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Old 06-14-2010, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Danr55 View Post
I believe the Chevrolet powered car was called a Corvette and they didn't do very well. If you are talking about the Chapparal, they didn't do very well against the coupes or the GT's either. I was just watching Le Mans yesterday and there were several Ford GT's running. Didn't see a single Chapparal anywhere.
That's because Jim Hall and the Chapparals were primarily Can-Am cars. He tried to adapt them to run with the GT's.
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