Slippery
Slippery GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
8/1/24 9:20 a.m.

I saw this car a couple year ago at the Historic races in Sebring and would love to know more about it. I actually might have asked that before here and forgotten, lol.

It was about to go out when I saw it and all I have is this picture and a short video, I will try to embed the video.

 

Chris Tropea
Chris Tropea Associate Editor
8/1/24 9:23 a.m.

Looks like it could be a Chevron B8.

johndej
johndej UltraDork
8/1/24 9:25 a.m.

In reply to Chris Tropea :

3 minutes!

That's even the car in the pic for the wiki-page (#24) 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevron_B8

Slippery
Slippery GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
8/1/24 9:30 a.m.

In reply to Chris Tropea :

Nice!! I spent all last night looking at the pictures and trying to figure it out, should've come here from the beginning. One of the most beautiful race cars I have ever seen, tiny.

I was trying to figure out which engine it had, thinking it was a V6 of some sorts, but its a 4 cylinder according to the Wiki entry Johndej linked. 

Slippery
Slippery GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
8/1/24 9:40 a.m.

Good article with some really nice in car video:

Road & Track - Chevron B8 article

And here I go into the rabbit hole

NY Nick
NY Nick GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
8/1/24 9:44 a.m.

3 minutes to ID, 10 minutes to full article with video link, GRM FTW

Chris Tropea
Chris Tropea Associate Editor
8/1/24 9:48 a.m.

In reply to NY Nick :

Oh yeah, Tim drove one at Daytona a few years ago. 

 

Slippery
Slippery GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
8/1/24 9:51 a.m.

In reply to Chris Tropea :

Ahhh, you were holding out on us!

Thanks for the video!

BTW, the Chevron rabbit hole merged with the Ginetta G12 rabbit hole ... long day ahead!

Purple Frog
Purple Frog GRM+ Memberand Dork
8/1/24 9:55 a.m.

1200 pounds and 200 HP....   nice!

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