From Texas-born drivers, to Texas race tracks, and in this case, Texas-built cars that would forever change the world of racing. It was all thanks to Abilene's Jim Hall, the founder of the Chaparral Cars company in 1961 in Midland, Texas. He helped build many iconic race cars, including 2 that would become banned from racing but not before forever leaving their legacy on race fans everywhere. What was the story behind the Chaparral 2E & why was it banned? After the ban of the 2E, Jim Hall wouldn't give up building unique looking race cars.