1969 Chevron B16

Chevron B16s are just about the coolest, most beautiful, fastest little fantasy of a race car that you can get your hands on

Only 23 Chevron B16s were built and today they are universally praised by their drivers for handling, performance, and—most elusive of all—an exceptionally graceful design. Indeed, the Chevron B16 is among the most svelte and sleek automobiles ever produced, right up there with the Lola T70 and Ferrari 330 P3/4. Even more important to today’s historic racers, however, the B16’s benign handling and light weight, urged on by diminutive but powerful Cosworth fours, make them competitive with even über-motor Can-Am cars and FIA prototypes. A well-prepared and sensitively driven Chevron B16 will simply walk around turns on the inside of 7-liter McLarens and Lolas, and build up such an advantage off the corners that only the longest straights would allow those high-powered machines to catch up. The Chevron B16 pictured here was the prized possession of the late David Kopf, SVRA’s driver of the year in 1991. Prepared to a high standard with upgraded Ford Sierra...