Rutherford won five races that season, including the Indianapolis 500, along with the Datsun Twin 200 at Ontario Motor Speedway, the Red Roof Inn 150 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course; the Norton 200 at Michigan International Speedway, and the Tony Bettenhausen 200 at the Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway.
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At the Indianapolis 500 Hall, along with fellow CART boardmen Roger Penske, Pat Patrick, Teddy Mayer, Ted Field, and Robert Fletcher were not allowed to compete in the race due to the race being part of the USAC National Championship.
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It also featured a concave tail reminiscent of the theories of Dr. Wunibald Kamm.
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With the formation of CART Hall decided to field a car for Unser in that series.
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The team would also get a 2nd place finish at the Miller Genuine Draft 200 at the Milwaukee Mile.
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Hall would wind up getting 13 wins and 2 championships in USAC and CART sanction Indy car races.
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In the 2009 Monterey Sports Car Championships, Gil de Ferran painted his Acura ARX-02a to resemble a Chaparral in tribute to Jim Hall, for whose team de Ferran drove in his first two seasons in CART, and also to commemorate de Ferran's final professional race.
He used the ground-effect on race cars 10 years before Chaparral and his #53 entry from "Autombiles Deutsch et Bonnet" won the "Index of Performance" trophy at the 1961 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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