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Click on any picture to see a larger image. If you have any photographs of Formula 3 500s, please contact us, we would love to publish more. |
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The pack stream through Paddock Bend 9th October 1955. Photo courtesy Roy & Phillip Mayne. |
Roy Mayne, Blandford 1956. Photo courtesy Roy & Phillip Mayne. |
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![]() Cooper in ice racing trim. Photo courtesy of Reijo Heurlin |
![]() Moss rolls his Cooper at Castle Combe in October 1953 during the Formula Libre race. He was struck by Rolt's Connaught at Quarry and retired to Bristol Infirmary.... |
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Photo courtesy of Michael Rogers
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A lovely shot of a Mk V Cooper at Brands Hatch in September 1952. Photo courtesy of Nick Coe. |
A paddock scene from Santa Barbara in 1955. Courtesy of Doug Stokes. |
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Roy Mayne at Blandford in 1956. Photo A. Hollister. |
Moss and Russell with their winners garlands, 1954. Photo courtesy of John Furlong. |
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A Brace of Coopers at the International Sports Car Show. |
Racing drivers always get the pretty girl! The Cooper streamlined car. |
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Two boys help with G.S. Whitby's special. |
The Kumbang Special in action. |
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Jim Russell and Ivor Bueb discuss their Cooper Mk IX with a works mechanic, complete with fag! |
Forming the grid at Roskildering, Denmark, in 1958. |
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![]() A spin at the new Druids hairpin in 1954. Photo by Ian Frost. |
![]() The start of the Silverstone 100 mile race in September 1955. |
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The Grid at Brands Hatch, 1958. Photo by Ian Frost. |
Neck and Neck at Thames Ditton in 1949. |
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Forming up on the dummy grid at Goodwood in 2002. The Parker Kieft in the foreground. |
The starting grid at Brands Hatch, September 1950. In the early days, cars raced anti- clockwise. |
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You don't get this with modern racing! A Cooper at the limit. |
![]() A Cooper tackles Rest and be Thankful. Photo by Ian Frost |
The first corner at Roskildering, Denmark |
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If you have any images of 500cc racing cars or drivers, either in period or contemporary and wish to show them to a wider audience, you can contact the web editor at: neil@hodgeslondon.plus.com Credits: The 500 Owners Association would like to thank all those who have contributed to this site, including: Autosport, British Racing and Sports Car Club, Bugatti Owners Club, Edward Cannock, Nick Coe, Ian Frost, Simon Frost, John Furlong, Geoff Gartside, Martin Gartside, Mike Gilbert, Keith Gough, Guy Griffiths, James Holland, Karol Andrews, Kerry Horan, Roy Hunt, Klemantski Collection, David Lecoq, C.A.N. May, Tim May, Richard Michaud, Midget Racer.Net, Motor, Motor Sport, Richard Neale, Seppo Pitkanen, Richard Prescott, Irene Pulliblank, D.C.P. Rabagliati, Colin Rawlinson, Marek Reichman, D.M. Rogers, J. Robinson, David Sykes, Henry Taylor, Tam McPartland, The Autocar, Ted Walker (Ferrett Photographic), Vintage Sports Car Club, David Woodhouse, The 750 Motor Club. Images remain the property of their original owners or the 500 Owners Association Ltd. |
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