History
BriSCA F1 Stock Car racing can trace its roots to the first stock car race in United Kingdom, which was held at New Cross Stadium in London on Good Friday, April 16, 1954. Since then it has raced continuously and held over 5000 meetings across the United Kingdom.
Originally, the cars were slightly modified saloon cars, hence the term stock as opposed to race cars. Most of the cars were American models with a V8 engine, although some were larger European cars. The cars were standard cars with wheel arches removed and with bumpers and roll bars added.
In the mid seventies, a group of southern based drivers broke away from the BSCDA (British Stock Car Drivers Association) and formed their own association, called SCOTA (Stock Car Oval Track Association). They raced for promoter Spedeworth International in cars exactly the same as BriSCA F1. In 1980, the southern drivers and Spedeworth decided to introduce a five litre limit, and make the cars slightly smaller. The 1980 formula (known as Formula 80) is still running today under the name of Spedeworth V8 Stock Cars.
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