VARA FORMULA FESTIVAL EVENT INFORMATION

[CHibbard]

The Silver State Formula Festival
Honoring the 35th Anniversary of
Formula Ford Racing in North America
Presented by Trench Shoring Company

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, March 12-14, 2004

Dear Formula Racing Enthusiast,

Trench Shoring Company and VARA are proud to invite you to the Silver State Formula Festival, featuring open-wheel Formula racecars and honoring the 35th anniversary of the introduction and racing of Formula Ford in North America.

Formula Ford has long been recognized as a steeping stone for many infamous racing champions over the past 35 years.

For this special event, VARA invites all years and models of Formula Ford racecars to join us for an exciting weekend of open wheel racing and paying tribute to the history of Formula Ford.

Friday will be a “test and tune” day, preparing everyone for the exciting Saturday and Sunday racing. And once again, we will run the long 2.58-mile outside road course! On Saturday, we will feature the VARA tradition and popular Formula Relay Race.

All normal VARA run groups are invited to enter and participate in this exciting race weekend as well.

RACE HEADQUARTERS: Cannery Hotel and Casino. Located at I15 and Craig Road, 5 minutes from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. They have plenty of parking, restaurants and a casino. Please make sure you mention VARA when making your reservation to get your special VARA rate (702) 507-5700. Alternative motel, Super 8 Motel-Nellis A.F.B., 4435 Las Vegas Blvd. N., Las Vegas (702) 644-5666. Make your reservations early, as there are a limited number of rooms available at the special “VARA” rate.

RACE ENTRY INFORMATION: Entry fee for the three days of racing is $275.00 for current VARA members. The entry fee for non-members is $305, which includes a weekend membership. If you are not a VARA member and entering a Formula Ford, your entry will be $275.00 (same as a VARA member). Please note that VARA does apply a late fee of $35.00 for entries received after the published late fee date. The date your entry needs to arrive at the VARA office is listed on the entry form. This event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will include 2 gate passes per accepted event entry. Additional passes may be purchased on the race entry form or at the gate for $10 (good for the entire race weekend).

NEW AND UNLICENSED DRIVERS: Drivers running for the first time with VARA must include an additional $ 50.00 fee for Ground School, which will be held on Friday night of the race weekend for both events. Ground School is mandatory for first time and unlicensed drivers. Complete details of the school will be included in the acceptance letter. For Ground School or licensing questions, please call our Chief Driving Instructor Daniel Martinez at 949-262-1213. VARA requires each participant to have a physical exam every two years. If you do not have a current medical please contact the VARA office and a form will be sent to you. Medical cards from other approved organizations are acceptable. All racecars must have a logbook and meet VARA eligibility requirements.


Noontime “track tours”: Will be available Saturday and Sunday. All participants prior to entering the racetrack must sign a release form. We would like to emphasize that this is a “track tour” and as such, all cars will be driven at controlled speeds on the track. The fee is $ 20.00 per car, per day, regardless of the number of passengers in your car.


TIMING & SCORING: If you would like to be included in the timing & scoring during the race weekend, you must use a transponder. If you do not own one, you may rent one, please indicate on the entry form. If you would like to purchase one, please call AMB direct at 1-678-816-4000.


DRIVERS MEETING is mandatory for all event participants. Please make sure that you attend the drivers meeting both Friday and Saturday morning. We will be going over important details regarding the race weekend.

ACCEPTANCE PACKAGES will be sent out approximately ten days to one week prior to the race event.

QUESTIONS AND ASSISTANCE: Please call the VARA office at 800-280-(VARA) or visit the VARA website http://www.vararacing.com if you have questions regarding this event.

The offical event enter form will be available on the VARA website in approx three weeks.

We look forward to a great weekend of Formula Ford racing during the day and fun Las Vegas action at night.

See you in Las Vegas for the
Silver State Formula Festival!

Craig L. Hibbard
President, Board of Directors
VARA

[size="1"][ January 15, 2004, 09:12 PM: Message edited by: CHibbard ][/size]

[Dave Hopple]

Craig, here's a direct link to the VARA website, this sounds like a great time, I wish I lived closer to Vegas! vararacing.com

-Dave

[CHibbard]

Thanks, Dave.

I went back and made the edit as well. We are going to have a great weekend of racing in Vegas. March is always a nice time of year to have a race in Vegas. Not too cool, yet just warm enough to make the racing enjoyable.

Also a cool added feature is the endless airshow provided by Nellis AFB. Usually the AF Thunderbirds are at Nellis practicing their show. You will see everything from the Thinderbirds to squadrons of Stealth fighters. It makes for a real fun show all day.

We'll keep everyone posted as new announcements are made for this special event.

Thanks again,
Craig

[trout roberts]

Craig:
Thanks for the update on this event. I know that there are several Club Ford drivers from the Northwest that are planning to make the trek to Las Vegas.
Could you, or someone else who's driven the track, provide a baseline recommendation for gearing a Mk 9 with 9:31 CWP?

Regards,

Trout ><{{{º>

[CHibbard]

Hi Trout,

Many of our drivers started with the following:

1st 18:34
2nd 21:30
3rd 23:28
4th 25:27

or

1st 18:34
2nd 20:32
3rd 22:29
4th 24:27

Our last event in Vegas was the newly reconfifurged outside long 2.58mile road course. Car set-up was similiar to a ButtonWillow CW 13 configuration.

Craig

[Murray]

Trout;
I took a stab on our first outing at the new configuration at Las Vegas and hit it right on the nose. If I were a bit better driver it would be perfect.
M LAS VEGAS
1ST 19:32
2ND 22:30
3RD 23:28
4TH 24:27