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All I can say is an enormous thank you to both Jerry Hodges and Dustin Hodges for keeping F1000 alive. Thank God F1000 found a real home in the FRP.


I don't belittle the SCCA for what they did...

Coop, that's the car I bought from Tim Pierce back in 2017. Use to be Clarke's. Looks almost brand new with that paint job. Nice to see it went somewhere where it's being taken good care of.

Finally got my first shot. Mid-May I'll be fully vaccinated. Then I can finally travel. Hoping to make Barber. If not that definitely will be at one or more of the later events. Lookin forward to...

That's about what I expected. I was thinking around 10K-12K. Updating isn't insignificant, true, but that's pretty reasonable, and low considering its a entirely new engine, wiring, plumbing, etc.
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This is exactly my belief. A belief I've had since 2009 when I first got into the class. It is exactly why I'm no longer in FF, FM, or FC and have no interest in FA. Those classes are from a...

Think I stated this a few times already:

There is nothing, absolutely nothing, preventing the SCCA from having 100 open wheel classes if they so desired. Only thing standing in the way is their...

There is one thing everyone should keep in mind. My main issue with the SCCA isn't so much that they came out with this car count criteria or the fact that they did it without going through the...

Ok. maybe I did go a little too Charles Bronson on them. But I have an issue with dishonesty. (as in they (SCCA) should have been more honest and not played games). Has to do with trust. Dunno, maybe...

Oh, so we're orphans now? Who's idea was that?

17 Stan. 17 Sedan classes. And they want to create more. Let's get those pizza boxes warmed up. I'll bring my tin-foil hat.

Thanks for cracking...

I don't see anything coming from the current regime at SCCA that'll be useful for F1000 in club racing. They are going to protect their own formula car class (FE) at the expense of all the others....

It wouldn't make an difference if we had 10,000 F1000 entries. I don't believe the SCCA will ever give F1000 back its own class. And those numbers if they existed, would only go towards boosting FA...

Good points.

But a membership, especially one where money passes, is still a contract. We both entered into this membership based on an agreement. One in writing.

I don't believe changing...

You obviously don't understand what a contract is. The minute they took my money, that was a "contract."

There were rules for participation. They broke those rules.

Besides, we had enough...

Understand what you are saying. Not sure I'm going to either (sue). Even if I can.

My point is, I was a paying member of the club (SCCA). By accepting my membership we (The SCCA and I) entered...

Never saw a reply to my letter in Fastrak (maybe they are too scared to reply), but another letter requesting F1000 move into FX was turned down.

In recent days I've been talking to the lawyer...

This would be the idea solution. I would like (I'm not going to speak for others even though they've told me the same) to run both FRP races and SCCA club races. But not in FA as a souped up F1000....

I was wondering if there was a way to keep F1000 in FA and at the same time be allowed in FX.

But no, I don't think F1000 will ever have it's own class again. I think that boat has sailed (and...

Ok this is different than upgrading the engine to run head to head with FA cars. Who is looking to upgrade their engine so they can run faster right alongside FA? I'm not talking about maybe being...

Yes there a couple or so that want this. But appears just as many (and apparently more) it seems that don't want to go in that direction. To me, going in that direction is just dangerous. Stupid...

Those are all from the old F1000 Pro Series (pre USF1000). I took a lot of those myself. I don't think you did any of those races. I do have a photo of you from the 2014 Runoffs at Laguna Seca. Can...

You'll need a flat plate and dyno runs on every motor. More complicated, time consuming, and costly than putting in a rev limiter.



Jeremy you planning to run SCCA club any time soon?

I've...

Why a complicated restrictor plate over a very simple rev limiter? I don't get this. This makes things way too complicated. There is no one inlet restrictor plate fits all solution. Going in this...

I don't think the dog got that bone. I think it missed and fell into the trash.

Whatya suggest?

Stan, yea! Write a letter. F1000 into FX.

I want anything that makes sense and works. The current status quo ain't working. I'm open to any suggestions that make sense. Moving F1000 into a...

I've written an email to the BOD requesting just that. But going to ask my fellow F1000 competitors what they think about that idea before sending it.

The only practical way this works is if they take take F1000 out of FA amd make it a regional class. We can not get our numbers up if we are being counted as FA class. I think I'd actually prefer...

I was looking at the times for 2017 Runoffs. Pole times for the following:

FA: 1:29.957
FB: 1:33.746

Yeah, F1000 doesn't stand a chance at the runoffs next year. They take one baseline time...

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I think the Phoenix has had CFD analysis on their aero and the updated Firman package definitely has had it. I helped set up the scan run by Capture3D. They digitized the...

For 3 years between 2010 to 2012 I worked as Adminstrator for the F1000 Pro Series. Marking the 10th anniversary of the begining of that series I just wanted to post some photos from that time and...

What I suggest you look at primarily if you're looking for a car is what/how to obtain spares. How difficult it would be. The more spares you can get with the purchase of a car the better, because...

Thanks. Couldn't find it for some reason. May have to set the Rev Limited further down than 11K. I would imagine 2:04 around RA in a FB would hanging it out there pretty good.

Stan, you have to go back further back than that to find FB times. Those are FA times. I had to go back to 2015 to find a competitive FB time in a Majors race at Road America (the link to Majors...

I bounced right by all them Jay and went straight to the BOD:

bod@scca.com

Stan, just to answer from what I know already. I haven't done a lot of reaching out yet, was about to. But all the guys I've emailed so far support putting F1000 in FX, and there is even one F1000...

Isn't FA a spec car too?

So I just read this from the November Fastrak:

FA
1. #29642 (DAVID OLEARY) Request to re-think FB in FA
Thank you for your letter. The Club Racing Board does not recommend these changes. The...

It's an uphill battle I know. Makes me wonder if these guys on the BOD or CRB ever actually really competed in or have any knowledge about anything other than single class racing. You would like to...

The purpose of my letter was to get this logjam unstuck. To get them (SCCA) thinking. The current status quo just can't continue.

I'm open to any safe and sane solutions to get F1000 back into...

Just sent this email to the BOD:

Suggest Allowing F1000 in FX with a rev limiter set at 11,000 RPM.

FX is where F1000 belongs not in FA. Raising the engine spec to make F1000 go faster to...

Mike,

I think Jose Gerardo is putting a list together. We've been talking about what we can do next year 2021.

The volunteers at the track and at the regional level that help put on the show I have a lot of respect for. They are absolutely awesome and I applaud them completely.

I'm afraid to say higher up...

I would like to dispute one thing Lathrop wrote. I think the numbers for F1000 were good enough through 2017.

In 2018 the NorthAm F1000 series choose to do regionals instead of Majors because we...

This is the problem Jay. They don't want to hear from anyone. They think they have all the answers and don't want any of our input. That's been the problem with both the CRB and BOD for years. We...

You telling me this wasn't expected? What did they think was going to happen? That we F1000 drivers were going to flock like sheep to race head-to-head with real FA's?

The CRB and the BOD are...

Jake, I thought that was the plan. You, Jose and I were all going to race in the Midwest this year, Then I read you're doing NorthAm F1000. What? you cloning yourself so you can be in two places at...

The first real series started on the West Coast with the F1000 ProSeries in 2010. We ran that series piggyback on SCCA events. We had our own podium and gave out our own trophies. Just the same way...

On the NorthAm website says June 2018. https://northamf1000.com/rules-package/

Even though I haven't been involved in organizing the series for a while I don't see us changing any of those rules...

You're basically running with the same cars on track you ran with before. All they've done is eliminate runoff car classes and basically participation (entries) at the runoffs.

This is the...