40th Birthday for FF in So. Cal.

[stevestaveley]

Save the date: May 16, and 17, 2009.

California Sports Car Club - Cal Club

Presents: The Formula Ford 40th Birthday Party.

Don’t miss this opportunity to celebrate the 40th anniversary of FF at the home of great Southern California Racing - BRP.
WHERE: ButtonwillowRacewayPark
WHEN: MAY 16, 17, 2009
WHO: FF & all who love them in an all Ford run group.
WHY: To relive the Cal Club 70 car fields of Riverside and celebrate the huge success of the class but most of all HAVE RACING FUN .
Prizes, Balloons, Birthday Cake (and Ice Cream) and the “real party” on the track in the double regional format. All are welcome! Your VARA, NASA, HSR, BMW Club, POC, competition license works for the SCCA as of 2009, so come on out - you don't want to
DON’T MISS THIS ONE. - WATCH FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY - SAVE THE DATE! MAY 16, 17, 2009

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Steve Staveley Cal Club RE 714 815-7701 (cell) Club office 661 764-5945 stevestaveley@msn.com

[Garey Guzman]

Sounds great, Steve!

What track configuration? Which direction?

I was just talking yesterday with a friend in Van Nuys about the "good old days" running BRP....

[Tom Irwin]

BIRTHDAY PARTY INVITATION FOR YOU!!


Formula Ford turns 40


Cal Club (California Sports Car Club) is proud to present:

A Birthday Bash for Formula Ford at Cal Club’s Double Regional

May 16-17, 2009
At Buttonwillow Raceway Park
This is your special Invitation to join the fun

Cake, Ice Cream, Presents and Prizes and most of all,
Formula Ford racing just like the OLD DAYS

TEST DAY on Friday at BRP with reduced test day fees for the first 10 FF or CF cars to register for the Double Regional. The FF Birthday is the FEATURE EVENT of the weekend.

2 Fun Filled Races in one weekend

The event races will be run under an SCCA sanction. Entrants with NASA, VARA, HSR, SCCA, POC, BMW can run under their current license by simply paying for a $15.00 weekend SCCA / Cal Club membership. All cars must have an SCCA log book and they can be issued at the event for a small fee to cover the cost of the log book itself.

Entry FEES: Single regional $220 Double Regional $320 with special discounts for the first 10 to register.

TEST DAY: On Friday May 15th- A Buttonwillow Raceway event, contact Buttonwillow Raceway Park (661) 764-5333 for test day details.

Eligible Cars:

Formula Ford

The Formula Ford race group will be run under an SCCA Regional sanction. Cars entered as Formula Fords must be in compliance with all GCR, safety and performance specifications pertaining to Formula Ford. Any GCR legal tire may be used in Formula Ford.

Club Ford

Club Fords must meet the same GCR requirements as Formula Ford including SCCA logbooks and current event tech stickers. Generally Club Fords must meet the following additional eligibility requirements:

Generally the SCCA GCR manufacturer’s model year 1981 and earlier cars with the spring/shock mechanism of at least one axle outboard of the chassis or model year 1981 or later cars having the spring/shock mechanisms outboard on both axles are eligible. A suspension is “outboard” if two conditions are met: (1) the upper mount of the spring/shock mechanism is equal or further in distance from the centerline of the chassis than the upper suspension mounting point and (2) the lower spring/shock mounting point is further outboard than the upper spring/shock mount and attaches directly to either the hub carrier or one or both lower suspension links. In this definition, trailing arms and radius rods are not considered to be suspension links.

Club Fords should be raced as nearly as possible to their model’s original specifications except as noted below. The chassis may not be modified or updated except to improve driver safety. Suspension may not be modified or updated except that stronger materials may be used as long as they match the dimensions of the original piece. Example: the hub carrier may be a weldment instead of a casting as long as the original suspension link and spring/shock mounting points are the same. GCR legal shocks and springs and GCR legal engine components (flywheel, aluminum head, crank, pistons, etc) are not restricted in Club Ford.

One of the following “hard” restricted performance tires must be used.
American Racer 133 compound slick, other tires which meet this criteria are
Goodyear 600 compound slick, Hoosier R60 or R60CD compound slick, Dunlop CR82 or CR84 9092 compound tread, and Sumitomo HTR-200 series tread. While there is no chance of rain at this time of year, should it be necessary, any GCR legal tire is acceptable.

Spec Ford

The intent of this class is to create a class which will be appealing to most Formula Ford owners and particularly to those with older, less aerodynamic chassis. Racers running Club Ford might find they could also choose to run in Spec Ford – the class they select is up to them dependent upon meeting the qualifications listed for the car and for Spec. Ford there is but one tire choice.

1. Eligible cars are those manufactured before January 1, 1982, with all four (4) corners of the spring shock units mounted outboard of the frame (i.e., one (1) end of the coil spring shock unit must be mounted in the outboard area of the lower A-arm/control arm or on the lower area of the upright/hub carrier.

2. Exceptions to Rule 1 above, but acceptable as Spec Ford are the following:

2.1. Zink Z-10

2.2. ADF

2.3. Eagle

2.4. Van Dieman RF81

2.5. Elden PH-6

2.6. Royale RP24-PR26

3. Cars may be modified as long as the major suspension components (springs/shocks) remain where they were originally manufactured and the water radiator(s) are not relocated to an inboard, amid ship position.

4. All cars must run on the American Racer hard compound – to be eligible as a Spec Ford.

5. All cars entered as Spec Ford must comply with the safety rules in the SCCA General Competition Rules (GCR) and the Formula Ford (FF) specification book except as noted in these rules

6. Spec Ford cars must display the class designation as SF.

[Roland V. Johnson]

Not allowing the Vintage FF's to run will surely cut into your entries, and the spirit of the event.

[Tom Irwin]

Guilty of Sharing info. Thank you for your support

[stevestaveley]

Not allowing the Vintage FF's to run will surely cut into your entries, and the spirit of the event.

Roland, good point and that was not the intent at all and we have found a way. We specifically want all the FF's to feel welcome and invited to the party.


Watch for the blast e-mail shortly. Basically what it says, is that if your car is a modern FF it runs FF and meets SCCA rules. If it is a CF, or HFF which meets the rules of VARA and or HSR then it can run, up to and including the oldest of the FFs which I think the rules said an example of was a 68 Lotus 51.

We are using the same tire rules as SCCA for FF (modern) and most of those cars will run something like a Goodyear 160 - I know I will - my car is a 83 Crossle 55. A real old "modern" FF.

For CF we are using the American Racer which is required in the series, VARA and in Cal Clubs SF class.

For the First Gen cars we are using the VARA/HSR tire rule, specific Dunlops (don't remember exact details of the tire rule, whatever VARA and HSR use, is what we have down.

Going to be great fun and here is something really cool. If someone has a FF which happens to meet the modern SCCA safety standards (the upper bar) they can run in BOTH the Birthday party double regional race and the SCCA FF (CF and SF also included) race in the wings and things run group. The second race (SCCA ) is at half the price of the first double regional - we call it double dipping - so you could end up with 4 races, 4 practice sessions and 4 qualifying sessions in two days at a heck of a discount.

All that and birthday cake, presents, a band and who knows what else. Surprise guests are assured.
Steve Staveley Cal Club RE.

[Kim291]

I wanted to give a huge Congratulations to VARA ford drivers for their excellent driving at the Cal Club 40th birhtday at Buttonwillow Raceway this weekend (5/16 & 17, 09).

Tim Cox was the Club Ford winner with a lap time of 2:04.8. Tim ran a flawless race leading every lap!

Bob Hatle took second place with a time of 2:04.9. It was a tight race between second and third but Bob held on to his lead with a great start from 8th to 4th by the first turn.

Also, Todd Strong took first for the Historic Formula Ford class. He dominated The FF group.

It was a great feeling watching the VARA drivers dominate the race!!

Congratulations Again and Great Driving,
Kim Madrid