"Engineer to Go Faster," Interview with Jim Hall, 2009
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Jim Hall is a race car driver, developer, and team owner. Educated as an engineer, Hall was one of the first to apply aerodynamics to race car design and he was the leading proponent of that technology for a decade. Jim Hall's Chaparral Cars, based in his hometown of Midland, Texas, was among the most innovative cars in racing. …
Jim Hall is a race car driver, developer, and team owner. Educated as an engineer, Hall was one of the first to apply aerodynamics to race car design and he was the leading proponent of that technology for a decade. Jim Hall's Chaparral Cars, based in his hometown of Midland, Texas, was among the most innovative cars in racing.
Jim Hall is a race car driver, developer, and team owner. He competed in Formula One from 1960 to 1963, participating in twelve World Championship Grand Prix and numerous other races. An engineer who was educated at the California Institute of Technology, Hall was one of the first to apply aerodynamics to race car design. He was the leading proponent of that technology for a decade. Jim Hall's Chaparral Cars, based in his hometown of Midland, Texas, was among the most innovative cars in racing.
Artifact
Film clip
Date Made
08 January 2009
Subject Date
08 January 2009
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2010.32.1.4
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Jim Hall.