2010 First Series Organization

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Due to Bill Bonow’s new job commitment he can no longer act as coordinator for the CenDiv, NE and Great Lakes Formula First series. Butch Deer and I will be taking over the overall responsibility role. Both Butch and I pledge openness in all decisions and we will listen to all input from interested and invested parties.

We have some, but not all the schedules we need, so at this point so no decisions on races will be made until everything is finalized. We are also open to other formats but the five double race schedule we have used in the past has stood us in good stead. So your input is welcome and will be taken seriously. If you already know how to get in touch with Butch and me please do so. If you don’t just PM me at this site or use the Drivers Association e-mail below.

Lastly, we want to do everything we can to encourage the development of First Series across the county. We can see this happening right now in the SE division and on the west coast. Let us know what we can do to help.

Driver’s Association e-mail fst@rochester.rr.com

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Well FST racers, after much deliberation here is a proposal for next year. Please get back to us on your feelings. Use the fst e-mail below.
Four principles Butch and I wanted to see implemented in the schedule
First We wanted to have races in the Cendiv, GL and NE regions
Second We wanted five races, one a month, May to September. Best of seven or eight series are hard to find sponsors for.
Third We want one of our members to be in charge of each race. This can get us the most out of every race and enhance the ability to obtain a sponsor for every race.
Fourth all races if possible had to be Doubles
We did a quick “put together” for the 2010 season schedule. Look it over & we can start the discussion.
Rounds 1-2 May 15th and 16th Blackhawk Farms Cen Div
Rounds 3-4 June 26-27 Nelson Double NE
Rounds 5-6 July 24th and 25th Road America Double CenDiv
Rounds 7-8 August 14th and 15th Grattan Double
Rounds 9-10 Sept 4th and 5th Mid Ohio Double GL

November 5-6 Road Atlanta ARRC Bonus Championship Race

Butch and I want to finalize the schedule by New Year’s Day so we get on with the organization and sponsor finding work. So please get in touch with us on your feeling about this schedule. We both realize there are alternatives and we need to know your feelings ASAP.
The same point system and rules apply as in the past.
You must be in the Formula First Drivers Association to score points. You must agree to race by FST GCR rules, and you must use Hoosier R60A dry tires. In order to join the FST Driver’s Association E-mail all your contact information (phones, mailing address, e-mails) to fst@rochester.rr.com. Thee amy be a fee for joining the association in the future but currently there is no fee. Only those who have never scored a point in prior years need to join the FFDA at this point. New applicants will receive a confirmation.
Lastly we are considering establishing “bonus” races which are races where we think a goodly number of FST entries will occur. Let us know if we we should add a specific race.
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We have no problem with the proposed schedule.

Jim
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Formula First Driver’s Association 2010 Central-Eastern Series
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Well FST racers, after much deliberation here is our series for 2010.


Rounds 1-2 May 15th and 16th Blackhawk Farms Cen Div
Rounds 3-4 June 26-27 Nelson Double NE
Rounds 5-6 July 24th and 25th Road America Double CenDiv
Rounds 7-8 August 14th and 15th Grattan Double
Rounds 9-10 Sept 4th and 5th Mid Ohio Double GL

November 5-6 Road Atlanta ARRC Bonus Championship Race

Butch and I would like to thank all who volunteered their opinions and even their time to this process. We really tried to pursue the greatest good for the greatest number in coming up with this series’ events. We can’t please everyone and but we feel that at least two of these venues have the potential for extremely large fields and the rest will also be very strong.

At this point we shall be turning our attention to developing sponsors and our individual event managers and we will make announcements whenever we achieve something notable.

See you at the track

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Butch and I are getting ready to send out press releases for the 2010 US FST championship. We need your help. If your region is in or adjacent to the areas where our races will be, I’d like an e-mail contact for your regional publication. You can send me a pm or contact Butch or me at fst@rochester.rr.com.
In addition the default name for the series is the “US” series unless we obtain a sponsor who would want to rename the series. For those of you in other parts of the country ---if you start a series we will rename ours in a heartbeat to something appropriate to a multi-series environment.