# Juno CN sports racer

- Source: https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/juno-cn-race-car/
- Publisher: Racing Car Network (racingcarnetwork.com), the race car marketplace
- Type: car · Brand: Juno
- Discipline: hillclimb, sports-prototypes
- Series: sports-racer, hillclimb
- Era: 2000s
- Last updated: 2026-07-06

The Juno is the CN class's British voice: Ewan Baldry's sports-racer designs — the hillclimb-and-sprint careers beside the circuit classes — the small-house prototype in the two-litre open-top formula.

## Specifications

| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Engine | 2.0 car / bike fitment spectrum |
| Power | ~250-300 hp per build |
| Formula | CN open-top prototype |
| House | Juno (Ewan Baldry) |
| Ledger | British hill/sprint, Euro CN fields |
| Diligence | Fitment identity + discipline history |
| Years | 2000s–2010s |
| Class | Two-litre CN sports racer |

## History

Britain's contribution to the CN sports-racer formula ran through Juno (2000s onward): Ewan Baldry's design house — the CN class's grammar (the FIA's two-litre open-top prototype category: the motorcycle-and-car-engine fitments, the aero-light construction the European hill-and-circuit formula runs), the SS-and-CN model lines the small house built, and the British-market interpretation (the sprint-hillclimb-and-circuit versatility the domestic disciplines demanded) — racing the class's map: the British sprint-and-hillclimb championships' sports-libre careers, the European CN circuit fields (the Italian-and-French championships the formula's continental heartland), and the customer careers the small production armed.

The class's technical brief explains the appeal: CN caps the machinery at two litres and open tops with enough aero freedom to teach real downforce craft, so the cars deliver prototype physics — slicks, wings, and sub-600-kilogram mass — at running costs the club-and-hill disciplines can carry, which is exactly the gap the British house's versatile builds were designed to serve.

The CN formula's economics frame the type: the continental depth (the Osella-and-Norma establishment the Italian-and-French hills run — the class's volume houses against which the British voice positioned), the bike-engine fitment culture the lighter builds ran, and the versatility case (one chassis serving sprints, hills, and circuit sports-racer grids).

The small-house identity structures the market: the per-chassis scholarship the limited run keeps, the specification-spectrum documentation (the engine-fitment and discipline-setup variations per car), and the British-CN niche affection.

The present is CN-niche custody: fitment-identity honesty, discipline-history documentation, and the small-house romance throughout.

## Palmarès

British sprint-and-hillclimb honours and European CN class careers through the customer fleet's seasons — the small house's ledger in the two-litre formula.

## What to check before you buy

Small-house CN law: fitment identity first (the engine-spectrum truth per car — bike-versus-car-power builds' different custody worlds, the specification documentation the purchase's frame), discipline-history honesty (hill-sprint-versus-circuit careers' different stress biographies), per-chassis scholarship at limited-run depth (the build records and campaign histories the provenance spine), and class-eligibility fit (CN-and-sports-libre grids' rules framing the racing life). The continental establishment prices the benchmark: Norma-and-Osella liquidity against the British voice's niche — the Juno trades on versatility and the small-house story.

## Did you know

- One chassis, three disciplines: the British CN case built on sprint, hill and circuit versatility.
- The continent is the heartland: Italian and French championships running the CN formula's depth.
- The small house against the volume: Juno's voice beside the Norma-Osella establishment.

## Related entries

- Norma M20 FC (Hillclimb/CN) — https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/norma-m20/
- Osella PA30 (Hillclimb) — https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/osella-pa30/
- Radical SR3 — https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/radical-sr3/
- Radical SR8 — https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/radical-sr8/