Cheetah Racing Cars

Cheetah Racing Cars was an Australian race car manufacturer. The cars were designed and built almost exclusively by Brian Shead. They originated in a small factory behind Sheads home in Mordialloc, a suburb of Melbourne.

History

The first Cheetah was built in 1960 for Shead itself. It was a replica based on the Cooper for Formula Junior. He second Cheetah originated in 1962 and the third in 1963. Shead 1970 put a completely new design, and a friend convinced him to build another car. 1973 stopped Shead to construct a full-time race car and build. One last race car was created in 1989, a Mk 9 for use in Formula Holden. There were cars for Formula Junior, Formula Libre, mountain race, the Australian Formula 3 ( AF3 ), the Australian Formula 2 ( AF2 ), the Australian Formula 1 ( AF1, Formula Atlantic and Formula Pacific ) and Formula Holden built. Cheetah Race Cars dominated the AF3 in the 1970s and was in the 1970s and 1980s and the dominant manufacturer in the AF2. In Formula Holden joined the only ever built for this series Cheetah from 1989 in the mid- 1990s against the much more modern, built of fiberglass cars from Ralt and Reynard.

Brian Shead also built a car with covered wheels. This Cheetah Clubman was prepared for the race series sport 1300. His driver, Peter Jones, won with his 132 races, including seven titles in New South Wales and three in Victoria.

Cheetah Race cars are a common sight in Australian historic racing, mountain and sprint races in the AF2 and in the formula R. Both in the AF2 and the formula R win Cheetah Mk 7 and Mk 8, which were built in the late 1970s and early 1980s, still races and titles, and against the newer fiberglass Renner Dallara and Reynard.

Although today no Cheetah vehicles longer be built, Shead is still busy with this car. He takes care of the supply of spare parts and advise the owner of his racing cars.

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