Chris Craft – F5000 | The “forgotten” drivers of F1

1968 – Phoenix Park Motor Races 1968 Lola T140 5.0L. Outright lap record 89.37 mph. Photo Brian Mannig

1973 Oulton Park. Photo Norman Hayes via FB group Oulton Park

1973 F5000 Mallory Park /Mallory Park, 8 Jul 1973/. Photo Tony Carwithen

1973 F5000 at Brands Hatch Clive Santo in his ShellSPORT Luxembourg Lola T330 running ahead of Chris Crafts VDS Chevron. Photo and info via Michael Lee

1973 – Chris Craft’s Chevron-Chevrolet B24 of Racing Team VDS in the Rothman’s Formula 5000 European Championship race on Bottom Straight, Brands Hatch, Kent, 27 August 1973. Photo and info Hugh Llewelyn

1973 F5000 Zandvoort #34 Chris Craft with #4 Guy Edwards. Photo Noord-Hollands Archief, collectie Fotopersbureau De Boer – NL-HlmNHA_1478_12298K02_04

1973 F5000 Brands Hatch???

1974 Chris Craft and Roelof Wunderink when they also raced F5000: European F5000 Championship of 1974. Chris Craft steers the one off Brabham BT43 into Druids. In the distance we see Roelof Wunderink and Trevor Twaites – info Hans Hulsebos. Photo Graham Etheridge

1974 F5000 Zandvoort. Photo Rob Petersen

1974 F5000 Zolder. Photo Eric Hautekeete

1974 F5000 Zandvoort. Photo Christian Wolf

1974 Chris Craft during the 1974 F5000 season driving a Chevron B24 at Mallory Park

1974 – Chris Craft in the loaned VDS Chevron-Morand B24/73-07, run by Adlards Crowne Racing. Chris qualified third for the 1974 F5000 round at Monza, retiring in the first heat on lap 4 and finishing sixth in the second. Overall he was classified 14th. overall. Info Ed Brunette and photos Graziano Vimercati

1974 – Chris Craft in the loaned VDS Chevron-Morand B24/73-07, run by Adlards Crowne Racing. Chris qualified third for the 1974 F5000 round at Monza, retiring in the first heat on lap 4 and finishing sixth in the second. Overall he was classified 14th. overall. Info Ed Brunette and photos Graziano Vimercati

1974 /20 Oct 1974/ Brands Hatch Rothmans F5000 Championship round

1974 F5000 Brands Hatch. Photo Pete Austin