| 500cc Formula 3 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 le
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