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Formula Ford 40th Reunion
The weekend of July 23-26 I had the great pleasure of attending the 40th US Reunion of Formula Ford at Road America. WOW, what a great event, nearly 250 FF’s in three run groups. Scroll down for full photo gallery.
1967 911S King Hedinger Race Car For Sale
Purchased new in Cleveland, Ohio by T. King Hedinger, this ‘67 911S was immediately built it into a race car and raced regularly in Central division SCCA and Trans Am series. King won enough races to send him to the SCCA American Road Race of Champions in ‘69 & ‘71.
Later the car was owned and raced by Ara Dube of Florida. Dube ran the car in the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1977 (#33) finishing 8th in the GTU class and 21st overall.
1957 Ferrari 250 TR at Speed
There are typically many fantastic vintage race cars at the NW Historics and this year was no exception. One of the highlights of the weekend was seeing John Shirley run his 1957 Ferrari 250 TR (Testa Rossa). This car is 250 TR #1 - the first one built - and it retains it’s original engine!!
1958 Porsche Super Speedster For Sale
This is a 1958 Porsche Speedster VIN 84306 with a Super matching numbers engine #81489 (616/2). It was built on December 19th, 1957, but was sold and titled as a 1958.
I purchased the car, with a fresh high end restoration, in 2005. The previous owner purchased the car in 1968 with 90,000 miles on it, the odometer currently reads 21,000 and 121,000 is the correct original miles.
Vintage Formula Ford Racing, Titan MK6b
Last summer I decided it was time to look for a new vintage racing car and class. I wanted a car that was reliable, fun and realatively inexpensive to campaign. I wanted a car class that is popular - racing is at it’s best when you’re in a class with plenty of other similarly matched cars.
The car and class I decided on is Formula Ford (FF). FF is exactly what I was looking for…
Titan Formula Ford History, Log Book #1
This is the beginning of the history of my Titan MK6b Formula Ford. Restoration information can be found here.
On the cover of the first log book are the names Steve Cook and David Wilson. Sterling Racing Ser(vice) is written just below their names. I hope to find more information on the drivers and Sterling Racing Service. I assume that was the company that supported the car. Or, with the frequent usage by different drivers, maybe it was…
