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After an 8-month layoff from racing my FM, I plan to run the SCCA/CalClub race weekend at Willow Springs Int'l Raceway on Feb. 23 & 24, 2013. Also running the Feb. 22 open test day. I only see one...

I'm a new FM racer and am very happy that the idiots at SCCA listened to 99% of the FE and FM drivers and didn't combine the classes, which would have been really stupid. The difference between SCCA...

Thanks! I will probably take you up on that. I will have my trackside support guy with me, and I'm trying to find out how to rent a garage if any are left. Unfortunately I can't get off work in time...

My first Formula Car Challenge race weekend and my second race weekend ever in my FM will be June 16 & 17, 2012 at the former Infineon Raceway a/k/a Sears Point, which is now officially called...

I'm very happy with my trackside support. I paid one young but knowledgable mechanic to support me, and his dad, who has crewed for race car teams on many levels for many years came out for free to...

Pics of my first open wheel car race day ever. Buttonwillow Raceway SoCal 5-19-12 with Cal Club/SCCA. Race Group #5 (open wheel cars). Qualified 2nd out of 2 cars in class, and 3rd of 19 cars in open...

First time racing open wheel car, not first time on track in open wheel car or first race in any car.

It's all coming together for my first open wheel race weekend. I'm driving the Suburban to work early in the morning on Thursday. Then leaving at noon to drive to Simi Valley to pick up the new...

Sam -

Great letter. Hope SCCA listens to you.

As an aside, I am a new open wheel racer, having bought my FM in Jan. 2012, practicing and getting ready for my first race weekend on May 19-20...

Are the FE guys for this? I would think not.

I'm getting ready to go racing in the FM I bought a few months ago and have been practicing and testing in. I plan to run with SCCA/CalClub and HSR West in SoCal, and Formula Car Challenge in NorCal....

I sent CRB letter #8134 requesting that FE and FM not be combined. Hope they listen to us. Text of my letter:

"I just bought a Formula Mazda and after practicing in it for a few months, my first...

The guy who owns the shop where I store my FM and whose mechanics provide me trackside support, said he had heard that it might be desirable to add some oil to the fuel in my FM. I have never heard...

Thanks for the advice. I'm pretty sure my car is geared right for Willow Springs (big track) because it's the only place the prior owner drove it, and he is pretty knowledgable about race cars. He...

My coach told me to left foot brake at all times. The seller, who is a good friend, explained that you NEVER want to take your right foot off the gas with a 13B rotary. If you do, you get that...

Yesterday I got 2 1/2 hours+ of seat time at an open test day at Willow Springs Int'l Raceway (big track), which is a high speed road course in Rosamond, Calif. I had fun driving, but was...

Don't know about SCCA, but there are a few HPDE organizers I know that allow open wheel cars, Radicals, etc. at HPDE open track events, on track the same time as street cars. I'm in California, so I...

I thought they gave you special scrutiny if your blood pressure is over 140/90. I'm on medication and mine came out just a little under those numbers at my last medical exam.

I'm getting ready to race the FM I bought recently in Southern California, with plans to race later on at the great racetracks in Northern California.

What do the size of the SCCA race fields...

I dunno. I thought VARA was only "historic" race cars, and FM is too new to qualify. Obviously I was wrong about that.

Willow Springs Racing, located at the track. Car purchased from father of shop owner, who runs open track events at WSIR about 6 times a year, and owns a Stohr and an FC.

Things are progressing well with my FM and my plans to go racing. There are 3 race sanctioning organizations I can run with in California: SCCA, Formula Car Challenge, and HSR West (4 if you count...

Thanks. Since you are out in the SoCal desert, have you driven any open wheel cars at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway yet? I really love the newest road course in California (except for the location, 50...

In preparation for going racing in my FM, I ran my second track day, first time with a coach. The track was Streets of Willow, which is a tight "technical (read: slow)" track that is not well...

Here are some pics:
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I rented the Formula Mazda today at Willow Springs big track and got close to 3 hours of seat time. That was enough to convince me to buy it. I need to spend a few months running open test days and...

Things are progressing. I sold my track day Honda S2000 rolling chassis with blown motor, which puts me in the position of having the cash for the FM. I am renting it for an open track day at...

Thanks for all the advice and referrals, guys. I understand you need to check the suspension uprights because if a bearing spins, you have to replace them and they aren't cheap. I think I will be...

I have been thinking about switching from running open track and racing in modified street cars, and getting a formula car. A friend has an FM for sale and I am seriously considering it.

I will...