Juno Racing Cars

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Juno Racing Cars
Industry Automotive
Founded1999
FounderEwan Baldry
Headquarters
Portugal
ProductsRacing cars

Juno Racing Cars is a British Group CN sportscar constructor. On 7 August 2014 it was announced that Juno Racing Cars was acquired by Ginetta Cars. In June 2016 Juno was bought by a private owner and the base of operations was moved to Portugal.

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History

Former series British Formula Ford (2009-2010)
Noted drivers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Felix Fisher
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chrissy Palmer
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nathan Freke
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Ellesley
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Holmes
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Bradshaw

Juno Racing Cars was founded by former Williams F1 engineer Ewan Baldry in 1999. The factory's first car, the Juno SS1, made its track debut in 2001. The car was designed by Baldry and design engineer Ben Lang. Lang was also chief engineer for the TVR Tuscan Speed 6. The SS1 was designed for the 2 liter National Supersports class. The car featured a spaceframe chassis built from cold drawn stainless steel. The car was powered by a Vauxhall 20XE engine. [1] Robert Oldershaw Jr. won the SP2 class in the National Supersports series in a Juno SS1. [2]

The successor of the SS1 was the SS2. The SS2 had a similar design but the technical aspect was significantly upgraded. The chassis was wider and featured a new Hewland sequential gearbox. [3] Robert Oldershaw Jr. won several races in the BARC National Supersports. Oldershaw Jr. finished second in the final classification. [4] Oldershaw Jr. followed up this performance the following year.

A more powerful sportscar was launched by Juno in 2005, the SS3 V6. David Mountain and Andreas Halkiopolous competed the Jaguar powered SS3 V6 in the Britsports Endurance Championship. The SS3 won six races in the Britsports championship. The SSE, launched in 2008, continued to win races in various Group CN classes.

Juno Racing Cars designed their first Formula Ford single seater for the 2009 British Formula Ford season. The Juno JA09 was entered as a factory entry for Chrissy Palmer. Chrissy Palmer raced three races at Oulton Park for the team finishing fifth in the first race. Palmer would go on to win the Formula Ford Festival in 2009 in after switching to the Mygale chassis. A new Formula Ford chassis was designed for the 2010 British Formula Ford season. For 2010 Juno partnered with Century Motorsport to field a factory supported entry. [5] Fielding various drivers, team principal Nathan Freke among them, the team failed to achieve significant results.

On 7 August 2014 it was revealed that Ginetta Cars acquired Juno Racing Cars. The collaboration was formed in order to field an LMP3 entry in 2015. [6]

In June 2016 Juno was bought by a private owner and the base of operations was moved to Portugal. New models are now being developed, including a new formula 1000 and a new version of the CN model.

Juno Racing Cars is planning to develop a One Make Series that will enable its clients to race between themselves using new or old cars. A special "light budget" Juno will be developed to support this series.

Racing cars

YearCarClass
2001Juno SS1 Group CN
2003Juno SS2Group CN
2005Juno SS3-V6Group CN
2008Juno SSEGroup CN
2009Juno CN09Group CN
2010Juno JA2010 Formula Ford/750MC Formula 4
2011Juno CN2011Group CN
2012Juno Civic 2012Group CN

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References

  1. ↑ "Juno Racing Ltd SS1". Motorsport Almanac. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "2003 Dunlop National Supersports Championship". BARC. Archived from the original on 22 October 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ↑ "Juno Chassis". dsr.racing.net. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "2004 Dunlop National Supersports Championship". BARC. Archived from the original on 5 December 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ↑ "Century Motorsport Link Up With Juno For Formula Ford Campaign". Century Motorsport. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "LAWRENCE TOMLINSON CONFIRMS LMP3 INTENTIONS WITH GINETTA-JUNO". Ginetta Cars. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
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