{"id":490195,"date":"2008-08-01T20:00:20","date_gmt":"2008-08-02T03:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=51993"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:06:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:06:35","slug":"formula-junior-super-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/formula-junior-super-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula Junior Super Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\">1959 OSCA |\u00a01960 Lotus 18 |\u00a01963 Brabham BT6<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Regular readers of VR will know that we have a fondness for Formula Junior. We have covered some important ground with this significant racing formula, and gotten to grips with Elva, Lotus, Stanguellini, Volpini, Autosud and more. As 2008 marks 50 years of the racing category thought up by Count Giovanni \u2018Johnny\u2019 Lurani as a less expensive entree into single-seater competition, we set out to test some cars that covered the span of that formula\u20131958 to 1963. We came up with not only three representative cars, but cars which were each fascinating in their own right. And the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit made its contribution by providing a nice damp day on which to test them!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Birth of Formula Junior<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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As 2008 marks 50 years of the racing category thought up by Count Giovanni \u2018Johnny\u2019 Lurani as a less expensive entree into single-seater competition, we set out to test some cars that covered the span [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":109,"featured_media":576554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17009,1920,261,18207],"tags":[12824,12308,2536,2727,18322,8618,11513,1591,11657,1961,20068,13355,20125,11309,17140,548,12171,301,11600,12451,11833,11614,13301,11588,11747,583,506,504,17143],"class_list":["post-490195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-formula-junior","category-lotus","category-motorsport-racing","category-special-feature","tag-csi","tag-fia-federation-internationale-de-lautomobile","tag-1950s","tag-1960s","tag-2000s-all","tag-brabham","tag-fj","tag-fiat","tag-grand-prix","tag-lotus","tag-lotus-featured","tag-lotus-18","tag-lotus-race-featured","tag-maserati-250f","tag-members-only","tag-motorsport","tag-nart","tag-osca","tag-colin-chapman","tag-count-giovanni-lurani","tag-eugenio-castellotti","tag-john-cooper","tag-maria-teresa-de-filippis","tag-ricardo-rodriguez","tag-brands-hatch","tag-monaco","tag-silverstone","tag-spa","tag-special-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Formula Junior Super Test<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ed McDonough gets behind the wheel of three significant Juniors that span the full gamut of Formula Junior evolution\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/formula-junior-super-test\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/formula-junior-super-test\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Formula Junior Super Test\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ed McDonough gets behind the wheel of three significant Juniors that span the full gamut of Formula Junior evolution\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/formula-junior-super-test\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-08-02T03:00:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T03:06:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/PRO200808-p2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ed McDonough\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ed McDonough\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"22 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/formula-junior-super-test\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/formula-junior-super-test\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ed McDonough\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/011d7505e6bfb08c26631ce799da7d56\"},\"headline\":\"Formula Junior Super Test\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-08-02T03:00:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-27T03:06:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/formula-junior-super-test\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":4076,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/formula-junior-super-test\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/PRO200808-p2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"(CSI) Commission Sportive International\",\"(FIA) Federation Internationale de l\u2019Automobile\",\"1950s All\",\"1960s All\",\"2000s All\",\"Brabham\",\"Defunct Series (Formula Junior)\",\"Fiat\",\"Grand Prix\",\"Lotus\",\"Lotus (Featured)\",\"Lotus 18\",\"Lotus Race (Featured)\",\"Maserati 250F\",\"Members Only\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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