The "500" movement began in 1946 as a way of encouraging cheaper forms of motorsport using 500 cc motorbike engines instead of the larger capacity engines that prevailed prior to the war. The idea caught on and was adopted as a new Formula 3 in 1950. Many well known names have been involved with 500s including Stirling Moss, Ken Tyrrell, Ivor Bueb, Jim Russell, Les Leston, Peter Collins, Don Parker and a young chap by the name of Ecclestone!

Wiscombe Park Report

Earl of March Trophy confirmed for Goodwood Revival.

Snetterton HSCC Report

Croix Entry forms now available, click here

Reg Phillips, an appreciation by Tony Cotton

Brands Hatch Report

Birth of the 500 Owners Association

The Association will be forty this year. The seeds were sown in a letter from Peter Kendall to John Turner in January 1968 and the first meeting of the Club took place in November. Click here to find out more.

Peter Kendall and John Turner at Prescott in 2006

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