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[aportinga]

Jim Hall ran an IndyCar team around the 1994-1996 time frame. I think his major sponsor was Pennzoil but I do believe that he did not use the name Chaparral. Any thoughts as to why he did not employ the name - which would certainly have additional marketing value?

I'm also very curious as to why he packed up and left and what's on his plate today....any thoughts?

[fines]

He didn't call the car Chaparral because it was a standard out-of-the-box Lola (1991-93) or Reynard (1994-96). Then again, he did call his earlier Lola (1978/9) a "Chaparral-Lola" and the BS Fabrications (1979/82) a "Chaparral"...

[Dave Ware]

This doesn't answer your questions but here is a link to a good interview w/ Jim Hall:

http://www.insiderac...com/jimhall.htm

Regarding leaving team management, I seem to recall at the time that he was just tired of running a racing team.

Dave

[aportinga]

Thanks