Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A 1974 Lola T330 Formula 5000 car. A 1971 Lola T192 Formula 5000 car. A 1973 Brabham BT43 F5000 car. Formula 5000 (or F5000) was an open wheel, single seater auto-racing formula that ran in different series in various regions around the world from 1968 to 1982. It was originally intended as a low-cost series aimed at open-wheel racing cars that ...
The Shadow DN6 was a race car designed and built by Shadow Racing Cars for Formula 5000 racing in 1975, and competed until 1976, when the SCCA Continental Championship dissolved. It was driven by Jackie Oliver, who only managed to win one race with it, at Road America in 1976.
The 1975 SCCA/USAC Formula 5000 Championship was the ninth running of the SCCA Continental Championship professional open wheel automobile racing series, and the second to be sanctioned jointly by the Sports Car Club of America and the United States Automobile Club. [1]
The construction of the TS5 went back to an initiative by British racing car designer Roger Nathan.Nathan, who had developed a racing sports car under the name Costin Nathan together with Frank Costin in the second half of the 1960s, was looking for partners at the end of 1968 to develop a Formula 5000 racing car.
The 1974 SCCA/USAC Formula 5000 Championship was the eighth running of the Sports Car Club of America's premier open wheel racing series. [1] It was the first to be sanctioned jointly by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and the United States Auto Club (USAC), [2] and the first to be held under the "SCCA /USAC Formula 5000 Championship" name. [1]
The race was held September 28, 1975, on a 2.02-mile (3.25 km) temporary street circuit. It was race 7 of the 1975 SCCA/USAC Formula 5000 Championship. An estimated 65,000 spectators saw Englishman Brian Redman win the race from Australian Vern Schuppan, with Canadian driver Eppie Wietzes finishing third. [2]
The 1976 SCCA/USAC Formula 5000 Championship [1] was the tenth running of the SCCA Continental Championship open wheel racing series, [2] and the third to be co-sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and the United States Auto Club (USAC). [3] The championship was won by Brian Redman driving a Lola T332 Chevrolet. [4]
The 1972 Rothmans F5000 European Championship [1] [2] [3] was a motor racing series for Formula 5000 cars. [4] The series was organized in the United Kingdom by the British Racing and Sports Car Club but also included rounds in Belgium and Ireland. [5]