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Written by Jason Barlow
Jim Hall was a Texan businessman turned racing driver. He was pretty damned handy, but there were a lot of handy drivers in the 1960s racing scene. No, what marked Jim out wasn"t his driving, it was the science behind it. And this at a time when dropping an almighty V8 into the car and turning it up to 11 was about as scientific as it got.History seems to have stuck Hall"s Chaparral racing squad at the far end of parc ferm , but the more you dig, the clearer it is that he and his co-driver and co-team owner James Hap" Sharp had sussed aerodynamics and ground effects before Colin Chapman and F1"s other ground-breakers.
Date written: 25 Jul 2016
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ID: 4396
Jim Hall was a Texan businessman turned racing driver. He was pretty damned handy, but there were a lot of handy drivers in the 1960s racing scene. No, what marked Jim out wasn"t his driving, it was the science behind it. And this at a time when dropping an almighty V8 into the car and turning it up to 11 was about as scientific as it got.History seems to have stuck Hall"s Chaparral racing squad at the far end of parc ferm , but the more you dig, the clearer it is that he and his co-driver and co-team owner James Hap" Sharp had sussed aerodynamics and ground effects before Colin Chapman and F1"s other ground-breakers.
Date written: 25 Jul 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 4396