Beginning back in 1968, the Formula 5000 auto racing series was populated with famous names such as McLaren, Lola, Chevron, and Lotus. It was a class within the SCCA Formula A races. Like Formula 1, ...

If you thought open-wheelers with huge air scoops, wide racing slicks, and naturally aspirated V8s were reserved for just display purposes and historic events, think again. Formula 5000, a defunct ...

Leave it to the Australians to show us how racing ought to be done: with big V8s. Where racing series in other parts of the world keep switching to smaller and smaller engines, the Aussies still run ...

A grid of 14 Formula 5000 cars will line-up at the Taupo International Motorsport Park to contest this weekend’s Historic GP title – being run Sunday afternoon 21 January. Photo: Jarod Carruthers. The ...

"I remember somebody said at the time [late sixties], he's the hottest driver out of Italy since Ben Hur. And he drove like Ben Hur drove a chariot, too. It was always full bore with Mario. Pedal to ...

Petrolheads at this weekend's Classic Speedfest at Teretonga Park will be in for a special treat with the popular Formula 5000 class returning to the programme. Event co-organiser Rick Michels said it ...

A TRUCE has been called in the war over the most exciting concept to hit Australian motorsport in recent memory — thanks, in part, to a Bathurst legend. John Bowe helped orchestrate a meeting between ...