2011 Formula 500 Oval Express Series Rd 7 - Heat 1 - Borderline Speedway, AU

Formula 500 racing has its roots in the earliest days of speedway racing around WW2 when the defining class was the speedcar or as the Americans still call them " midgets".

The budget versions of the Midget class were smaller and generally powered by motorcycle engines of the day. They were initially nicknamed " Three Quarter Midgets " and as you can expect this was shortened to "TQ". In Australia this name later lost it's meaning to the general community so the name " Formula 500" was adopted as it had more relevance. The name change happened when motor racing was dominated by classes with names like "Formula 5000" and "Formula 1" etc. It also conveyed the 500cc engine size. At the time, the small cars also vaguely resembled the formula cars as the bodies were still rounded like a traditional open wheeler and only small rear wings allowed.
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how old do u have to be to race these?