This week in 1970 leads us to race-car manufacturer Chaparral revealing its latest offering, the 2J, known as the "sucker car". Chaparral, known for its extreme emphasis (and huge spoilers) on ...

Plagued by early- season reliability issues, Chaparral’s famously white cars dominated the 1966 Monterey Grand Prix for a one-two finish. A wild application of fan technology, the Chaparral 2J debuted ...

The successor to Halls’ Sebring-winning Chaparral 1, the 2A was his firm’s first mid-engine car. It’s aero helped ward off the front-end lift that plagued many cars of it’s era. The 2D was Chaparral’s ...

Some of the technology packed into the Chaparral 2J was banned by the Can-Am race series after other race teams complained. Although it is just a static model, the Chaparral 2X VGT concept would also ...

MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- Just a few miles from the hum of oilfield operations sits one of the most important collections in motorsports history. The cars inside the Petroleum Museum’s Chaparral ...

When talking about fast Can-Am race cars, most racing enthusiasts usually think about McLaren, Porsche or Lola. The first two have seven championship to their names in the initial series, while Lola ...