rec.autos.simulators

by **Matthew Knutse** » Tue, 24 Nov 1998 04:00:00

> On Sat, 21 Nov 1998 21:37:22 -0500,From somewhere deep within the

> >>>> I'd like to see a late sixties CAN AM or GTP sim--you know those
> old all
> >>out
> >>>> Big Block Chevy cars running at places like Lime Rock and the
> Glen. THAT
> >>>> would be a great game too. With the ability to tune the engines
> too-- cam
> >>>> timing etc...

> >>>Yes! Driving a Chaparral around Riverside, Laguna Seca, Elkhart
> Lake,
> >>>Mosport, Watkins Glen, etc., against Bruce McLaren, Denny Hulme,
> Jim
> >>>Hall, Phil Hill, John Surtees, etc., would be awesome!

> >> I watched Can Am races at Bridgehampton,Watkins Glen,&
> Mosport. To be
> >>able to drive a McLaren,Chaparral,or even a Lola 220T would be
> something
> >>else.

> >>Joel Willstein

> Anyone remember Jim Halls Chaparral "vacuum cleaner"? Memory is kinda

> hazy, but I saw it run at Riverside GP one year. IIRC, it had quite a
> distinctive sound, and blew a lot of dust out the back, but it
> cornered like it was on rails. I seem to remember that it was banned
> from racing.

> Jon Price (PJ)
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> --

Saw it at the Goodwood Festival of Speed last year, with Mr. Hall
driving. The suction is provided by two snowmobile engines, and that
noise snuffs out the growling V8 :)

Ahh, wish I was born 15 years earlier!

Matt Knutsen,

Norway

by **David Ewin** » Tue, 24 Nov 1998 04:00:00

> Anyone remember Jim Halls Chaparral "vacuum cleaner"? Memory is kinda
> hazy, but I saw it run at Riverside GP one year. IIRC, it had quite a
> distinctive sound, and blew a lot of dust out the back, but it
> cornered like it was on rails. I seem to remember that it was banned
> from racing.

Yep. Most of the Chaparral's were really beautiful, but this one was
***ugly. But what a concept! This car was introduced by Hall after
he had retired from actual racing - following his 1968 crash at the
season finale in Las Vegas. I believe the sucker car was from 1970(?).
If I remember correctly, Jackie Stewart drove it for one race, and said
it was amazing - he could go WAY deeper into the corners than any car he
had ever driven. The rest of the season, I believe Vic Elford was the
driver. I'll check my facts tonight (in the great book "Can-Am" by Pete
Lyons, highly recommended).

The car was indeed banned when the other teams complained, led by the
McLarens. This called for the end of Chaparral in Can-Am. Later, Denny
Hulme said that getting that car banned was the biggest mistake they
ever made, because it brought an end to the spirit of Can-Am (a virtual
formula libre), and soon after the series itself disintegrated. Denny
Hulme also called Can-Am the greatest road racing series ever.

I was lucky enough to see the races at Riverside in 1966, 1967, and
1968. These were the years when Hall was running the first of the
winged beauties - the 2E? Magical times.

Dave Ewing

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