Formula First Racing Arizona

Formula First For Sale….

$7,250.00 (without AIM or Collector)

Will consider trades for Motor Home, Shop Equipment, Remodeling Services – Let’s talk

Contact: Gene Kochert 480.221.2963, gkochert@gmail .com

Car/Engine has 6 hours of development and racing

Chassis / Body: 2009 Murray / Kochert Formula First

Note:  Built to meet SCCA requirements (not homologated)

Engine / Cooling:

Ron Grider Built 1600 Dual Port

Crankshaft:  Forged Counter Weighted

Rods: I Beam

Pistons / Cylinder: Kolbenschmidt: Forged Pistons & Cylinder Kit

Ignition: Petronix Ignition

Flywheel: Lightened to 12.4 lbs

Dry Sump

4.5 qt Sump Tank – SR Custom

SR Blueprinted Bocar 34PICT Carb

Starter: Hi Torque Starter

Fuel: Electric Fuel Pump

Cold Air Box / Oil Cooler

BRD direct feed air scoops

Transaxle:

            Zero Hour full rebuild

            Legal gear ratio: 1 - 3.80; 2 - 2.06; 3- 1.26; 4 - 0,89; differential 4.125

Headers:

            Roxannes Custom built to fit this car

            Stainless steel stepped primaries

            4-2-1 collector

Fuel Storage:

ATL 5 gallon Fuel Cell
Safety:

Harness: Racequip 6 point FIA Cam Lock

                        - FIA Approved thru 2013

            FireBottle re-fill able fire system

Body Work:

            Fiberglass Nose, Body, Tail

            Side Panels: Aluminum, Powder Coated Mirror Black

Instrumentation / Data Acquisition

AIM Micron3 Gold

4 configurable channels

Lap timing

Track Mapping

Data can be viewed on dash or downloaded and analyzed

Contact: Gene Kochert 480.221.2963, gkochert@gmail .com

Lets start with the trailer. It is a 2001 CAR MATE 8*20, built in work bench, extra tire rack, canopy and canopy framework, tire tie down rails and hanger, door cabinet, Atwood Deluxe Power Jack (new), Dual Cam Sway Control, G.V.W.R. (7000). I’m thinking $5,500.00 for the trailer. There are some personal and FST items in the boxes that should go with the car.

The car started out as a FV Adams Aero (Known as the Gomez), Jim at SR Racing converted it to FST. We just had the engine went through (no races on the new engine) The car is well built, it handles well, very strong motor. 2009 belts, Dry Sump system. It is ready to race. We also have a rear end with axels for a FV (Long Box) I think my father-in-law said it was for PA. Long Pond Coarse. And there are multiple other parts also, Lift for a FV or FST. The car is on SR website for $15,500.00 As I mentioned the car and trailer are at SR racing, and the body and other parts are in North Carolina. Logistics may or may not be problem. I’m 5’5” and stocky. A 6’ tall person probably would not be able to get in/out of the car.

Feel free to email or call

floorscapesa@bellsouth.net email

Thanks Danny Van Fleet

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Hi John:

Our last message to you was in June 2009. Since then Eric Boghossian & I have completed the regional race season. Eric attended almost all the regional races for the year, about eleven weekends and I got in six last year. We have refined and sorted our cars and both of us have two excellent engines each after much work by our engine builder.

We only two cars and this year we hope to attract more folks to our class. It is no secret there is a recession on and working together with your group to create larger fields is in everyone’s interest. Arizona Region and Calclub is within SCCA’s Southern Pacific Division. This past year Calclub extended recognition to VARA (Vintage Automobile Racing Association) racing licenses for regional racing to encourage larger car counts at their events. I am confident that I could get Calclub and perhaps VARA as well to accept ASA drivers on the same basis.

We have one other driver with a First in San Francisco region who may join us for races. Adding up to three cars to your group would be a significant boost to your past car counts. We need to get together to conform rules for us west coast people. Lets start talking before another year is upon us.

Lou LeBlanc  (818) 399-3802

This car is ready to race in ASA  Formula First.

 Not SCCA legal, But can be easily converted to SCCA.

1600 dual port air cooled VW type1, Zero roll suspension, Ball joint front end, rack steering, 5 point harness, fully charged firebottle, new wheels , (tires need replacing), fan and alt. This car is wrapped with a custom design by Rengade Graphics.

Fill it with fuel and it’s it ready to go.

$6500.00

Contact Mauricio Giraldi at unppainting@yahoo.com for info regarding the purchase of this car.

More photos available upon request. Contact johnkfitz1@msn.com for additional photos of this car.

Also have  an enclosed dual axle trailer for $6000.00 (inside dimensions 14′3″ x 6′9″)

Contact Mauricio Giraldi at unppainting@yahoo.com

John K. Fitzgerald- webmaster   johnkfitz1@msn.com

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A couple of weeks ago, I spent the weekend at the KRG Race shop. Geno and I worked on his car and made some good progress. The dash is fabricated as well as the mounting of all switches, Aims system, comm system and controls. I had a blast working with Geno and look forward to getting him back on the race track! His car will be a bit more high tech than the rest of ours, and I expect it to be highly competitive as well.  Here are a few pics of the “FK2″ (still curious as to what the FK stands for). 

 Aside from the Aims system, the car will also have a brake bias adjustment on the dash and Radio communication to his crew chief, C.K. . He has also removed the charging system, and fan. The motor will be cooled by air ducts (yet to be worked out). The chassis designed and built by Terry Murray, is even more refined than previous cars. My favorite part is the extra room between the firewall and motor, this will be a very easy car to work on, even at the track, pulling the motor should be quick and easy ( I am considering a new car for myself, but we’ll see how this one performs, I am sure it will do quite well).

The KRG Race shop had every amenity, including the most important part of any well stocked race garage…..

-Fitz

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)

Well I managed to get thru an entire weekend without blowing anything up!  The car ran pretty good on the new motor. Tim, Greg and I were the only ones who showed up and it seems that Greg has his car pretty much tuned up and running great. We all had very close races all weekend long, I was struggling with the front tires, Tim had problems with the motor mount setup (or lack thereof) and Greg was just plain fast all weekend!

On Saturday’s main race I was out qualified by both Tim and Greg, I managed to get around Greg early on and finally caught Tim, we went back and forth several times during that race and close to end, Tim was leading and developed oil pressure problems and pulled out of the race ( I am not sure I could have beaten him any other way, he was on fire!).  I finished  first with Greg not far behind.

Sunday morning practice session started out with Tim and I going at it again, swapping the lead several times until another oil problem forced Tim into the pits, Greg once again had faster lap times than either Tim or I.  Tim’s problems got worse when we discovered the cracks in the frame near the rear, the motor had no forward mount, which caused the wheels to hop when braking hard. That caused the frame to tear, in fact one hard bump and that car would have been in 2 separate pieces. About the only holding the front half to the back half was shift linkage and a few wires.

The next 2 sessions I got consistantly worse, I was trying to figure out why my car would bog down coming out of the turns, it turns out that all I needed was decent front tires, I could then carry more speed into the corners and in turn get out smoother and faster. I guess I was so leary of the new motor that I overlooked the obvious!

The qualifying race was my worst session yet. I started out ok, but the lost a plug wire on #3. After a quick pit stop i was back on, and 1 lap down, I came on just behind Greg but because of the crappy tires, all I could do was watch Greg get farther and farther away, He absolutely destroyed me in that race.

The Feature Race: Tim let me borrow his front tires (the Goodyear guys packed up early on Sunday…and I am still a bit pissed off about that), Greg started 3 cars ahead of me, and worked as hard as I could to finally catch him 4 laps later. I passed him on the inside of the carosel, he hounded me for a few laps and then I spun comming out of the carosel and watched Greg fly right by! I figured that was it for me, but I pressed on any way and finally caught Greg again 4 laps later (traffic helped quite a bit), We were flying into the chicane, when Greg lost it and went off, all I could see was dirt and rocks, Greg’s car had completely dissapeared and I wasn’t sure which direction he was headed. I went way right and we ended up side by side on the other side of the chicane, I had the inside line going into the carosel and I kept my foot in it, just barely slipping into first, Greg was all over me thru the back section, once I was back on the straight, Greg was no where in sight. I turns out that Greg’s right rear tire went flat (probably because of the chicane incident), and he was out of the race! Too bad, because that was one of the best races yet! There is no telling who would have won if that tire had not gone flat! But hey, that’s racing!

And here is the best part, our lap times were in the low 1:07’s and only 3/10 apart!

I have a whole new level of respect for Greg, it turns out that all he needed was a car that handles half way decent!

The race for the championship for 2009 is going to be a long hard battle, It will be the toughest year yet, and whoever wins it will have truly earned it. It is anybodys race at this point, the cars are pretty much even, as are the drivers. I am looking forward to next month’s race, I have no doubt that it will be an exciting weekend filled with very close races!

Thanks again to Tim and Greg for making this best racing weekend yet! I am looking forward to many close battles!

-Fitz