Scarab was an all-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.
Scarab roadster #16 (left-hand drive) at the 2005 Historic races at Laguna Seca Raceway
The Scarab badge
Two Scarab roadsters (#5 is right-hand drive) at the 2005 Historic races at Laguna Seca Raceway
Scarab 1960 Formula One car in the 2018 Silverstone Classic.
Lance Graf von Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow, was a British-born American entrepreneur, racing driver and heir to the Woolworth fortune. Reventlow was the only child of heiress Barbara Hutton and her second husband, Count Kurt Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow. His stepfathers included actor Cary Grant and Prince Igor Troubetzkoy.
Lance Reventlow's wedding photo (1964)
Reventlow as a child circa 1938