Chaparral 2J Sucker Car and Jim Hall to drive June 4

[donnymac]

Periodically each Chaparral gets driven for preservation reasons with Jim behind the wheel. As all the Chaparral cars reside at Permian Basin Petroleum Museum in Midland, we sometimes tie a drive event to the annual Chaparral party. For this years live drive and party, it is the 2J aka Sucker Car - the one and only!

You are invited to join us. Info is below or pop me a PM.

 

[digman1]

Chapparral Museum

If you ever get in the area, don't miss this great exhibit of Jim Hall's cars.

 

[Howard]

I witnessed the Sucker at Watkins Glen many years ago. The sound of the auxiliary motor that created the vacuum (I think it was a two stroke snowmobile engine), and the debris field behind, will never be forgotten.

Howard

 

[donnymac]

I witnessed the Sucker at Watkins Glen many years ago. The sound of the auxiliary motor that created the vacuum (I think it was a two stroke snowmobile engine), and the debris field behind, will never be forgotten.

Howard

You are right. German Rockwell JLo. It makes way more noise than the BBC motor.

 

[donnymac]

2J photos

Shop guys tell me it raced part of one season before it was sorted out......then rules were changed for the following years. And, it was over.

Lap times were +/- 2 seconds faster than the field.

 

[RALPHIE]

Shop guys tell me it raced part of one season before it was sorted out......then rules were changed for the following years. And, it was over.

Lap times were +/- 2 seconds faster than the field.

YEP!!! Like the turbine car at Indy, the organizations were not quite ready for VERY innovative engineering. Jim Hall was one of the best!