Again, thanks to everyone for throwing in ideas and helping me out.
I've been looking at the fields that run both here and in Alabama and Southern California (two places I'm planning to go to for college) and FV and FF are the only ones that have cars competing in all three. So right now, my plan is to get an FV, run for 2-4 years, see what I can win, then move to FC, then when I start winning (rookie national champion
) I'll contact ladder series teams (Formula Lites, USF2000, etc) about doing testing. Naturally I'll try for the MRTI scholarship while I'm doing that. When I start doing good in FV, I'll contact some smaller companies about small sponsorships (entry fees, tires, stuff like that) and see if anyone bites. In college I'm going to do the FSAE program, so I'm assuming that could help a bit, especially when it comes to mechanic and setup stuff.
Any feedback about that?