The Chaparral 2D is a

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race car designed and developed by both Jim Hall and

Hap Sharp James "Hap" Sharp (January 1, 1928 – May 7, 1993) was an American auto racing, race car driver who drove in six Formula One List of Formula One Grands Prix, Grands Prix. He was most famous however, for being a co-owner and driver of the revolut ...

, and built by American manufacturer

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, which campaigned in the FIA

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between 1966 and 1967. It famously won the 1966 1000 km Nürburgring, driven by

Jo Bonnier Karl Jockum Jonas "Joakim" Bonnier (31 January 1930 – 11 June 1972), commonly known as Jo Bonnier, was a Swedish racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from to . Bonnier won the 1959 Dutch Grand Prix with BRM. ...

and

Phil Hill Philip Toll Hill Jr. (April 20, 1927 – August 28, 2008) was an American racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Hill won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in with Ferrari, and won three Grands Prix across eight seas ...

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