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Posted Nov-08-25 at 3:00 PM By Dan Davis

Formula Junior Vintage Formula Cars Featured At Four Big Vintage Racing Weekends in 2026

The North American FJHNA season opens May 27-31 with the Velocity Invitational at Sonoma Raceway.  The International Formula Junior Platinum Tour by FJHRA joins North American Formula Juniors of FJHNA during the August 12-15 Rolex Motorsports Revival at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca as a featured group.  The combined organization Formula Junior race cars will be featured at the September 3-7 Lime Rock Historics and Festival at Lime Rock Raceway Park.  The following weekend at Watkins Glen the combined field will be featured during the September 10-13 SVRA all vintage racing weekend.

The Formula Junior Formula cars of 1959-1963 were the first official FIA stepping class to formula One.  Jimmy Clark's first formula car race was in a FJr  Lotus 18, on Boxing Day 1959.  Jackie Stewart's tryout for Team Tyrell F1 was in a FJr.  In the USA noted drivers were Jim Hall, Briggs Cunningham, Pete Lovely, Steve McQueen raced a Cooper FJr in Europe and brought it back to the US.

Info:  Tom O'Grady 281-253-8881

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