NWFC orp preview and new sponsor

[Charlie Coffin]

ORP Preview

With the first race weekend of the season upon us it is a good opportunity for some drivers to get the jump on those in the field that might not yet be ready for the season. Drivers who have some past experience at ORP could have the edge going into the first weekend, look for ORP regulars Greg Coffin, Daryl Harsha, Alan Davis and the Fass Bros to have the early jump. Other possible drivers in the mix are CFC Champ hopeful Brad Law who plans to make his first venture down to ORP this season. With his newly acquired Mygale Pat Wildflower will be joining the field on Sunday for a his first novice round. Russ Werner had mentioned contending this event but has yet to register so could be a late entry and a podium contender if he does. A couple late issues for drivers Sheldon Lemoine, Steven J Smith and Reny Follett have left the field wide open for someone to sneak in and steal some good points.

Possible Winners: Greg Coffin, Brad Law, Russ Werner
Podium Contenders: Daryl Harsha, Alan Davis, A Fass Bro

Sponsorship

PR1MUS Racing and Northwest Formula Continental (NWFC) are pleased to announce a contingency program for 2015 NWFC races : (details sent out to drivers in newsletter, prizes for both finishing position and through random drawing)

Awards will be in the form of certificates that may be redeemed alone, in combination, or with cash.
PR1MUS Racing is well known as the go to place for Van Diemen race car bits and pieces, but they also stock pretty much every other item required to keep your Formula Continental on the track, with competitive prices. Please join me in supporting them with your business and make sure you let Brad know you are from the NWFC when you place an order.

http://www.primusracingparts.com/

Scoring

With more Zetecs showing up in the North West we will continue to try and performance balance the cars the best we can (Current 40lbs weight penalty). But since it is a work in process we are going to revamp the scoring structure for 2015 to even it out for all cars Zetec/Pinto/CFC.

Main placement scoring shall remain the same
1st - 9
2nd - 6
3rd - 4
4th - 3
5th - 2
6th - 1

The new bonus point structure is as follows

½ points are awarded for each car that you finish ahead of that is in your era/class and 1 point for cars in class/era above your car up to a maximum of 6 cars or 6 points.

Era/Class structure
Modern Class (Zetec Cars / Van Diemens / Mygales)
1997 - Present

the 90’s Class (Mid 90’s Van Diemens / Late Reynards)
1991 - 1996

CFC (Crossles / Argos / Early Reynards)
Pre 1990

 

[Richard Broadhead]

the 90’s Class (Mid 90’s Van Diemens / Late Reynards)
1991 - 1996

That group makes no sense. The last Reynard FC (F2000) cars were built in 1990. NO Reynard FC's were built in 1991 and later. The next group CFC is a bit odd also. The 1986 through 1990 were the FINAL generation of Reynard FC's. Pre 1986 back in to the 70's would be considered 'EARLY' Reynards.

 

[Charlie Coffin]

Thanks Richard,

I believe that middle group should read 90-96 which includes the last year of Reynard. It's position in this category is a bit unfortunate. It was better than any rocker arm car that came before it, but unfortunately db6's were released the same year. Contemplated making this split between rocker arm vs push/pull rod suspension, but the competitiveness of the pre 90 push/pull rod cars is in line with the rocker arm cars of their era so this type of split did not make sense.

86-90 would make sense for just Reynard, but 85 swifts are as good. Pre 84 has very few cars left out there and even fewer racing with us up here on a regular basis. Those that are are currently competitively in line with the majority of the rest of the FC field. Plus our CFC definition lines up fairly close with what a lot of the other CFC regulations around the country. Some go as high as 94, but from results we have seen most cars have similar performance capabilities between 90-96 and they are better than pre 90. This is why we separated this out. Now 97 is a strange year as there was a push to bring new models into f2000 and van Dieman was pushed to develop a better chassis. 97 vd's have competed well with pinto's up to 2002, but some have already made the argument that they should go into the earlier category and the last cut off should be 98 instead. We will welcome the input of the 97 driver on this and are willing to change based on on-track results. Last year the 97 was able to hold its own against the 1240 lb zetec which is currently serving as a data point for the development of our system.

All-in-all we feel this split is not perfect, but it allows us to give a bit of an advantage to the older cars and hopefully it entices more people to bring out their perfectly good older cars and come play.

 

[Richard Broadhead]

I was just joshing with you there Charlie. But, I do appreciate the reply. Your objectives are clear and well though out.

As I read things on Apexspeed it seems the whole CFF/CFC thing is getting more and more confused as each SCCA region try's to come up with their own definition. Used to be as simple as inboard or outboard shocks but not any more.