CHEVRON’S B8 GETS GOLD CUP TRIBUTE
Special 50 th anniversary race for iconic british sports car
The 50th anniversary of the Chevron B8 will be marked with a unique one-make race at the Oulton Park Gold Cup meeting over the 2018 August Bank Holiday weekend.
The HSCC is aiming at a grid of more than 20 cars for the race on Bank Holiday Monday, which will be open to all B8s as well as the earlier B6s. In 1967, Chevron produced around six or seven examples of the model initially called the GT. Later in 1968, the GT was renamed as the B6.
The Chevron B8 remains one of the most enduringly popular sports-racing car designs and was one of the most successful projects from talented designer and engineer Derek Bennett, the founder of Chevron.
Now, for the first time, a dedicated race will be held for the B6s and B8s.
More than 40 B8s were built during 1968 as GT or Group 4 cars, many with two-litre BMW engines although some used Ford-based FVA or FVC engines. More B8s were produced than any other Chevron model. Sadly, Bennett died after a hang-gliding accident in 1978.
Grahame White of the HSCC, said: “The Chevron B8 is one of the most desirable and soughtafter sports-racing cars of a generation and we thought it was very appropriate to mark the car’s 50th anniversary with a race at Oulton Park. Derek Bennett was a truly gifted race car designer and constructor. I think he would be amazed that we are going to celebrate 50 years of one his most successful designs.”