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1 Aug 2005, 13:05 (Ref:1369135) | #1 | |
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UKFF Zetec grids picking up
Pleased to say things may be on the up for the National FF Championship, now I know most of you are loyal Kent 1600 supporters but I think this is great for FF racing and the sport in general. At Brands Hatch this past weekend there was a field of 17 cars who took the grid... definitely one of the largest grids thus far. Also rumour has it there is already 28 cars signed up for the LMES meeting at Silverstone on the GP circuit mid-August (I think). The Festival is said to be looking very strong this year with many European FF-Zetec cars to be in the mix.
Coupled with rumours of many teams being unhappy with F-BMW and BMW likely to pull out at the end of its current contract to the series... could we maybe see Formula Ford back to the best entry series for young drivers and grids of the old days? Obviously only time will tell and it will be a hard process in which things need to be done right each step of the way. I hope Ford take full advantage of these opportunities as I think a strong National FF Championship will be good for everyone in FF. Any thoughts on this? |
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The UKFF grids were up at the weekend because the Rockingham Clubmans FF1800 race was cancelled and a few switched to Brands. Likewise, the Silverstone LMES is a round of both championships.
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I sincerely hope that National FF picks up, but I'm struggling to see it right now.
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"Coupled with rumours of many teams being unhappy with F-BMW and BMW likely to pull out at the end of its current contract to the series"
Can you say more? Look at the number of drivers with C-championship or S-Scholarship by there name the rest are G-Guests who have been offered with good deals to make the grid more than a hand full of cars |
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FFSigma I would think
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Also, I think RayFF is right and they are unlikely to rename it FF Duratec. In fact, I would rather doubt they will change its name from what it is now: "Formula Ford." |
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2002 when I started racing FFZetec we had nearly full grid of UKFFC running with touring cars full grid of Juniors mostly racing with F3 package and nearly full gird of SFFC and less popular NFFC plus the Scottish FFZetec now effectively we have UKFFC and Avon clubman combined plus Scottish FFZetec.
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