Hi,
We would like to announce scheduling of the final "foundation" race in the DUFFUS 2104 championship. There will be a DUFFUS race held in conjunction with the final MARRS race Formula Fest at Summit Point Raceway on October 4 & 5. Our thanks goes out to the Washington DC Region for inviting us to participate in their race program.
DUFFUS #1 - Mid Ohio, July 4, 5 & 6 supporting Formula Race Promotions pro series
DUFFUS #2 - Pittsburgh International Raceway, August 1, 2 & 3 supporting FRP again
DUFFUS #3 - Summit Point Raceway, October 4 & 5, with WDCR MARRS Formula Fest
Please note our use of the word "foundation" race. If you recall our original premise was to schedule a limited number of races in different geographical areas. We wanted to have a race in the Great Lakes area and we were able to book the Mid Ohio event on the Fourth of July weekend. We wanted to have an East Coast event and we have been able to book the race at Summit Point on the first weekend of October. We wanted to have a race someplace in the "middle" and we have been able to book the event at Pittsburgh International Raceway on the first weekend in August. So we have been fortunate enough to get the "foundation" events of DUFFUS lined up.
Our goals are very simple; we are hoping for large fields; good completion that comes from the large fields; and having a lot of fun. There are very few opportunities for large numbers of FF & CF to get together these days outside of the pro series. We hope that organizing DUFFUS addresses that.
Everyone is welcome. We also want to keep it simple and will be awarding "horses hindquarter" trophies to the first three finishers in three different classes. Formula F (SCCA GCR rules; Kents, Hondas, any tire); Club Ford (MARRS rules; Kents, Hondas, hard tires as specified in MARRS rules) and Vintage (iron heads, Dunlop treaded tires).
Our original thoughts were for a "flash mob" type of organization where we say we are going to go to XXXX and we hope you all show up. Perhaps we may get there in the future, but for now we really want to see how everyone responds to these three events. We have been fortunate enough to have been offered other opportunities, but these three venues were what the four DUFFI (Dave, Phil, Doug & I) agreed we would all attend.
In order to make this concept work over the long run we really need to make sure we can get the good turnout for these three venues. If we get a really great turnout at Mid Ohio and a large number of drivers would like us to add another event to the calendar as well as attend PIR & Summit Point; we do have opportunities. But, let's focus on these for now.
Please let us know what you think.
Thanks,
Joe Marcinski
Club Ford #04