Interesting - rumor it will be the under-card on Trans-Am weekends - but for now ..........
From Racer & Robin Miller ..........
Q: The FIA Formula 4 is coming to America. That's great! Or is it? What does this mean? How will this fit in over here?
Tim Davis, Detroit, MI
RM: I asked my Formula 4 expert Bryan Herta, whose son Colton is competing in the 30-race Euro Formula 4 series this season. Hertamania says Formula 4 is quicker than an F1600 but not as fast as an F2000, and he thinks there's a place for it in North America.
Q: Regarding the Sept. 17 article saying F4 arrives in the USA: why, and do we need another open-wheel division? Will it compete with already established series like USF2000? The spec of the cars seem similar.
Joe Mullins
RM: My initial reaction is that we already have too many, and we are seeing a distinctive path now with Dan Andersen's Mazda Road to Indy. Herta says cost control is Formula 4's biggest selling point. An F4 car is $53,000 compared to $85,000 for an F1600 ride.
Q: Does Formula 4 in the U.S. stand a snowball's chance? How does it propose to succeed where others have failed?
Rob Peterson, Rochester, NY
RM: Herta says it's got a chance and it makes sense because it's priced right and I guess that could be the reason it makes it or disappears in a couple years.