Chaparral 2E at Wurtsmith Air Force Base!

HOW IN THE HELL DID I MANAGE TO MISS THIS!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:

October 2006 at the defunct Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda Michigan. This is an hour from me and I'm probably on assignment in that area nearly once a week. They ran the 2E on the airstrip .... the same airstrip I used to watch the B52s takeoff and land when I was a kid in the 60s.

Oh well, probably a good thing I missed it as I surely would have drove into a tree if I were driving by and saw a 2E at speed on the old runway!! He even hauled it there in an open trailer, just like the old days .....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcIAxk4KApk

(Weird, these embedded videos don't work in OT, but work everywhere else??)

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More here:

http://www.windingroad.com/videos/

Wow, how cool was that? It definitely would have been a Twilight Zone experience to be driving by and see the 2E out on the runway. I wonder if Jim Musser and the car live in MI, as I thought that all of the Chaparrals were in the museum in Midland?

The last time that I was inside Wurtsmith was when we got a tour of the inside of the B52s in cub scouts.

I think this is a 'brand new' 2E built from left over parts. On Winding Road, there is also a video of the car at GM's Warren Tech Center, so maybe it was in Michigan for that??

Curt, you are a vintage racing addict!:D Gotta love it. Every time I see a thread about vintage Porsche racing photos or any vintage racing photos, you probably started it. You must have a not to be surpassed collection of some of the best shots. God bless you, my friend. :)

I got turned on to it in the early 80's when my father started racing a hot MGA Twin Cam at Road America. Been hooked ever since...;) The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, you know...