{"id":489975,"date":"2008-05-01T04:00:17","date_gmt":"2008-05-01T04:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=54559"},"modified":"2023-12-31T20:23:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T20:23:18","slug":"formula-5000-registry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/formula-5000-registry\/","title":{"rendered":"The Formula 5000 Registry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Started in 1968 as Formula A in the United States, Formula 5000, as it became known, featured open-wheeled \u201cFormula One\u2013style\u201d cars powered by 5-liter, normally aspirated, V-8 engines. In its heyday, in the mid-1970s, F5000 attracted big-name drivers like Mario Andretti, Bobby Unser, Sr., Jody Scheckter, and Brian Redman, piloting racing cars from the likes of Lola, Chevron, McLaren, and Surtees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last fall, a new organization\u2014the Formula 5000 Registry\u2014was created to both preserve these super-fast racecars, as well as to promote their continued competition in historic racing events. This month\u2019s featured Web site is the official site of the registry and includes a history of the F5000 series in the U.S., Europe, and the Pacific; listings and histories of various marques including Chevron, Chinook, Eagle, Lola, March, McRae, McLaren, and Surtees; a photo gallery; a video gallery; information on upcoming F5000 race events; F5000 cars and parts for sale; as well as links and information on joining the association. Of particular interest is the video gallery, which includes amateur home movies from the 1970\u20131976 Mid-Ohio F5000 rounds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/HD200805-p2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-586617 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/HD200805-p2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/HD200805-p2.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/HD200805-p2-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/HD200805-p2-1024x655.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/HD200805-p2-100x64.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/HD200805-p2-770x493.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/HD200805-p2-293x187.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thef5000registry.com\">www.thef5000registry.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Started in 1968 as Formula A in the United States, Formula 5000, as it became known, featured open-wheeled \u201cFormula One\u2013style\u201d cars powered by 5-liter, normally aspirated, V-8 engines. In its heyday, in the mid-1970s, F5000 attracted big-name drivers like Mario Andretti, Bobby Unser, Sr., Jody Scheckter, and Brian Redman, piloting racing cars from the likes of Lola, Chevron, McLaren, and Surtees. Last fall, a new organization\u2014the Formula 5000 Registry\u2014was created to both preserve these super-fast racecars, as well as to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":586615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,17003],"tags":[17152,17164],"class_list":["post-489975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-formula-5000","tag-car-culture","tag-websites-we-love"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Formula 5000 Registry<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Formula 5000 Registry\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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