Built with the intention to compete in the World Sportscar Championship, it competed in the 1967 season, with a best finish of first at the BOAC 500, driven by Phil Hill and Mike Spence. The 2F, alongside its Can-Am sibling the 2E, had a heavy influence in dictating the direction of Formula One car design in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 35th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 10 and 11 June 1967. It was also the seventh round of the 1967 World Sportscar Championship .
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Chaparral 2F: Jim Hall's winged wonder Using wings to create downforce had been attempted in the '50s but, as Doug Nye explains, it was Jim Hall's advanced Chaparral 2F from 1967 that proved the idea. Motor racing was never the same again Corbis/VCG via Getty Images Author Doug Nye 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Chaparral Cars was a pioneering American automobile racing team and race car developer that engineered, built, and raced cars from 1963 through 1970. Founded in 1962 by American Formula One racers Hap Sharp and Jim Hall, it was named after the roadrunner, a fast-running ground cuckoo also known as a chaparral bird . Background Le Mans 1967: Chaparral 2F, driving innovation! In 1967, Ford set a new distance record when it was the first to break through the 5,000 km mark. However, there was another American car to watch at this, the 35th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans - the Chaparral 2F. The Chaparral 2F was a closed cockpit prototype version of the 1966 2E. 1966 - 1967 Chaparral 2D Chevrolet: 7-shot gallery, full history and specifications
Chaparral 2F MRRC 7 24 heures du Mans 1967
Until this year Chaparral kept most of their activities to American racing of the Group 7 two-seater racing-car category, but made a brief trip to Europe last year with a single coupé car to Group 6 Sports-Prototype specification. It was very much in the form of a "feeler" for a full season of activity in Europe in 1967. Dave Friedman has captured and preserved auto racing history through his photography and his collection of works by other photographers. Photographs from the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans document the race-day atmosphere--the fans, officials, drivers and crews--along with the race itself. Ford Mark IV's victory was the first all-American win -- American drivers in a car designed and built in the. The Chaparral 2D is a Group 6 sports prototype race car designed and developed by both Jim Hall and Hap Sharp, and built by American manufacturer Chaparral, which campaigned in the FIA World Sportscar Championship [4] between 1966 and 1967. [5] It famously won the 1966 1000 km Nürburgring, being driven by Jo Bonnier and Phil Hill. It is worth going through in detail the entry that drew me to Le Mans in 1967.. High-winged Chaparral 2F was among the '67 grid. Emmanuel Zurini/DPPI There were two of the high-winged Chaparral 2Fs, one of them driven by P Hill/Spence, and a pair of Lola-Aston Martin T70s, one crewed by Surtees/ Hobbs..
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2,031 images <.> ∞ Detailed view Mosaic view 1 2 3. 82 ∞ View high-resolution motorsport photography from an extensive 1967 Le Mans racing archive. Phil Hill set the ball rolling in a big way with the Chaparral on both evenings, recording 3 min. 27.4 sec. the first night and 3 min. 24.7 sec. the second night, with no bother at all and it was not until after dark on Thursday that McLaren beat the Chaparral with 3 min 24.4 sec. - 147 m.p.h. average (in the dark!).. Le Mans Murmurs. When.
Phil Hill and Mike Spence drove this "winged wonder" Chaparral 2F at Daytona in 1967. It failed to finish due to accident damage.. It also won at Le Mans in 1967. The GT40 Mk. IV was the. Chaparral 2F walkthrough from Le Mans 1967
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The Chaparral's automatic gearbox failed in the race that was ultimately won by the Ickx/Thompson/Rees Mirage M1 Ford. 1967 was the last year of the 7-litre monsters; the CSI mandated a 5-litre limit from '68. Two examples of the Chaparral 2F were built and only one has survived. Both cars were raced at the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1967, with Hill and Spence piloting the #7 car, and Bob Johnson and Bruce Jennings in the #8 car. The #7 car had the second-best qualifying time behind the Ford Mark VI of Mark Donahue and Bruce McLaren.
