3d Model by: Nugget & NPanic
LoDs by: Dodge33
Skins by: Pasta
Physics by: Bazza
CSP Config by: Valentin K
SFX by: Felix789

The Chaparral 2 was designed as a follow-up to the Chaparral 1, but the two cars shared little other than a name. While the Chaparral 1 was the work of a company named Troutman & Barnes, the Chaparral 2 was largely designed and built by a team led by race car driver and engineer Jim Hall and his business partner James “Hap” Sharp.

Hall and Sharp started by purchasing the Chaparral name from Troutman & Barnes. Starting with a clean sheet of paper, the newly-formed company set out to build a world-class racer capable of taking on the most advanced cars hailing from Europe and the United States. The Chaparral 1 had a front-mounted engine that spun the rear wheels, a setup that was quickly becoming obsolete in the early 1960s. Hall wanted to install the engine over the drive wheels without resorting to front-wheel drive so he decided early on to shoehorn the mill behind the passenger compartment.

Chaparral teamed up with a boat builder based in Fort Worth, Texas, named...