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| Beat Eggimann racing a Cheetah G601 in the Dix Mille tours du Castellet 2017. It came sixth. |
For more photos of seventies endurance racers racing at Paul Ricard, click here.
Cheetah Automobiles, Lausanne, Switzerland. Chuck Graemiger, a Swiss-American racing driver, founded Cheetah, an occasional manufacturer of sports racing cars from the early seventies to the early nineties. He also designed the cars. The G601 followed on from the G501 and was a 2 litre sports car powered by Cosworth or BMW engines. It raced in the Le Mans 24 hours from 1976 to 1979 but was never classified as a finisher. The colours of the car pictured correspond to the Walter Wolf Racing car that entered but did not qualify at the 1980 Le mans. They also competed in other sports car races but without great success. Later the same company produced Group C cars, click here for details.
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