How Vacuums Made This Car Fast

In 1970, Chaparral Racing changed the game in Can Am with the 2J "Sucker Car". It had the grip to literally blow the competition away...heh. Designer Jim Hall built a car that even Sir Jackie Stewart loved. it was a revolutionary new way to approach down force and if it waste for the McLaren teams complaints, we would have seen it race for many years. we take a look at the tech and engineering that made this car faster than anything else in the 1970 Can Am season. take a look, and find out just how much this car "Sucks".

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[Ski_Squatch]

Hey Donut, you guys suck...me to the ground by creating a low pressure zone that helps to keep my rubber on the road of life.

[edh]

On Gran Turismo, I knew it as, “The Fridge”...

Bloody fast fridge at that.

[LightningSeen]

"Hey let's make a race that we can do anything."
*someone beats everyone else*
"Anything but that."
Formula 1 all over again.

[communistpootisbirb]

“Everbody hated this car”
>PTSD flashback of having to race this thing in GT4.
You aren’t wrong.

[Ihelpanytime]

A moment of silence for those who haven't played Gran Turismo.

[Lukester]

"This car sucks." - Car's inventor probably.

[GRM_]

they were just looking for a way to clean the track while racing

[adrianolacerda]

Next episode of high low be like: "Does more expensive tank fan mean more better? Today we gonna install 46.700$ M1A2 Abrams fans in High car vs the Low's T80u 10, 450$ fans"

[claudiobizama]

The only car that's has to sound like a vacuum cleaner in Gran Turismo

[alc-d]

The Chaparral 2J: The Fastest Washing Machine in the Gran Turismo Series

[ghost_ship_supreme]

We should make a “vacuum cars” race division!

[Donut]

How many of you remember continuously joining and rejoining races in Gran Turismo until you got one without this car in it so that you didn't have to race against it? 😅

[luckyreward]

12 years old supra fans after hearing 2j in video:

Is tHAt A sUpRA

[Rose_Butterfly]

We really need a new no limits race series.
Active aero, fans, traction control, everything, make the ultimate race cars.
It'll probably help us improve on CVTs too.

[RaimaNd]

Imagine beeing such a genius that other people need to ban your ideas to stay on your level. What an accomplishment.

[Fiveset.clothing]

Who else played with this car on the old Grand Tourismo??

[skarm]

Anyone who's played gran turismo knows how bs this thing is

"you can't just lead by 30 seconds for half the race" "haha fans go brrr"

[bimmerfy]

This dude has a motorcycle for how many braincells he made us gain

[SimplyTakuma]

1970s was a interesting decade

1970 Chaparral 2J
1970 Toyota Seven
1972 Lotus 72
1973 Porsche 917/30
1976 Tyrrell P34
1978 Brabham BT46

and any car that i missed?

[calebtodd]

Imagine having a no regulations race like the 70s CAN-AM with today’s technology