The first 2 rounds of the Hoosier Tire US Formula First Championship Series will take place at the Milwaukee Mile on June 1st and 2nd and several CKR members are busy in preparation for the event. SR Racing which of course is one of the strongest supporters of the series will have four cars entered in the event including 2012 points runner-up Rob Clark of Rochester, MI who will again be in an SR prepped Evolution, while CKR member Jared Smith of Lexington, KY will be driving an SR XTC.
CKR member Matt Gordon, also of Lexington, KY makes his return to the series after a few years driving his own Adams race car that he purchased and rebuilt over the winter. Expect a strong showing from these racers.

Randy Walker won one and lost one this past weekend in the V8 Stock Car Series GTA class at Virginia International Raceway. Gearbox problems in the Howe Camaro cost Walker the win in the Saturday event, however he came back on Sunday in his red #21 Monte Carlo to take the win. Walker has now won 5 of 8 events and has a strong point lead in the series. The next event for the series is at Charlotte Motor Speedway in August.

The Formula V venue celebrated the 50th year of V racing at Roebling Road on April 6th.
Almost 200 FV's showed up for 3 days of practice, qualifying and racing. The new Formula First Class was also invited. Since it was not a points race for the Formuila First Drivers Association only 4 cars entered.
However the race was an exciting one. Rob Clark (Det) driving an SR Racing Evolution won the event. Doug Sontag (CKR) had carb problems and Qualified 4th, but after an SR carb replacement he quickly moved up and finished 2nd and set fast race lap. Third place was Bill Wolfe (New Mexico) also in an SR Car. Fourth was Dave Blevins (Cinci).
Formula First is a class started about 5 years ago by SR and 2 other FV competitors to modernize the class and have a new parts supply more radially available. It uses a 1600cc engine with bigger cam, carb, disc brakes, rack and pinion steering, inboard shocks, Formula Ford tires and a longer wheel base.
The Formula First class is fast growing and has a series of its own consisting of 12 races with Sponsorship from Hoosier, K&N, Aurora and several other vendors. (More info here: http://www.formula-first.org/ )
Jim
SR Racing

CKR's own Randy Walker picked up two wins this past weekend at Roebling Road at Bloomingdale, GA. in the Crane Cams V8 Stock Car Series in the GTA class. Randy is the current point leader in the class after 6 races and has dominated the class winning 5 of 6 races in his SR Racing prepped Monte Carlo. The next stop on the series schedule is Virginia International Raceway on May 11th and 12th.

The #21 Spec Miata owned by Randy Walker and sponsored by local shop racecarsupply.com (SR Racing) drove to a class win at the 12 hours of Nelson Ledges this past Saturday! Three drivers, Randy Walker, Wes Allen, and Dr. Jon Ricker, along with a support crew of about 15 CKR guys (and one amazing cook, Judy Walker), qualified on Friday 2nd in class and 12th overall. We had a nearly flawless race, full of consistent fast laps from all three drivers, and we had gathered up 1st place in the Spec Miata class by the fourth hour. We protected that class lead for the remainder, and kept climing up the overall board until we reached fourth position towards the end. We logged over 1000 miles, went through 3 sets of Hoosier R6's, nearly 100 gallons of fuel, and the car remained steady and fast the whole way. The only small issue was a starter/clutch interlock swith that went bad about halfway through, and we had to push start the car out of the pits from then on. The pit crew put on a clinic how to do fast, consistent, error-free pit stops, and the drivers pushed the car hard enough to run fast laps, but took care of her the whole way.
This was the team's third consecutive year at the annual endurance race at Nelson, but the first time finishing.
A big congrats to the whole team for representing CKR in such an awesome, well-executed effort! Look for a writeup covering the entire weeknd on the CKR home page soon.