Chaparral is an American racing car manufacturer from the Gran Turismo series.
Background[]
Troutman and Barnes were builders of the original Chaparral race cars (later referred to as Chaparral 1). Jim Hall purchased two Chaparral 1s to race. When Hall and Sharp began building their own cars, they asked Troutman and Barnes if they could continue to use the Chaparral name. That is why the Hall/Sharp cars are all named Chaparral 2s (models 2A through 2J for sports cars/CanAm cars, and the 2K which was the 1979–1982 Indycar). Despite winning the Indianapolis 500 in 1980, they left motor racing in 1982. Chaparral cars also featured in the SCCA/CASC Can-Am series and Endurance racing.
Jim Hall and Chaparral was a leader in the innovation and design of spoilers, wings, and ground effects. A high point was the 1966 2E Can-Am car. The 2J CanAm "sucker car" was the first "ground-effects" car.
The development of the Chaparral chronicles the key changes in race cars in the 1960s and 1970s in both aerodynamics and tires. Jim Hall's training as an engineer taught him to approach problems in a methodical manner and his access to the engineering team at Chevrolet as well as at Firestone changed aerodynamics and race car handling from an art to empirical science. The embryonic data acquisition systems created by the GM research and development group aided these efforts. An interview with Jim Hall by Paul Haney illustrates many of these developments.
List of Cars[]
| Car | Base PP/Gr. | Picture |
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| Chaparral 2J '70 | 
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| Chaparral 2X Vision Gran Turismo | 
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| Car | Base PP/Gr. | Picture |
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| Chevrolet Chaparral 2X Vision Gran Turismo | Gr.X |
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| Car | Picture |
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| Chaparral 2D Race Car '67 | 
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| Chaparral 2J Race Car '70 | 
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| Car | Picture |
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| Chaparral 2D Race Car '67 |
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| Chaparral 2J Race Car '70 |
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| Car | Picture |
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| Chaparral 2D Race Car '67 Unavailable in NTSC-J version. |
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| Chaparral 2J Race Car '70 Unavailable in NTSC-J version. |
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Trivia[]
- Chaparral Cars in Gran Turismo 4 only appear in International versions of the game, including the Korean version.
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