Today I was informed by Ford Racing that an important plan is coming together at Ford Racing and that Brian Wolfe, the Director of Ford Racing had sent a formal letter of intent to the SCCA informing the SCCA that Ford would support Formula Ford with a significant contingency fund as well as engine supply and technical support. I want everyone in the Formula Ford community to have the opportunity to read the actual letter & to make certain that all of you understand that Ford Racing is very serious about their future involvement in Formula Ford. Please read the letter from Brian Wolfe and give it the serious consideration it deserves. If approved there will be a new modern low cost engine for use in Formula Ford as well as a new Kent cylinder block that will be available next year.
I personally ask that you do not discard the over 40 year involvement of Ford Motor Company in Formula Ford in the USA & around the world. The continued involvement in Formula Ford in the US is very much at stake when all of you make your decisions about your future engine use in Formula Ford. I also ask that all of us, as members of the SCCA, try to cultivate a better future relationship with Ford Racing. If we do I am certain that their involvement will be as absoluely serious as it is in England and Europe. Perhaps in the future we can send our best aspiring young Formula Ford drivers to the Formula Ford Festival and perhaps that Festival might even be in the United States.
I know this is the news many of you have been waiting for so please read & let the BOD know ASAP.
Thanks ... Jay Novak