Chaparral Cars

Chaparral Cars
IndustryAutomotive Manufacturing
Founded1962; 62 years ago (1962)
Founder
Defunct1970 (1970)

Chaparral Cars was a pioneering American automobile racing team and race car developer that engineered, built, and raced cars from 1963 through 1970. Founded in 1962 by American Formula One racers Hap Sharp and Jim Hall, it was named after the roadrunner, a fast-running ground cuckoo also known as a chaparral bird.