1974 formula atlantic

In total, ten UK Atlantic race winners competed in Grands Prix.

The first professional races run under Formula Atlantic rules in North America were … The John Player series fell to John Nicholson and the Lyncar for the second season but it was a close-run thing with five other drivers winning two or more rounds.

British Formula Atlantic 1974. OldRacingCars.com reports the history of the Chevron B27 chassis at OldRacingCars.com Chevron B27 In relevant part it states the following about chassis B27-74-02: Canadian Formula Atlantic 1974. The ten-round Southern Organs series was won in dramatic fashion by Jim Crawford, the find of the season, but … From the start of the season, the car had the works F2 long nose with a right-hand side radiator. March 74B (side rads) (Syd Demovsky): Syd Demovsky (Chicago, IL) raced a March 74B hired to him and run by Tom Greatorex (Montréal, Quebec, Canada) in the 1974 Players Canadian Formula Atlantic series. He replaced it with a Lola T360 for 1975 and is believed to be the car then raced by John Elder (Rosemount, Minnesota) in SCCA Nationals in 1975. Prior to Formula Atlantic, professional Formula B races were held in the United States from 1965 to 1972, firstly with the SCCA's poorly supported Formula A, then as part of the SCCA Grand Prix Championship in 1967 and 1968 and then in their own independent series from 1969 to 1972. There were again two series in 1974, one backed by John Player and the other by Southern Organs. British Formula Atlantic Formula Atlantic flourished in the UK in the early 1970s with huge fields during its peak period of 1972-1974 and proved a stepping stone for a number of drivers on the way to F1, notably Alan Jones, Tony Brise, Gunnar Nilsson and Tom Pryce.

Irish Formula Atlantic 1974. After five seasons of competitive but unstructured libre racing, the Irish organisers, the Royal Irish Automobile Club (RIAC) in the south and the 500 Motor Racing Club of Ireland (500 MRCI) in the north, settled on a move to Formula Atlantic for 1974. Power comes from a Cosworth BDA 1600cc engine that was built by Bob Slade in 2007 and received a top end rebuild from Picks Racing Engines in May 2017.

The main difference was that Formula Atlantic allowed the Cosworth-designed Ford BDA engine … Although this car may have been on loan from Fred Opert, it is assumed here that it was the same car he then raced in Formula B and Fomrula Atlantic in 1973 and 1974. Raced in the Players CASC Formula Atlantic Championship. The history of Formula Atlantic begins with the SCCA Formula B class, created in 1965 for single-seat formula cars with engines not exceeding 1600cc in capacity. Firstly, the rules were changed from Formula B, which had been inherited from the SCCA, to Formula Atlantic which, along with Formula 5000, was now officially recognised by the FIA as an International Formula. Although there were no Formula Atlantic car cars on the island at the time of the announcement, conversion of the plentiful ex …

Three big changes affected the Canadian championship for 1974. Finished second at Trois Rivieres in 1974.

Category: Race Cars This 1974 Chevron B27 is an ex-Formula Atlantic racer that has been campaigned by the seller in HSR West and SVRA events for the past 18 years.