Historic Formula 1600 cars to get a separate class in the
FormulaCar Magazine F-1600 Ontario Championship


The Ontario F-1600 Challenge Championship presented by FormulaCar Magazine and sponsored by Dunlop Racing Tires is poised to make North American History. For the very first time three Ontario Regional Championship classes of F-1600’s will compete for class awards and three distinct Ontario Regional Racing Championships.

Series spokesman Jean-Guy Fournier said, “this may be the first time anywhere in the world that three separate eras of F-1600’s have raced on a single grid for three separate championships. For sure it is unique in North America. The support last year from our presenting sponsor FormulaCar Magazine has given the series a much higher profile than it had before, we are getting many inquiries from outside the province.”

The three classes of car will be 1985 to present in Class A, 1973 to 1984 in Class B and the Historic cars built prior to 1973 will run in the new Historic Class C run under Monoposto rules. Fournier went on to say that, “the excitement for this series racing is building not only for the fans, but also for the drivers. There are quite a few cars changing hands this winter, so it is anticipated that the F-1600 series will see grids of 25+ cars at each of the twelve points races spread over six weekends.”

Classes A and B will run all twelve races while counting points from only their best 10 races and Historic Class C will run 10 races and count points from all ten races. This format will allow the Historic cars to run with their Monoposto group at the VARAC International Vintage Festival.

F-1600 began in 1968 and the Ontario Series organizers are planning to mark the 35th anniversary with some special events during the 2004 race season.
The series runs from May through September at both Mosport and Shannonville racetracks in Ontario. Returning 2003 Champions David Clubine in Class A and Mike Lee in Class B can expect to have their hands full defending their titles. Regular competitors Shane Yantzi, Mike Dodd and Series founder Jim Kelly will be back along with Class B stalwarts Bruce Kitchen, Ross Smith and Jean –Guy Fournier. The inaugural Historic F-1600 Championship is up for grabs.

Further information on this series can be obtained by logging on to the Series website at http://ontariof1600challenge.freeservers.com/