Zandvoort Formule Libre 1971 - Chevron B16 #59
Added 2025-01-31 07:00:04 +0000 UTCFor Legion's Chevron B16 FVC.
Dutch racing driver Rein Zwolsman was among the more successful Dutch privateer/team drivers from the 60s/70s. Starting his career in a Mini Cooper (and almost ending it early with a massive crash), Zwolsman raced a large variety of cars in the years to come. Together with Ed Swart of Abarth fame, the pair ran Team Radio Veronica, one of the first major teams to be sponsored by major companies in the country.
By 1971 the Abarth's were showing their age and Swart got along with Zwolsman to purchase two Chevron's; a B16 and B19. Now for a new sponsor, Canon. Canon Racing Team went racing all over Europe in 1971, winning races outright and achieving several class wins. At the Salzburgring in 1972, Swolsman suffered a catastrophic crash in the B16, writing off the car fully, with Swolsman luckily escaping with only a broken shoulder.
