1960 North Star Mk1

This car took part in the HSCC/FJHRA Silverline Historic Formula Junior Rear Engine race at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2018.

It's the 1960 North Star Mk1 of Martin McHugh and has a 4-cylinder inline 1,098cc Ford engine. Formula Junior racing was initiated in 1958 by Giovanni Lurani as an affordable introduction to single seater racing and was initially dominated by the Fiat-engined Italian cars, particularly Stanguellini. British interest remained for some time with the 500cc Formula 3 class of racing, but when they turned their attention to Formula Junior cars such as Elva and Lola started to make an impression, and when Cooper and Lotus introduced their mid-engined cars they became the ones to beat. The North Star cars apparently had some success in club and national events.

Here's the car at Druids Corner during the Saturday practice session.