£112.3k
The Ex-Champ Carr team, Sam Posey/Rocky Moran 1971 Surtees-Chevrolet TS8 Formula A/5000 Racing Single-Seater
Bonhams • US • 18 Aug 2023
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£112,323
The Ex-Champ Carr team, Sam Posey/Rocky Moran 1971 Surtees-Chevrolet TS8 Formula A/5000 Racing Single-Seater
US • 18 Aug 2023
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This is a 1971 Surtees-Chevrolet TS8 Formula A/5000 Racing Single-Seater, chassis number TS8/008, with a 4,950cc Chevrolet V8 engine producing 465bhp. It was originally delivered to the Champ Carr team and raced by Sam Posey and Rocky Moran and has a rich history documented on oldracingcars.com.
Condition
5
The car has been raced multiple times since 2015 and has had multiple owners. Prior to 2015, the car was rebuilt after a crash and had parts from other models.
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Manual
1971
Auction
TS8/008
United States
£112.3k
The Ex-Champ Carr team, Sam Posey/Rocky Moran 1971 Surtees-Chevrolet TS8 Formula A/5000 Racing Single-Seater
Bonhams • US • 18 Aug 2023
Market Position:
World Record
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Description
4,950cc OHV Chevrolet V8
Engine 4 Weber Carburetors 465bhp 5-Speed Hewland DG300 Manual Transmission 4-Wheel Independent Suspension 4-Wheel Disc Brakes *Delivered new the Champ Carr team *Raced in period by Sam Posey and Rocky Moran *A highly competitive vintage racer *A legend from the Formula 5000 era THE SURTEES TS8 The late, truly great John Surtees was the only Formula 1 World Champion Driver ever to have achieved matching World Champion status on two wheels, racing motor- cycles.
In fact he won no fewer than seven motor-cycle World Champion titles before in 1964 achieving his four-wheeler crown as works Ferrari number one racing driver.
After leaving Ferrari he continued to win at Formula 1 Grand Prix level for Cooper-Maserati and Honda, while also building up his own Team Surtees organization to run Lola sports-racing cars and then Formula A/5000 single-seaters in part for customer sale.
'John the Great' as he had been nicknamed by Italian fans of his MV-Agusta and Ferrari r...
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