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"Jim Hall is the most innovative designer in the history of American racing"

The Chaparral 2D was equipped with a 327 cubic inch displacement (5.3 liter) aluminum alloy Chevrolet engine producing 420 horsepower, and the car weighed only 924 kg.

The 2E established the paradigm for virtually all racing cars built since.[2] It was startling in appearance, with its radiators moved from the traditional location in the nose to two ducted pods on either side of the cockpit and a large wing mounted several feet above the rear of the car on struts. The wing was the opposite of an aircraft wing in that it generated down-force instead of lift and was attached directly to the rear suspension uprights, loading the tires for extra adhesion while cornering.

The 1967 2G was a development of the 2E. It featured wider tires, and a 427 aluminum Chevrolet engine. While on par with its competitors in terms of power, the lightweight 2C chassis was stretched to the limit and it was only Hall's driving skill that kept the car competitive. For the 1968 Can-Am series, still larger tires were added to increase grip

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

In 1972 the M20s lost out in the power stakes to Roger Penske's brutally fast turbocharged Porsches. In the intervening years, however, the Can-Am was McLaren.

McLaren himself won the Can-Am title in 1967 and 1969, while team-mate Denny Hulme won it in 1968 and salvaged something from the team's distress by taking his second title in 1970, the year in which Bruce was killed testing an M8D. Hulme's 1971 team-mate was colorful American Peter Revson, who took the title in the M8F.
When McLaren began planning a replacement for the amazingly successful M6A at the end of 1967, the Can-Am had already been dubbed 'The Bruce and Denny Show'.

They had had their period of dominance - one of the longest in any professional racing series - and had in turn been dominated. Neither Teddy Mayer nor Phil Kerr of McLaren felt inclined to try matching Porsche's vast budget in the development of turbocharging and as Denny Hulme finished runner up to George Follmer in that 1972 series, the end was finally written to an outstanding chapter in road racing. Thereafter McLaren concentrated on the high-power arena of Formula One.

As team manager and team owner, Wyer won the 24 Hours of Le Mans several times. His first victory came in the 1959 edition, in his tenth anniversary as Aston Martin team manager, along with Roy Salvadori and Carroll Shelby, win with the DBR1. The team made their base for Le Mans at the Hotel De France from 1953 - 1975.[2] The race cars would be tended within the courtyard and garage adjacent to the hotel before being driven to and from the circuit on the road for practice, qualifying and the race.

Battling with the works Ferrari 512's and the other Porsche team, backed by Martini Racing and led by Vic Elford, the JWA Gulf-Porsche 917's, raced by Derek Bell, Jo Siffert, Richard Attwood and Pedro Rodríguez, earned many victories in 1970 and 1971, including the Spa 1000 km, but not at Le Mans. In fiction, a Gulf-Porsche 917K won in the cult movie Le Mans, making the Gulf colours even more famous.

McQueen considered being a professional race car driver. He had a one-off outing in the British Touring Car Championship in 1961, driving a BMC Mini at Brands Hatch, finishing third.[41] In the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring race, Peter Revson and McQueen (driving with a cast on his left foot from a motorcycle accident two weeks earlier) won with a Porsche 908/02 in the three-litre class and missed winning overall by 23 seconds to Mario Andretti/Ignazio Giunti/Nino Vaccarella in a five-litre Ferrari 512S.[42]

Liane is more than real. In a men dominated world, she found her way and won one race after another. Racing was all she wanted to do and all she focused on ...

Guthrie was originally an aerospace engineer and after graduating from the University of Michigan, she worked with Republic Aviation.[1] She began racing in 1963 on the SCCA circuit in a Jaguar XK 140[2] and by 1972, she was racing on a full-time basis.

Guthrie qualified for and competed in the 1977 Indianapolis 500, but finished 29th with engine troubles. She would compete in two more Indy 500s, finishing ninth in the 1978 race. Overall, she competed in 11 Indy car events with a best finish of fifth.