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Chaparral 2H

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Chaparral 2H

Looking back over the years you have to wonder how Jim Hall could have gotten it so wrong with the Chaparral 2H but it must be remembered that true genius must be allowed to fail and with the Chaparral 2H he certainly did that. The car called the blue whale by his competitors must have been secretly admired by his fellow designers for more than one must have wished that they too could been allowed to let their imagination run free. The Chaparral may have been a failure on the race track but it stands as a testament to the spirit that was the Canadian-American Challenge Cup.

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Dennis David
Founder of Grand Prix History website (now part of Sports Car Digest), David is a walking encyclopedia of all things Grand Prix. He has researched and written about the history of Grand Prix Motor Racing through the lives of its greatest drivers, people and events with a special focus on the history of Formula 1.
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