Chevron

Make: Chevron
Model: B-24
Year: 1972
Chassis: 24/4
Engine: Chevy 304, 5 Litre
Transmission: Hewland DG 300

Owner: Todd Gerstenberger
Location: Manhattan Beach, CA, USA

Previous Owners: Bobby Brown (1972-74), Bob de Nuzio (1974-76), Phil Halbert (1976-1986)

Racing History: Car was originally purchased by Bobby Brown and raced in the European F5000 Series during 1973 and 1974. Car brought to US and raced b Roger Bighouse in the Inaugural Long Beach Grand Prix in September 1975. Car purchased in 1986 by Todd Gerstenberger and restored in 1998-2001. Raced extensively since in western US historic events.

Make: Chevron
Model: B24
Year: 1973
Chassis: B24-73-04
Engine: GM 5 Litre
Transmission: Hewland DG 300

Owner: Miles Jackson
Location: Seattle, Washington, USA

Previous Owners: VDS, Dean, Simms, Lambert, Seldon, Piper, Humphries, Harper, Chapman, Fred Gunther, Alex Seiler (1998), Stan Beck (2007).

Racing History: Raced by Teddy Pilette to the 1973 European Championship. Campaigned professionally in Europe from 1973 to 1983. Raced by Stan Beck with SOVREN in USA west coast during late 1990s and up to 2005. Sold to Miles Jackson in 2006

Make: Chevron
Model: B28
Year: 1974
Chassis: 02
Engine: GM 5 Litre
Transmission: Hewland DG 300

Owner: Daryl Taylor
Location: East Yorkshire, UK

Previous Owners: VDS (1974), Tony Dean (1975), Bobby Howlings (1976-77), Victor Cartmill, David Flanagan (1977-78). Ian Stronach (1979), Robin Darlington, Vic Norman, Fred Davis, Keith Norris (1981), John Monson (2006), Daryl Taylor (2007)

Racing History: One of two VDS cars for the 1974 season. This car was driven by Peter Gethin to 2nd place in the European F5000 Championship.  The car won four races in 1974 and had multiple top 5 finishes. It narrowly missed winning the Championship in 1974 by finishing third at Brands Hatch at the last race in October 2004. For 1974, the Chevron factory had no plans to make any F5000 cars. Until Team VDS owners Rudi Van der Straaten called Derek Bennett. The result was the two team VDS cars. These were the only cars that left the factory as B28s. The other “B28s” were upgraded B24

Make: Chevron
Model: B28
Year: 1974
Chassis: 01
Engine: GM 5 Litre
Transmission: Hewland DG 300

Owner: Ross Maxwell
Location: London, England

Previous Owners: VDS (1974)

Racing History: One of two VDS cars for the 1974 season. This car was driven by Teddy Pilette.

Make: Chevron
Model: B24
Year: 1976
Chassis: TBD
Engine: Chevy 5 Litre
Transmission: Hewland DG 300

Owner: Gregory A. Thornton 
Location: Essex, UK

Previous Owners: Antony Taylor

Racing History: Driven by Peter Gethin in May 1973 at The Race of Champions at Brand Hatch. Gethin finished first ahead of the mixed field of Formula 1 and Formula 5000 cars. Ran later in the U.S. as a center seat Can_Am.