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    Default FCCS - PittRace Roll Call

    Round 1 of the Formula Continental Challenge Series may be months away, but let's get some commitments and excitement building early! If you haven't been to PittRace, it is an awesome facility. This event has historically had a very strong local FC contingent, and we are expecting that already large field to be bolstered by FCCS newcomers. There was even talk on our last Zoom call of someone flying to Florida and bringing Chris Scharnow back with them to race with us. In addition to a big FC field, there will be prize drawings from our sponsors, evening socials, an FC paddock area, and other perks you won't have at your normal SCCA event. This isn't one you'll want to miss! Let us know if you're going to be there, and tell us about your car and crew you'll be bringing!


    Registration opens Mid-March:
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    Default Pitt Race

    I certainly intend to make this race. The track is fantastic as are the owners and Steel City Region people. Bob Albert has informed me that the region has total control over the paddock and he can make arrangements to park all of the formula cars together if we so desire and get with them in advance. Last year we had an excellent run group, it was a top flight event.

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    I think we have interest from 11 so far on the Facebook page. I believe 9 of those were not there last year so if we can get guys from the east coast and those that have been there before we should make 20 cars for this one event.

    Let us know if you plan to attend!

    Brian

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    Quote Originally Posted by BrianT1 View Post
    I think we have interest from 11 so far on the Facebook page. I believe 9 of those were not there last year so if we can get guys from the east coast and those that have been there before we should make 20 cars for this one event.

    Let us know if you plan to attend!

    Brian
    Correct, we have 11 that have stated their intent to be there so far:

    Trevor Gerard
    Michael Varacins
    Tim Minor
    John LaRue
    Rock Beauchamp
    Brian Tomasi
    Jeremy Swank
    Mark Hutchinson
    Hayden Eade
    Sean Gennari
    Devon Hansen

    There are the local guys that attend that probably don’t check Facebook or Apexspeed, and some others that I expect to be there that haven’t spoken up yet. I am confident we can double that number!
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    Default PittRace Updates

    Registration has been updated for this event and now opens this Saturday at midnight Eastern time! We've had a dozen or so drivers share their intent to be in attendance and hope even more will join us. FCCS will have 10 paddock spots reserved for us in the North Paddock from 6PM on Thursday through the conclusion of the event. These spots are large and should be able to comfortably fit two trucks, trailers, and race cars in each. Register early and help build the momentum!

    https://www.motorsportreg.com/events...x-steel-548633
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    I am in Rock and will probably make most of the series. Too damn hot in Florida in the summer anyway! My wife ordered my T shirt as I don’t have an account with the ‘Book of Faces’! I stole that quote from Purple Frog! Thanks PF! Just did my projected schedule for 2025 and it is 8-9 weekends! 2 months ago my car was for sale after a very expensive 2024 with an expensive crash and blown engine.!?! FYI I budget $4K to $5K per race weekend depending on the event. So 8 weekends x $5,000 (ran out of toes so need a calculator for this one!) I think that is $40 grand for an entire season of racing! Half of them are FRP and the other half FCCS/ Majors weekends. This does not count the runoffs where I am still on the fence. This budget of course does not include any crash damage because I don’t crash and no engine work because I never miss a gear ?? )that is a double Pinocchio!! However this schedule includes only one regional and the rest of the races are all high quality events with decent car counts. How do I do it so cheaply you might ask? Because I am a Scot and I am sorry ass cheap, sorry I meant thrifty! I recycle my tires. I drive on scrubby old tires in testing and practise and new tires for qualifying and the races. Yes you learn more about your car with new tires in testing and this gives better tuning. However I spend this time working on ‘tuning’ the driver and then feel like it’s Christmas when I get new tires! The other major saving is on the road costs ie. hotel and meals because I travel by motor home ie. a diesel pusher. Well you might say a 40’ diesel motor home pulling a 28ft stacker burns a lot of fuel and you would be correct. 6-7 MPG. However you can supplement long road trips with airline flights and strategic storage of your rig. This is cheaper than driving back and forth. The tricky part is finding safe places to leave your rig but it can be done and I am doing it out of necessity because I am 8 hours to Atlanta, 18 hours to Mid Ohio and 22 hours to Road America. Did I mention that is each way?! The other method to cut costs is to offer to bring other race cars to the track because I have lots of room in my stacker. I am working on that now!

    Come on Chris Scharnow, Bob Coury, James Lee, Mark Defer, what are you waiting for? Cut your road bills in half and fly! OK back to work on my car I am racing next weekend! Anyone else along the route? I will pick up your car?
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    Default Registration Open

    It moved around on us, but registration is now officially open for Round 1 of the Formula Continental Challenge Series at PittRace. As a reminder, we will have a group paddock, evening happy hour, prize drawings from our 8 sponsors, and more. We hope to see you there!

    https://www.motorsportreg.com/events...x-steel-548633


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    Already has 5 cars registered and its 2 months away!!!

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