Photo Gallery «Technology in race cars (11): Chaparral 2 - Plastic Playmobil»
Jim Hall and his partner Hap Sharp founded the Chaparral racing car company together, making them one of the most important drivers of innovation in the sixties. Not only did they install a plastic chassis, they also used an automatic transmission and did pioneering work in racing car aerodynamics, all shown on the Model 2 (A-E). This report from the Technik im Rennwagen series describes the development history of this special model.
Chaparral 2A (1965) - The overall winner caught on public roads before the race... (12 Hours of Sebring 1965)
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