Scarab (constructor) - Wikipedia
Scarab was an American sports car and open-wheel race car constructor from the United States featuring cars designed and built by Tom Barnes and Dick Troutman for Reventlow Automobiles Inc, owned by Lance Reventlow. The Chevrolet 283 CI V-8 engines were built by Traco Engineering (Jim Travers and Frank Coon, nicknamed "The Whiz Kids").
How the Woolworth heir built Scarab and beat Ferrari - Hagerty
Sep 12, 2022 · In creating the Scarabs, Lance Reventlow did a great thing. He took his vast fortune and built a world-beating race car that made history.
Lance Reventlow - Wikipedia
Reventlow's organization constructed a total of eight Scarabs during its existence. In a 1971 interview, Reventlow confirmed that three front-engined Chevy-powered sports cars, three front-engined formula cars, one rear-engined formula car and one rear-engined sports car were built.
The all-American hero: driving Lance Reventlow’s Scarab ...
Mar 24, 2022 · In 1958, Road & Track timed a Scarab with Reventlow driving and even today the figures are impressive: 0-60mph in 4.2 secs, 0-100mph in 9 secs and a 120mph quarter-mile. Today, with more than 500bhp on tap, it would be even quicker.
The Story Of Lance Reventlow And His Legendary Scarab
Jul 19, 2023 · Lance Reventlow, an American entrepreneur and racecar driver, is best known for his legendary Scarab racecar. Born on February 24, 1936, in London, England, Reventlow was the son of Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton and Danish nobleman Count Kurt von Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow.
1958 Scarab Sports-Racer - Revs Institute
Of the eight Scarab racers built, brain-children of 22-year-old Lance Reventlow − whose father was a European count, whose mother was heiress to the Woolworth fortune, and whose wife at the time was actress Jill St. John − four were astounding …
Scarab History - Scarab Motorsports
Lance Reventlow and his close friend Bruce Kessler were from wealthy families and took up the relatively new sport in the US of sports car racing. They visited the various European manufacturers and returned home after deciding they could build a better car.
Southern California vs. Europe: Lance Reventlow and the ...
Aug 24, 2018 · In short, the Scarabs represented the best and the brightest of American high-performance car builders, boosted as it was by the proximity of the aerospace industry in Southern California and a whole bunch of mechanically savvy World War II veterans.
How To Create A Great Race Car – The Story of The Scarab
Mar 25, 2011 · In the late 1950s and early 1960s the Scarab race cars were the best of the best sports race cars. Not only were they great race cars beating Ferraris, Maseratis and Listers but they were beautiful too. Lance Reventlow was the leader, and …
Lance Reventlow’s Scarabs By John LAmm - Adobe Express
Young and moneyed, Reventlow hired the best automotive artisans in Southern California, many of them hot rodders, and created the Scarab sports racing car. The big test came at Riverside in 1958 when Chuck Daigh in a Scarab outlasted Phil Hill in the Ferrari 412 MI.
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