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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
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!!
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…
Titan Formula Ford History, Log Book #2
Log book #2 for the Titan MK6b covers from August 1977 to May 1986. All log book entries can be seen below. We can see in these photos that the car has change colors again, but still retains the b nose.
We also note that owner/driver Glenn Gray must have relocated to the Washington DC area [...]