Anybody want to go to the Chaparral Museum?

[Snowdoggie]

http://www.petroleummuseum.org/index.html

They have all these famous cars there;

· Chaparral 2 – first race car designed by Jim Hall which won 22 of its 39 races.
· Chaparral 2D – built for endurance races such as 24 Hours of LeMans, Daytona, and Sebring. The Nurburgring 1000Km was the first Chaparral victory in major international racing, against factory Ford, Ferrari and Porsche Teams!
· Chaparral 2E – first Chaparral race car built to carry the high movable wing


· Chaparral 2F – Phil Hill/Mike Spence won the International Championship BOAC 500 with 2F against factory teams of Ford, Ferrari and Porsche!
· Chaparral 2H – advanced, integrated, composite design

· Chaparral 2J – first ever ground effects car, nick-named “sucker car”

· Chaparral 2K – “ground effects” design, won 1980 Indy 500 with Johnny Rutherford





Lots of cheap motels in Midland. Maybe we could make this a weekend tour.

[trickyrix]

Man... as many times as I've sailed through Midland, I'm kicking myself for never stopping at that! Did it just open recently?

[Billy Blaze]

if you guys wait, iwill be playing July 1st in Odessa :)

[cam76034]

if you guys wait, iwill be playing July 1st in Odessa :)

Wednesday???

[jrj512]

I went in 2005. Make sure you dine at the Lowake Steak House on the trip.

[Billy Blaze]

Wednesday???

yep

[blackzx3_13]

I was there last year, really sweet.

[onething]

Been there and bought the shirt. While you're in town, go by the old shop and Rattlesnake Raceway where the cars were built and tested. South side of town and if you ask real nice, they might give you a tour.

[Rogue]

Also on the way is Breckenridge with Ezell aviation.
http://www.ezellaviation.com/
Big Spring has the WASP Museum at Avenger Field.
http://waspmuseum.org/
And the Confederate Air Force is in Midland.