12/10/2009 Written by SCCA Communications
Photo:Mark Weber
TOPEKA, Kan. (Dec. 10, 2009) –
SCCA Pro Racing has announced the formation of a five-event Pro Series
for SCCA’s Spec Racer Ford and Formula Enterprises classes.
Recognizing
the need to give drivers in the popular Spec Racer Ford and Formula
Enterprises classes an affordable venue to compete at the professional
level, SCCA Pro Racing has teamed up with SCCA Enterprises to create a
five-event, 10-race Pro Series schedule for 2010.
“In the
history of SCCA Pro Racing, some of the most successful series were
born out of popular SCCA Club Racing classes,” SCCA Pro Racing
President and CEO Robert Wildberger said. “The Spec Racer Ford and
Formula Enterprises Pro Series are ideal support series for the SCCA
Pro Racing Trans-Am Series and World Challenge Championships. We’re
happy we can provide these racers with an opportunity to taste
competition at the professional level.”
Four of the five race
Spec Racer Ford Pro/Formula Enterprises Pro weekends were announced at
the Performance Racing Industry Show, in Orlando, Fla., each of them
double-race weekends. The season begins April 10 – 11 for the 25th
Anniversary Spec Racer event at Road Atlanta. From there, both series
head to New Jersey Motorsports Park, in Millville, N.J., May 8 – 9. A
month later, June 5 – 6, the two series travel to Miller Motorsports
Park in Tooele, Utah. The season will conclude at VIRginia
International Raceway in Alton, Va., where the two classes join World
Challenge and Trans-Am, Sept 11 – 12.
“We’ve been looking
forward to a renewed partnership with SCCA Pro Racing for some time,”
SCCA Enterprises President Erik Skirmants said. “The original Pro Spec
Racer Ford series produced some incredible racing and we’ll be
expecting nothing less in 2010. Formula Enterprises is equally capable
of putting on a fantastic show and we see the new Pro Series as the
final step in the maturation of this class. We certainly are excited to
provide our Club Racers top level competition and expect to welcome
many new faces into the classes and see them learn, succeed and move on
with strong skills developed running our spec racing products.”
The
Spec Racer Ford is an enclosed-wheel, open cockpit, purpose built race
car powered by a 1.9-liter Ford engine. Next year marks the 25th
Anniversary of the original Spec Racer Ford. The Spec Racer Ford
previously ran in a professional series from 1994 to 2002. The Formula
Enterprises car is a single-design, open-wheel, fixed specification car
powered by a 2.3-liter Mazda engine. Both cars are designed and
produced by SCCA Enterprises and were created with the intention of
providing fun and competitive racing at an affordable price. SCCA
Enterprises has produced more than 1000 spec racing cars since 1983.
