On Sun, 2006-08-20 at 17:38 +0000, edward capullo wrote: > Eric -Your last paragraph about F500 being dragged along or left behind > brings me to a question out of curiosity. Keepng in mind that I only got > into sports car racing in 1983 --What was the situation in FV when FF came > out? How did they keep themselves going?
Actually I believe the FF predated FV. If memory serves, FF sprouted up in Europe sprouted in Europe in the late 50s / early 60s largely as a less expensive alternative to Formula Junior (which had become cost prohibitive due to fairly open engine modification rules). FV was an American invention in the late 60s and was intended from the beginning as a low buck, low tech, home builder friendly club racing class. At the time FF was THE ladder class to move on to pro formula racing. FV was a low buck hobby racer class. I don't think there ever was any real "competiton" for drivers between the two. -- Eric D Christensen Proadmin, Inc. ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
