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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!!