Chevron B29

[Chris Townsend]

I'm trying to trace the identities and histories of three particular Chevron B29s that raced as Formula Atlantics in the 1976 ShellSport G8 series in UK.

"The Dowsett car" raced in '76 by Phil Dowsett.
This car was bought from Chevron in 1975 by Stephen Choularton and raced by him in the team he ran with Jim Crawford in F.Atlantic. In 1977 it was sold to John Ledlie who used it in the Irish Atlantic series.

"The Lawler car" raced by Alo Lawler in 1975 [F.Atlantic] and 1976
[Indyatlantic and the Shellsport series]. Probably bought new by Lawler. I think this car may have been sold to Ireland in 1977, either to Derek Shortall or John Eastwood.

"The Bailey car" raced by Ken Bailey in 1976 [Indyatlantic and Shellsport series] and 1977 [Shellsport] Probably used in British Atlantic series in 1975 by someone else, maybe Brett Riley or Richard Morgan [entered by Wheatcroft], as the other two B29s used in Britain [by Gunnar Nilsson and Jim Crawford] both went to South Africa in 1976.


Any help gratefully appreciated, especially if you think you own one of these cars.