{{Short description|Formula 5000 racing car}} thumb|Chevron B24 at Goodwood in 2014 The '''Chevron B24''' was a Formula 5000 racing car developed by Chevron Cars in 1972.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oldracingcars.com/chevron/b24/|title=Chevron B24 car-by-car histories|first=Allen|last=Brown|website=OldRacingCars.com|access-date=2022-06-12|archive-date=2021-06-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626154006/https://www.oldracingcars.com/chevron/b24/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/6230/Chevron-B24-Chevrolet.html|title=1972 - 1973 Chevron B24 Chevrolet - Images, Specifications and Information|website=Ultimatecarpage.com|access-date=2022-06-12|archive-date=2021-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615143508/https://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/6230/Chevron-B24-Chevrolet.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
The B24 was Chevron's first Formula 5000 racing car and thus the British racing car manufacturer's entry into the construction of large single-seaters. So far, Chevron had limited itself to vehicles in the smaller formula classes. In Chevron's nomenclature, the B24 succeeded the Chevron B23, a 2-liter displacement sports car developed in the early 1970s. Chevron built eight examples, all of which were fitted with a Chevrolet V8 engine. The B24 was a successful racing car that won numerous races. The car type is also notable in that it marks the only success of a Formula 5000 car over Formula 1 cars. In 1973, Peter Gethin won the Race of Champions in Brands Hatch with a works B24 for Formula 5000 and Formula 1 racing cars.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://motorsportsmarket.com/racecars/1973-chevron-b24-formula-5000/|title=1973 Chevron B24 Formula 5000|website=Motorsports Market|access-date=2022-06-12|archive-date=2021-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619181624/https://motorsportsmarket.com/racecars/1973-chevron-b24-formula-5000/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.racingsportscars.com/type/photo/Chevron/B24.html |title=Chevron B24 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars |access-date=2022-06-12 |archive-date=2019-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405165023/http://www.racingsportscars.com/type/photo/Chevron/B24.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.conceptcarz.com/z25980/chevron-b24.aspx|title=1973 Chevron B24|website=conceptcarz.com|access-date=2022-06-12|archive-date=2021-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616211809/https://www.conceptcarz.com/z25980/chevron-b24.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.f5000registry.com/chevron.html|title=Chevron|website=www.f5000registry.com|access-date=2022-06-12|archive-date=2022-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130023501/http://f5000registry.com/chevron.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.titanhistoricracing.co.uk/people/1973-chevron-b24/|title=1973 Chevron B24|access-date=2022-06-12|archive-date=2021-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416005336/http://www.titanhistoricracing.co.uk/people/1973-chevron-b24/|url-status=live}}</ref> Gethin also won the 1974 Tasman Championship in a B24.<ref>Gethin Takes the Tasman, Australian Motor Racing Annual 1974, pages 40 to 43</ref>
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