Jim Hall's Chaparral 2J introduced fan-powered ground effect to Can-Am racing and blitzed the opposition... until it broke down. In 2020, Vic Elford told us the story of racing the 'ultimate driving car'. Two years later on March 13, 2022, he would sadly succumb to cancer.
Seven years before the ground effect-harnessing Lotus 78 and all-conquering Brabham 'fan car', Jim Hall introduced a racing innovation which – almost quite literally – blew away the opposition.
Vic Elford, who drove the Chaparral 2J for its last three races remebers the experience vividly: "Just out of this world – the ultimate driving car," he says of the machine that looked more like a Star Wars prop rather than a 1970s sports car.
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