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The Chevron B21 is a 2-liter Group 5 sports prototype race car, designed, developed and built by British manufacturer Chevron, in 1972. [2] [3] [4] Over its racing career, spanning 13 years, it won a total of 23 races (as well as 15 additional class wins), scored 45 podium finishes, and clinched 11 pole positions. [5]
Chevron was particularly noted for its small-capacity sports cars and its Formula Two, Formula Three and Formula 5000 single-seaters. Although a Chevron F5000 did beat a representative Formula One field once in a race open to both categories (Peter Gethin at the Race of Champions in 1973), the marque never seriously addressed F1; one F1 car was built but not finished in Bennett's lifetime and ...
Pages in category "Chevron racing cars" ... Chevron B21; Chevron B23; Chevron B24; Chevron B26; Chevron B28; Chevron B30; Chevron B31; Chevron B34; Chevron B36 ...
Chevron B21 Chevron B23: 26 November: Circuito de Lourenço Marques: Lourenço Marques, Mozambique: Gerry Birrell Jochen Mass: Chevron B21 Chevron B23: 2 December: Goldfields Raceway: Welkom, South Africa: Gerry Birrell Peter Gethin: Chevron B21 Chevron B23: 17 December: Roy Hesketh Circuit: Pietermaritzburg, South Africa: Peter Gethin Jochen ...
Chevron B16: Successor: Chevron B21: Technical specifications; Chassis: ... The Chevron B19 is a 2-liter sports prototype race car, designed, ...
The 2-litre Group 5 class was well represented this year. The Chevron chassis was designed to accommodate a variety of engines and five were entered. Cosworth recommended an engine rebuild of their 2-litre FVC engine after only four hours of racing, so running 24 hours was problematic.
BSA B21 (1937–1939), a British motorcycle made by Birmingham Small Arms Company, Birmingham, England; Leyland B21 (1979–1985), a bus chassis manufactured by Leyland; Volvo Redblock Engine (B21), an automotive engine; Chevron B21, a racing prototype Group 5 sports car built by Chevron Cars Ltd
Once again, the CSI (Commission Sportive Internationale - the FIA’s regulations body) overhauled its FIA Appendix J, redefining its motorsport categories. The former Group 6 Prototypes and Group 5 Sports categories were combined into a new, third-generation, Group 5 Sports Car class [1] with a 3-litre engine limit (or 2142cc if turbo-powered, using the x1.4 equivalency) [2] with a minimum ...