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  • OT: Exciting racing...

    From Alan Baker@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Wed Oct 21 13:49:55 2020
    ...just not F1

    <https://www.scca.com/videos/2039584>

    For some in car of the same race:

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k396RxAZHJU>

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIExL1H3kdU>
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  • From D Munz@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Thu Oct 22 06:29:13 2020
    On Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 3:49:57 PM UTC-5, Alan Baker wrote:
    ...just not F1

    <https://www.scca.com/videos/2039584>

    For some in car of the same race:

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k396RxAZHJU>

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIExL1H3kdU>
    Sort of off topic from your post.
    I was at the kart track (MSR Houston) with my son last weekend and we ran into a guy tuning up his car. He said it WAS Formula Mazda but now is Formula X. Talking to him for a very short bit, I was kind of surprised at all the different classifications there are.
    To ask the simple (dumb) question, how many of these classifications are really feeders to advance in professional racing and how many are hobbyists? (Kimi excluded...)
    TIA
    DLM
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  • From D Munz@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Thu Oct 22 06:31:06 2020
    On Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 8:29:15 AM UTC-5, D Munz wrote:
    On Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 3:49:57 PM UTC-5, Alan Baker wrote:
    ...just not F1

    <https://www.scca.com/videos/2039584>

    For some in car of the same race:

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k396RxAZHJU>

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIExL1H3kdU>

    Sort of off topic from your post.

    I was at the kart track (MSR Houston) with my son last weekend and we ran into a guy tuning up his car. He said it WAS Formula Mazda but now is Formula X. Talking to him for a very short bit, I was kind of surprised at all the different classifications there are.

    To ask the simple (dumb) question, how many of these classifications are really feeders to advance in professional racing and how many are hobbyists? (Kimi excluded...)

    TIA
    DLM
    I should probably add that MSR Houston has a kart side and a road course side. Just in case someone thinks he was running a formula car on the kart track...
    FWIW
    DLM
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  • From Alan Baker@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Thu Oct 22 09:07:31 2020
    On 2020-10-22 6:29 a.m., D Munz wrote:
    On Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 3:49:57 PM UTC-5, Alan Baker
    wrote:
    ...just not F1

    <https://www.scca.com/videos/2039584>

    For some in car of the same race:

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k396RxAZHJU>

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIExL1H3kdU>

    Sort of off topic from your post.

    I was at the kart track (MSR Houston) with my son last weekend and we
    ran into a guy tuning up his car. He said it WAS Formula Mazda but
    now is Formula X. Talking to him for a very short bit, I was kind of surprised at all the different classifications there are.

    It really is a problem. The classes proliferate because everyone wants
    to go their own way.

    In North America, in order of first running here:

    Formula B (SCCA class; later Formula Atlantic; there is still an
    Atlantic series)

    Formula C (SCCA class; 1,100cc racing engines; later Formula Continental)

    Formula A (SCCA class; aka Formula 5000; now vintage raced)

    Formula F (SCCA class; formerly "Formula Ford", and still very active)

    Formula Vee (SCCA class; still very active)

    Formula Ford 2000 (SCCA class; see below)

    Formula Super Vee (SCCA class; see below)

    Formula Continental (SCCA class; amalgamation of Formula C, Formula Ford
    2000, and Formula Super Vee)

    Formula Mazda (SCCA class)

    Formula 500 (SCCA class; snowmobile/motorcyle engines of 500cc displacement)

    Formula E (SCCA class; aka Formula Enterprise / SCCA; the SCCA's own
    bespoke creation)

    Formula Pro Mazda

    Formula 4

    Formula 3

    Formula X (SCCA class)



    To ask the simple (dumb) question, how many of these classifications
    are really feeders to advance in professional racing and how many are hobbyists? (Kimi excluded...)

    Formula F used to be a big feeder series for F1. As an example, Ayrton
    Senna came out of FF racing. As did Emerson Fittipaldi, and Damon Hill.
    I found a list of them once, and it was pretty lengthy. :-)

    These days, it's less so. For the most part, karting has become the entry-level for racing in the big leagues with young prospects moving
    straight from karts into cars higher up the performance charts than
    Formula F.
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