FV...The most popular open wheel class in SCCA!!
Posted: October 11th, 2009, 10:50 am
How's that for a glowing selling point for FV? Can we make that subject line a sticky for all potential FV drivers to see?
2009 Regional Car Counts from the SCCA website show FV as the most popular open wheel class.
http://www.scca.com/documents/Club_Even ... er-AUG.pdf
2009 National Participation Totals also show FV as the most popular open wheel class. (and 3rd overall out of 29!)
http://www.scca.com/documents/Club_Even ... _FINAL.pdf
If you look at the numbers, FV isn't doing so bad is it? Maybe the totals are down but they are still the best.
How can we work on getting some of those SM or IT drivers into a FV? They are at the track already, are used to spending a little money on racing, and apart from the IT classes, it seems like people will gravitate to a class with highly regulated rules. This gives the hope that they can be competitive. The only thing I see suffering is open wheel racing in general and that may be because people don't like getting wet!
Before the age of instant information, the class thrived because it made sense. It still makes sense, and is still doing well, but the instantly available details have diluted the fact that the formula still works.
Yes, we need to address the issues but all classes have issues. It's not the end of the class. The formula for FV still gives more bang for the buck than anything. We all know that and that's why we do it. Let's spread the word...keep it positive, focus on one thing at a time and move forward.
This post is my "positive" contribution.
I encourage others to follow in this thread with some great racing stories, why/how you got started etc. It's going to be a long "off season" so I expect to see many great stories.
-Andy Pastore
I'll go back to being a cranky New Englander now.
2009 Regional Car Counts from the SCCA website show FV as the most popular open wheel class.
http://www.scca.com/documents/Club_Even ... er-AUG.pdf
2009 National Participation Totals also show FV as the most popular open wheel class. (and 3rd overall out of 29!)
http://www.scca.com/documents/Club_Even ... _FINAL.pdf
If you look at the numbers, FV isn't doing so bad is it? Maybe the totals are down but they are still the best.
How can we work on getting some of those SM or IT drivers into a FV? They are at the track already, are used to spending a little money on racing, and apart from the IT classes, it seems like people will gravitate to a class with highly regulated rules. This gives the hope that they can be competitive. The only thing I see suffering is open wheel racing in general and that may be because people don't like getting wet!
Before the age of instant information, the class thrived because it made sense. It still makes sense, and is still doing well, but the instantly available details have diluted the fact that the formula still works.
Yes, we need to address the issues but all classes have issues. It's not the end of the class. The formula for FV still gives more bang for the buck than anything. We all know that and that's why we do it. Let's spread the word...keep it positive, focus on one thing at a time and move forward.
This post is my "positive" contribution.
I encourage others to follow in this thread with some great racing stories, why/how you got started etc. It's going to be a long "off season" so I expect to see many great stories.
-Andy Pastore
I'll go back to being a cranky New Englander now.