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Hall Jim Biography

American racecar driver and constructor who competed in Formula One from 1960 to 1963, participating in 12 World Championship Grands Prix and numerous non-Championship races. He scored three World Championship points. Halls special place in motorsports history came as the result of him being the "motivating force" and part owner, with Hap Sharp, of Chaparral Cars. Based in Halls hometown of Midland, Texas, during the 1960s, in the United States Road Racing Championship, and later in the Can-Am, Chaparral cars were the most innovative cars in racing. Hall was the first to use automatic transmissions in his race cars. This allowed Halls drivers a free foot to operate moveable spoilers for aerodynamics. Hall was a very early adopter of aerodynamics applied to race cars and was the leading proponent of that technology for an entire decade. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less