Natural Born Driver

[nic-rally]

Born and bread in the fuel of motors, I now look to pick up where I left off. I raced KART in michigan from Ravenna to Lansing and all the way down to South Bend Indiana and had to stop due to college. I am looking to get the ball rolling again with racing but I know nothing about where to start. Could anyone fix me in the right direction and help get ahold of a team owner some where, or a road course to get started at? All I need is an oppurtunity to untap my naturaly born talent to fuse with a car and make her sing.

[Brad Ellingson]

Where in Illinois are you? Maybe a trip to Rockton, IL. to Blackhawk Farms is what the doctor will order. First SCCA race there will be April 28-29 weekend. It is a driver's school/race weekend. I plan to be there with my 1989 Van Diemen CFC car. PM me if you have any other questions.

[Bill Bonow]

Nic,

There are a lot of possibilities. Do you have a classification (FF, FC, ect) or a budget (more important) in mind? If your in Northern Illinois, you are in a good "formula car" area with loads of options. You've got a few months before the season starts. Ask lots of questions and look at ALL the possibilities. ApexSpeed is a great place for info and research.

We are going to have a couple of cars (FST and FV) at the KMI show in February on display. Come by and take a look and ask questions.

[Joefisherff]

Look up the Lindstrands, they will take care of you and put you in a car that you can win in. I know they have CF's, FF's and FC's, possibly more. Bruce is a great coach and driver and his lovely wife Cindy (sp?) is a master of everything. They are in your neck of the woods too!

[Shep]

Perhaps the first trip to make should be to Chicago Indoor Karting February 11th...

http://www.apexspeed.com/forums/show...eferrerid=1599

Meet the ApexSpeed crowd, learn about potential formula car options, show off the talents, keep Tim's ringer buddy from winning the whole shootin' match...

[EYERACE]

get a copy of SportsCar and start calling all the ads you can find.....ask the shop owners about teams and cars for rent - it doesn't matter if it's an engine builder you call, they know the shops and teams - call people with cars for sale and ask them who the shops are that you should call - get digging

[Allan Davies]

And if you haven't read it yet, Carroll Smith's book "Drive to Win" might give you some good ideas. It will certainly help further your education.

Allan

[JRMarchand]

know how you feel, after I grad from Western in 98' I wanted to go racing, i learned the trade and I have a full race shop inside GingerMan Raceway in South Haven, btw if you want to be a good driver ya need to drive at G-Man, its only 1.5 hrs from Chi-town if you take the Skyway. I can put you in a Formula Mazda, Fomula Ford or Radical and get you going. SCCA comes around here with a great driver's school, national and regional events in 07'. best regards