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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 Bowin P8 is a Formula 5000 and Formula 2 racing car, ... All suspension parts were in new Bowin Satin finish, and the other parts were cadmium-plated and stove ...
Repco also developed and built the Repco-Holden Formula 5000 engine for Formula 5000 racing. Repco used the block and head castings of the Holden 308 V8 engine as its basis, [22] but it featured many modifications including Lucas fuel injection, dual-coil Bosch ignition and more than 150 special components designed by Repco. [23]
After the great success of the T332 in the 1974 Formula 5000 season (18 out of 21 top 3 finishes in the US), much was expected of the new high-tech Lola T400.Described by development driver Frank Gardner as "the most sophisticated Formula 5000 to be built so far", [1] the T400 was a completely new design, strikingly different from its T300, T330 and T332 predecessors.
Pages in category "Formula 5000" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. ... 1974 SCCA/USAC Formula 5000 Championship; 1974 Tasman Series;
The Brabham BT43 was the only Formula 5000 racing car built by Motor Racing Developments (MRD). [2] Initiated by Ron Tauranac, designed by Geoff Ferris, and built by a team including Nick Goozee (monocoque) and Bob Paton (construction), it was one of the last cars produced by MRD before MRD was closed by the then new Brabham owner Bernie Ecclestone. [3]
The 1975 SCCA/USAC Formula 5000 Championship was the ninth running of the Sports Car Club of America's 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 V8 was dropped as an option in the final model in the Torana series, the UC released in 1978. There was a high performance version of the 308 engine built in 1973 by Repco for the Formula 5000 series. It was built as a 302ci (4940cc) engine using a slightly smaller bore than the production 308 (3.960" versus the 308's 4").