Formula First Racing Arizona

It’s been more than year since team geno has fielded a car in the Pro Autosports Formula group.  During that time the Swift Formula Ford has been sold and a new Formula First has been in the works.  The decision to make the move to Formula First was easy; highly competitive, robust cars that are less expensive to campaign than Formula Fords.  “Inexpensive Racing” is an oxymoron….. I don’t believe there are any inexpensive forms of racing but there are forms of racing that have a very high fun to expense ratio; Formula First offers a great fun to expense ratio. 

The decision became to buy or build…….. Formula First is a builders class, however after examining my welding skills at the time I decided that I would prefer not to ride in something that I built while I was learning to weld (survival instinct kicked in).  I decided to buy a roller, and build the rest of the car of the car through the Kochert racing Group (KRG) shop.  The chassis is the latest Terry Murray design; the FK2.  KRG spec’d the engine and it was built by Ron Grider.  The header system was designed and built by Roxannes.  Most of the components have arrived and the true build will begin this weekend.  Next up:  Build pictures, on-going progress updates and some of the history of KRG.

cheers, geno

Hi:

Good to see you folks are running formula firsts. We are not too far away that we can’t get together for a race or two. We have two formula firsts running with SCCA Calclub both of them being purpose built Formula First “Evolution” cars we bought through SR Racing. We also run with VARA as an exhibition class from time to time. VARA has a race in Las Vegas later in the year that might be easier to tow to for all concerned.  We could make this an annual event. Any interest?

I would like to post a pic of my car but do not know how. Can you help?

Lou LeBlanc, La Canada CA  (LA area) 818 399-3802 (cell)