All News: Formula Car

Lotus 79

November 19th, 2012 by

“If it looks fast, chances are it is fast.” In the case of the Lotus 79, truer words were never spoken. Among the most graceful race cars ever built, the Lotus 79 also ranks among the most successful, carrying Mario Andretti and Ronnie Peterson to six wins en route to both the 1978 Constructors Championship … Read the Rest »

Pro Mazda

November 19th, 2012 by

The second-generation Pro Mazda, with its carbon-fiber tub, fully adjustable suspension and aerodynamic package, six-speed sequential gearbox and dead-reliable 240-horsepower Mazda Renesis rotary engine, is the perfect entry-level formula race car. So it should be no surprise that the Pro Mazda Series has produced a host of young star racers, from Indy car racers Marco … Read the Rest »

C&R Racing Silver Crown Car

November 19th, 2012 by

The C&R Racing Silver Crown car traces its lineage back to the very first open-wheel cars that raced on county-fair horse tracks a century ago. In the 1960s, Indy car design went to low-slung, mid-engine cars derived from Formula One technology of that time, so in 1971 USAC designated a separate championship (dubbed Silver Crown today) … Read the Rest »

Sprint Car

November 19th, 2012 by

Nothing better epitomizes American grassroots racing than the sprint car. Its iconic roller skate shape hearkens back to a time when the likes of Bill Vukovich, Jimmy Bryan and Parnelli Jones scratched and clawed their ways from the short tracks of America to a front-row seat in the Indianapolis 500. A sprint car feature win … Read the Rest »

Skip Barber Formula 2000

October 25th, 2012 by

As the open-wheel formula car used in all of the various Skip Barber Race Series Championships, the Skip Barber Formula 2000 has played a vital role in launching the careers of drivers including A.J. Allmendinger, Marco Andretti, Juan Pablo Montoya, Jeff Gordon, Todd Bodine and Kasey Kahne. Weighing just 1,250 lbs., the tubular space-frame Skip … Read the Rest »