M-O Free Lunch and MORE
Honda Performance Development (HPD) and The Mid-Ohio School are lending major support to the double weekend for both championships at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on July 1-2.
HPD has arranged for a hospitality bus to be on hand Friday July 1, and Saturday July 2. Both F1600 and F2000 drivers and crew will be offered lunch in the early afternoon. The bus' covered area will remain open throughout the rest of the afternoon as a paddock meeting place; offering drinks and coffee.
Additionally, HPD has arranged a sponsorship workshop with Ken Ungar of U/S Sports Advisors. The one-hour seminar will be held on Friday afternoon.
For F1600 drivers:
The Mid-Ohio School will be lending coaching advice and professional instruction.
Tommy Byrne and one other instructor from The Mid-Ohio School will be offering coaching. Byrne raced briefly in Formula One in addition to claiming 10 wins and 30 top five finishes in 55 career Indy Lights' starts. He recently co-authored an autobiography on his career dubbed "Crashed and Byrned" and has been an instructor at The Mid-Ohio School since its inception in 1993.
Friday's tentative schedule shows a 10 a.m.-12 p.m. classroom instruction and chalk talk, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. there is a question and answer session with the instructors, and following that, instructors will be on hand for trackside observation during official practice, qualifying and race sessions. Additionally, each driver will receive a Mid-Ohio Track Manual.
The Mid-Ohio School is the Official School of the F1600 Formula F Championship Series. F1600 and F2000 competitors are eligible for a 10 percent discount on any driving program offered by The Mid-Ohio School during the 2011 season.
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