1974 Chevron B26

I took this photograph in the paddock at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2005, although the car didn't take part in any race at the meeting.

It's the 1974 Chevron B26 of Steve Farthing, a car that was a replacement for the B23, and as well as revised suspension and a rear wing it had an aluminium monocoque tub instead of the spaceframe chassis of all the earlier Chevron sports racing cars. It had a 4-cylinder inline 2 litre Ford engine with an aluminium block, which had been designed by Brian Hart and re-engineered by Cosworth. Only 9 of these cars were made, mainly due to lack of demand because of the 1973 oil crisis in the UK. There was a Closed Wheel Chevron Race at this meeting, but the number 6 car in that race was the black Chevron B19 of Alexander Lienau.