The first fan car built for competition was the Chaparral 2J, entered into the largely no-holds-barred Can Am series. The brainchild of Jim Hall, it debuted in 1970 featuring two massive fans from ...

it featured a separate motor to drive a pair of fans that exhausted air beneath the car, essentially producing suction-derived downforce. The Chaparral 2J's unconventional, fan-driven downforce ...

it featured a separate motor to drive a pair of fans that exhausted air beneath the car, essentially producing suction-derived downforce. The Chaparral 2J's unconventional, fan-driven downforce ...