Superstox is a type of single seat formula racing

Formula racing

Formula racing is a term that refers to various forms of open wheeled single seater motorsport. Its origin lies in the nomenclature that was adopted by the FIA for all of its post-World War II single seater regulations, or formulae. The best known of these formulæ are Formula One, Formula Two, and...

, similar to Sprint car racing

Sprint car racing

Sprint cars are high-powered race cars designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval or circular dirt or paved tracks. Sprint car racing is popular in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa....

 developed in the 1960s in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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Its original routes come from the mid-1950's where it derived from BriSCA Formula One Stock Car Racing, where a smaller junior forumula was crated and raced at the Southern 'Spedeworth' short oval tracks in the UK.

Previous famous drivers include 1973 ex-World Champion Derek Warwick

Derek Warwick

Derek Stanley Arthur Warwick is a British former racing driver from England. He raced for many years in Formula One, but never won a Grand Prix. During the early 1980s he was thought more likely to achieve World Championship success than his contemporary Nigel Mansell, but a series of wrong...

, British Champion, Paul Warwick, and Martin Brundle

Martin Brundle

Martin John Brundle is a British racing driver from England, known as a Formula One driver and as an F1 commentator for ITV Sport from 1997 to 2008, the BBC from 2009 to 2011 and Sky Sports from 2012....