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[td]===Formula Vee beginnings===[/td] [td][[File:1964 Autodynamics D1 Formula Vee, front left (Greenwich 2025).jpg|thumb|1964 Autodynamics D-1 Formula Vee car]][/td] [td][[Formula Vee]] was announced in 1960 by the [[Sports Car Club of America]] (SCCA) and [[Volkswagen of America]]. Caldwell designed the Caldwell D-1 based on a Cooper formula car chassis and built it with help from friends. The D-1 was received well by the public and Caldwell decided to produce the car.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pace |first1=Harold |title=Vintage American Road Racing Cars 1950-1969 |isbn=0760317836 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oZempfWXoe4C&q=autodynamics+ray+caldwell&pg=PA11-IA6 |accessdate=7 September 2019}}</ref> The D-1 was produced in 1964 and 1965 in different variants. In 1964 the SCCA included the Formula Vee class in the [[SCCA National Championship Runoffs]]. Autodynamics, along with [[Formcar]] and [[Zink Cars]], were the pioneers of the series. [[Lewis Kerr (racing driver)|Lewis Kerr]] won the inaugural [[SCCA National Championship Runoffs]] for Formula Vee in a Formcar, and [[Roger Barr (racing driver)|Roger Barr]] finished second. Autodynamics produced a total of 478 Formula Vees. It took Autodynamics until 1972 to win a National Championship in Formula Vee. [[Dave Weitzenhof]] beat a field with many Zink and [[Lynx Cars|Lynx]] chassis.<ref>{{cite web |title=Runoffs Driver Archive |url=https://www.crbscca.com/public/runoffs/archiveReporting/ |website=SCCA Club Racing Board |accessdate=7 September 2019}}</ref> Caldwell's final FV design, the D-13, had a ''zero-roll-stiffness'' rear suspension and aerodynamic body that dominated SCCA National Races for several years. However, frequently repeated claims that Reeves Callaway won the National Championship in a D-13 in 1973 are exaggerated. Callaway did finish the race in first place, but was subsequently disqualified for illegal engine modifications.[/td]
[td][[Formula Vee]] was announced in 1960 by the [[Sports Car Club of America]] (SCCA) and [[Volkswagen of America]]. Caldwell designed the Caldwell D-1 based on a Cooper formula car chassis and built it with help from friends. The D-1 was received well by the public and Caldwell decided to produce the car.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pace |first1=Harold |title=Vintage American Road Racing Cars 1950-1969 |isbn=0760317836 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oZempfWXoe4C&q=autodynamics+ray+caldwell&pg=PA11-IA6 |accessdate=7 September 2019}}</ref> The D-1 was produced in 1964 and 1965 in different variants. In 1964 the SCCA included the Formula Vee class in the [[SCCA National Championship Runoffs]]. Autodynamics, along with [[Formcar]] and [[Zink Cars]], were the pioneers of the series. [[Lewis Kerr (racing driver)|Lewis Kerr]] won the inaugural [[SCCA National Championship Runoffs]] for Formula Vee in a Formcar, and [[Roger Barr (racing driver)|Roger Barr]] finished second. Autodynamics produced a total of 478 Formula Vees. It took Autodynamics until 1972 to win a National Championship in Formula Vee. [[Dave Weitzenhof]] beat a field with many Zink and [[Lynx Cars|Lynx]] chassis.<ref>{{cite web |title=Runoffs Driver Archive |url=https://www.crbscca.com/public/runoffs/archiveReporting/ |website=SCCA Club Racing Board |accessdate=7 September 2019}}</ref> Caldwell's final FV design, the D-13, had a ''zero-roll-stiffness'' rear suspension and aerodynamic body that dominated SCCA National Races for several years. However, frequently repeated claims that Reeves Callaway won the National Championship in a D-13 in 1973 are exaggerated. Callaway did finish the race in first place, but was subsequently disqualified for illegal engine modifications.[/td] [td][/td]
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[td]===Formula Vee beginnings===[/td] [td][[File:1964 Autodynamics D1 Formula Vee, front left (Greenwich 2025).jpg|thumb|1964 Autodynamics D-1 Formula Vee car]][/td] [td][[Formula Vee]] was announced in 1960 by the [[Sports Car Club of America]] (SCCA) and [[Volkswagen of America]]. Caldwell designed the Caldwell D-1 based on a Cooper formula car chassis and built it with help from friends. The D-1 was received well by the public and Caldwell decided to produce the car.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pace |first1=Harold |title=Vintage American Road Racing Cars 1950-1969 |isbn=0760317836 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oZempfWXoe4C&q=autodynamics+ray+caldwell&pg=PA11-IA6 |accessdate=7 September 2019}}</ref> The D-1 was produced in 1964 and 1965 in different variants. In 1964 the SCCA included the Formula Vee class in the [[SCCA National Championship Runoffs]]. Autodynamics, along with [[Formcar]] and [[Zink Cars]], were the pioneers of the series. [[Lewis Kerr (racing driver)|Lewis Kerr]] won the inaugural [[SCCA National Championship Runoffs]] for Formula Vee in a Formcar, and [[Roger Barr (racing driver)|Roger Barr]] finished second. Autodynamics produced a total of 478 Formula Vees. It took Autodynamics until 1972 to win a National Championship in Formula Vee. [[Dave Weitzenhof]] beat a field with many Zink and [[Lynx Cars|Lynx]] chassis.<ref>{{cite web |title=Runoffs Driver Archive |url=https://www.crbscca.com/public/runoffs/archiveReporting/ |website=SCCA Club Racing Board |accessdate=7 September 2019}}</ref> Caldwell's final FV design, the D-13, had a ''zero-roll-stiffness'' rear suspension and aerodynamic body that dominated SCCA National Races for several years. However, frequently repeated claims that Reeves Callaway won the National Championship in a D-13 in 1973 are exaggerated. Callaway did finish the race in first place, but was subsequently disqualified for illegal engine modifications.[/td]
[td][[Formula Vee]] was announced in 1960 by the [[Sports Car Club of America]] (SCCA) and [[Volkswagen of America]]. Caldwell designed the Caldwell D-1 based on a Cooper formula car chassis and built it with help from friends. The D-1 was received well by the public and Caldwell decided to produce the car.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pace |first1=Harold |title=Vintage American Road Racing Cars 1950-1969 |isbn=0760317836 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oZempfWXoe4C&q=autodynamics+ray+caldwell&pg=PA11-IA6 |accessdate=7 September 2019}}</ref> The D-1 was produced in 1964 and 1965 in different variants. In 1964 the SCCA included the Formula Vee class in the [[SCCA National Championship Runoffs]]. Autodynamics, along with [[Formcar]] and [[Zink Cars]], were the pioneers of the series. [[Lewis Kerr (racing driver)|Lewis Kerr]] won the inaugural [[SCCA National Championship Runoffs]] for Formula Vee in a Formcar, and [[Roger Barr (racing driver)|Roger Barr]] finished second. Autodynamics produced a total of 478 Formula Vees. It took Autodynamics until 1972 to win a National Championship in Formula Vee. [[Dave Weitzenhof]] beat a field with many Zink and [[Lynx Cars|Lynx]] chassis.<ref>{{cite web |title=Runoffs Driver Archive |url=https://www.crbscca.com/public/runoffs/archiveReporting/ |website=SCCA Club Racing Board |accessdate=7 September 2019}}</ref> Caldwell's final FV design, the D-13, had a ''zero-roll-stiffness'' rear suspension and aerodynamic body that dominated SCCA National Races for several years. However, frequently repeated claims that Reeves Callaway won the National Championship in a D-13 in 1973 are exaggerated. Callaway did finish the race in first place, but was subsequently disqualified for illegal engine modifications.[/td] [td][/td]
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