1973 Chevron B23 Sports Roadster

Considered among the very best series cars built, the Two Liter Sports Racers became some of the quickest cars of the period. Racing against highly funded teams, proving their merit at the checkered flag time and time again. Throughout the 1970s, Chevron built highly competitive small bore cars, capturing wins in both sprint and endurance classes around the world, most notably winning their class at the 24 hours of Le Mans three times: 1974 (B23), 1979, and 1980 (B36).

This particular B23 is documented to have been raced 3 times in period by famed Japanese driver Hiroshi Kazato, where it took first overall at Fuji International Sportscar Championship, on October 10th, 1973.

Racing History
2-9-73 200 mile Fuji 8th place
10-10-73 250 km Fuji 1st place
23-11-73 200 km Fuji 2nd place

Hiroshi Kazato died at 25 years old, driving the 1974 successor car, a Chevron B26, at Fuji Speedway during the Fuji Grand Champion series race after colliding with Seiichi Suzuki on the banking, resulting in the circuit being modified to eliminate the 30-degree banking. Establishing the modern F1 configuration with the hairpin that bypasses the banking.

Today the car wears the livery from the 1973 racing season, restored and prepared for competition use by Dave Vegher's Veloce Motorsports. Restoration records on file total well over $150,000. The car has raced in vintage events including the Rolex Monterey Reunion. The current owner and driver acquired this car in early 2019. The car is prepared and maintained by Speedstar Motor Sports in Houson, Texas.

Chassis B23-73-19
- Cosworth 2.0 Litre 4 cylinder with Lucas Mechanical fuel injection
- Hewland FT200 5-speed transaxle