McDonough wrings out the OSCA Formula Junior at Silverstone.
By Ed McDonough
Photos by Peter Collins
Formula Junior-A Training Ground
In my youth, during the period in which I first encountered motor racing, the 500cc Formula 3 had been the ‘entry’ route to serious single seat racing for some years in Europe but was by that time on its last legs. In the USA, there was less emphasis on single-seaters but by the early ‘60s, Formula Junior had caught on, and I have always seen it as an essential part of my history. I particularly was smitten by the front engine cars from Italy.