Category: | Can-Am |
Constructor: | Dallara |
Team: | Walter Wolf Racing |
Drivers: | Chris Amon Gilles Villeneuve |
Designer: | Giampaolo Dallara[1] |
Chassis: | Aluminum monocoque[2] |
Engine Name: | Chevrolet[3] |
Capacity: | 50001NaN1 |
Configuration: | V8 engine |
Turbo/Na: | naturally-aspirated |
Engine Position: | mid-engined |
Gearbox Name: | Hewland FT-200 |
Type: | 5-speed manual |
Debut: | 1977 Can-Am St. Jovite |
Races: | 6 |
Podiums: | 1 |
The Wolf WD1, also known as the Wolf-Dallara WD1, was a sports prototype race car, designed, developed, and built by British-Canadian constructor, Walter Wolf Racing, in partnership with Italian manufacturer, constructor, and design company, Dallara, for the revived Can-Am series, in 1977.[4] It was driven by Chris Amon and Gilles Villeneuve. Its best result was a 3rd-place podium finish, at Road America in 1977; being driven by Villeneuve.[5] As with most Can-Am cars of the time, it was powered by the commonly used Chevrolet small-block engine.[6]
After competing in the Can-Am series, it was later converted to an open-wheel Formula 3 car in 1978, and was raced by Bobby Rahal in the European F3 series in 1978, and was powered by a naturally-aspirated Novamotor 2T-G four-cylinder engine, producing, and of torque.[7]