# Chevron B24 (F5000)

- Source: https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/chevron-b24/
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- Type: car · Brand: Chevron
- Discipline: formula
- Era: 1970s
- Last updated: 2026-07-06
- For sale on RCN: https://racingcarnetwork.com/for-sale/chevron-b24/ (0 live listings right now)

The B24 is Bolton's V8 adventure: the F5000 single-seater whose Race of Champions 1973 legend — Gethin beating the F1 field — crowned the class's giant-killing dream, the B28 evolution beside it.

## Specifications

| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Engine | 5.0 L Chevrolet V8 (F5000) |
| Power | ~500 hp |
| Legend | Race of Champions 1973 (beat F1 field) |
| Evolution | B24 → B28 companion |
| Economics | Stock-block custody arithmetic |
| Diligence | Register scholarship + legend-car fame |
| Years | 1973–1974 |
| Class | F5000 giant-killer |

## History

Chevron entered Formula 5000's V8 theatre with the B24 (1973): the Bolton house's big-single-seater — the Chevrolet 5-litre's 500 horsepower in Bennett's construction discipline, the F5000 formula's stock-block economics against Formula 1's exotica — writing the class's most retold legend: Peter Gethin's 1973 Race of Champions victory (the Brands Hatch non-championship where the F5000 B24 beat the assembled Formula 1 field outright — the giant-killing the class's whole argument had promised), the European-and-British F5000 campaigns' wins, and the B28's 1974 evolution (the companion designation) continuing the line as the formula's decade matured.

The F5000 formula's texture frames the machine: the class's stock-block thunder against F1's precision (the Brands crowds' favourite argument), the shared-grid races the era ran (F1-and-F5000 fields mixing at the non-championship weekends), and the transatlantic championship map — European, British and American F5000 seasons the customer fleet served.

The Race-of-Champions legend is the type's identity: the F1-beating afternoon prices the marque's single-seater chapter, the class's revival (F5000's historic categories worldwide) grids the survivors, and the V8-era economics (stock-block custody's American arithmetic) govern ownership.

The scholarship is the register's: per-chassis identities, the Gethin-legend car's particular fame, and the B24-B28 evolution precision throughout.

## Palmarès

The Race of Champions 1973 — Gethin's F1-beating victory — European and British F5000 campaign wins: the giant-killing chapter's ledger.

## What to check before you buy

Legend-tier law: per-chassis scholarship through the registers (the Gethin-legend chassis' particular fame pricing the summit, the campaign fleet's documented biographies below), B24-versus-B28 evolution precision, and the F5000 formula's custody arithmetic (stock-block Chevrolet economics — the American V8's rational rebuild culture against the era's exotic alternatives, the class's founding argument still true in historic ownership). F5000 revival eligibility (the worldwide historic categories) structures the racing life; the Race-of-Champions romance prices the marque's single-seater chapter throughout.

## Did you know

- Gethin beat the F1 field: the 1973 Race of Champions delivering the giant-killing the F5000 formula's argument had always promised.
- Stock-block economics were the class's thesis: 500 Chevrolet horsepower at rebuild costs the DFV world tripled.
- The Monza-and-Brands specialist: Gethin's slipstream-and-giant-killing CV making him the era's occasion driver.

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