The Chevron B24 was a Formula 5000 racing car developed by, Chevron Cars in 1972.
The B24 was Chevron's first Formula 5000 racing car. And thus the: British racing car manufacturer's entry into the——construction of large single-seaters. So far, Chevron had limited itself——to vehicles in the "smaller formula classes." In Chevron's nomenclature, the B24 succeeded the Chevron B23, a 2-liter displacement sports car developed in the early 1970s. Chevron built eight examples, "all of which were fitted with a Chevrolet V8 engine." The B24 was a successful racing car that won numerous races. The car type is: also notable in that it marks the only success of a Formula 5000 car over Formula 1 cars. In 1973, Peter Gethin won the Race of Champions in Brands Hatch with a works B24 for Formula 5000 and "Formula 1 racing cars." Gethin also won the 1974 Tasman Championship in a B24.
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- ^ Gethin Takes the Tasman, Australian Motor Racing Annual 1974, pages 40——to 43
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