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Chaparral 2E carried its wing high above the “boundary layer” of airflow over the car, and delivered downforce loads directly into the suspension uprights. Photo: Roger Dixon

Jim Musser

By John Wright on March 1, 2017 Vintage Racecar Articles, Vintage Racecar Features, Vintage Racecar Archives, Region, 2017, All Access Paywall, March '17, North America, Vintage Racecar Interviews

The combination of GM’s Jim Musser and Jim Hall proved to be one of the most potent combinations in autosport ever, counterbalancing the equally potent combination of Ford and Carroll Shelby. Together, Hall and Musser, along with their teams of brilliant engineers and technicians, produced some of the most famous racecars ever: the Chaparrals. In…

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