2008 FORMULA-2000 WING CAR SERIES NEWS


Race #1: Saturday February 2, 2008
Lucky Bob' s Raceway - Milwaukee WI

Race #2: Saturday March 1, 2008
Chicagoland Raceway - La Grange IL

Race #3: Saturday April 5, 2008
Alpha Raceway - Fond du lac WI

Formula-2000 National Championship Race
May 17, 2008 Lucky Bob's Raceway
 (not a series race)

Race #4: Saturday July 12, 2008
Revolution Raceway Oshkosh WI

Race #5: Saturday September 13, 2008
Chicagoland Raceway - La Grange IL

Race #6: Saturday October 11, 2008
Lucky Bob's Raceway - Milwaukee WI

Race #7: Saturday November 15, 2008
Alpha Raceway - Fond du lac WI




 

 The Order of Events…
(Tech for the first class starts at 10 a.m.)
 Group 27 - $20.00 entry fee
Cobalt 12 - $15.00 entry fee
Spec 15 - $8.00 entry fee
Group 7 - $20.00 entry fee
Box 12 - $10.00 entry fee

The Rules…                                 

  • Spray Glue
  • General USRA rules apply with these changes….
  • Minimum weights… 73 grams for Spec 15, 72 grams for Box 12, 50 grams for Cobalt 12 and 52 grams for Group 27  Group 7.
  • Solid steel axles only (no hollow, light weight, or filled axles).
  • Single-magnet motors only (no quads, 6-mag, 8-mag, 10-mag motors etc).
  • No motor changing allowed! If the field is large enough to require qualifying races, then one motor may be used in the qualifying race, and another motor may be used in the main. The maximum number of motors you could ever use is two!
  • Box Stock 12 motors – *Rules Changed* Ball Bearing allowed in can end. Honing magnets allowed.
  • Tech for Cobalt 12 will be at 10:00 am followed by race to completion. Followed by Spec 15, Group 27, Box 12, & Group 7 tech/races consecutively.
  • No qualifying. Starting lanes will be picked randomly.
  • “Liberal” payouts  - prizes to 10th place.
  • All classes open to any racer except Spec 15, (see following rules & black list).

 
Formula-2000 Spec 15 class rules….
  • Only the Pro Slot PS-702 or PS-702D Spec 15 armatures are allowed. Only Champion or Pro Slot motors are allowed. The can may be the older or the new one (.022 or .030 thick can). This is available as a ready to run motor from Pro Slot… #PS728 or #PS728A.
  • Magnets may be glued or epoxied in place but magnet clips must be retained.
  •  Any Box Stock 12 chassis will be allowed.
  •  Minimum weight is 73 grams for a Spec 15 car.
  •  Magnets may not be honed and a minimum .528 air gap between the magnets is required.
     


 
 

A "Black List" of drivers who are not eligible to race in Spec 15 follows…

           *The following racers are not eligible to race the Spec 15 class…

APOLLO, GEORGE
BAILEN, JOHN
BARNSDALE, DAVE
BOERSCHINGER, JIM
BONGER, KYLE
BONGERS, CLARK
BOYD, BOB
CHASE, AL
CHASE, BUFORD
DILLWEED
FISCHER, REID
FISCHER, RYAN
GREENE, JODY
HARLEY, AL
HARLEY, MARTIN
HEJLIK, GERARD
HOOD, MAURICE
ICZKOWSKI, DUSTIN
ITCH
JONES, JEFF
JONHSON, MARK
JUNGWIRTH, MATT
KLOSKEY, JOE
LEMANCZYK, MIKE
MARTINEK, KURT
MAYER, JIM
MEAD, MARCO
MIELKE, BRETT
MIELKE, RICK
MIKULANCE, DAVE
MILLER, TUCKER
MISCHNICK, MIKE
MOORE, BRIAN
MUELLER, JOSH
NAVETTA, MIKE
PEPE, KEN
PERSON, DAVE
PFEIFFER, PAUL
PROBER, KEVIN
RAMIREZ, GREGG
RC
RECLA, TIM
REPATI, JIM
SCHLUETER, DAVE
SCHMIDT, RYAN
SONGAS, PAUL
THELANER, BRIAN
TOMAZEVIC, DAVE
TOMLINSON, IAN
TOUSSAINT, JON
WANKOWSKI, BLAKE
WEIDENHAUPT, MARV
WIEDENHAUPT, CRAIG
ZIMMERMAN, RON
 Drivers who are not on the list are encouraged to participate in Spec 15.

*The Formula-2000 committee (Al Harley, Jim Mayer, Rick Mielke, Paul Pfeiffer, Greg Ramirez and Ed Mattner) will decide on eligibility to race in the Spec 15 class.

There will be at least one Spec 15 loaner car available at each race.
There is no charge to race it.