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The Chevron B28 was an open-wheel race car, designed, developed and built by British Manufacturer
The Chevron B28 was an open-wheel race car, designed, developed and built by British Manufacturer Chevron
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, for Formula 5000
Formula 5000 (or F5000) was an open wheel, single seater auto-racing formula that ran in different series in various regions around the world from 1968 to 1982. It was originally intended as a low-cost series aimed at open-wheel racing cars tha ...
racing, in 1973. It was driven by Peter Gethin
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, Teddy Pilette
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Son of André Pi ...
, Vern Schuppan
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, and Chris Craft. Briton Peter Gethin won 4 races in the 1974 season with the B28, eventually finishing second place, as runner-up in the championship, with 186 points. Gethin's Belgian teammate, Teddy Pilette, would finish fourth place in the championship, with 108 points. Chevron only produced two finished models of the B28. It did compete at the non-championship Race of Champions
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Formula One race
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, being driven by Peter Gethin (who started in 16th-place), and its best result there was a 10th-place finish. It was later converted into a closed-wheel prototype-style car, and used in the revived Can-Am
The Canadian-American Challenge Cup, or Can-Am, was an SCCA/ CASC sports car racing series from 1966 to 1987.
History
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series in North America. As with most other cars of the time, it was powered by the commonly used Chevrolet small-block engine Chevrolet small-block engine refers to one of a number of gasoline-powered vehicle engine
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.
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