prematurely. A fire ultimately forced Dollop Racing to retire. The Lancia was thus classified as one of numerous DNFs in the demanding 1000-kilometer race.