1974 Chevron B26

I took this photograph during the Saturday practice and qualifying sessions of the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2018.

It's John Burton in his 1974 Chevron B26 at Lodge Corner during the qualifying session for the HSCC Pre,80 Endurance Challenge race. The B26 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 1,998 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.

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.

1973 Chevron B26

This was one of the competitors in the RJB Mining Championship race at the HSCC Summer Race Meeting at Oulton Park in July 1995 where it competed in the '2 Litre Group 6 cars with Cosworth BD derived engines' class.

It's the 1973 Chevron B26 of Richard Evans, seen here at Lodge Corner during the race. The B26 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.