F1000 Pro Series

Hoosier Tires Becomes Title Sponsor of F1000 Pro Series

Fremont California (February 15, 2012) – Hoosier Tire has become the title sponsor of the F1000 Pro Series for 2012.

Hoosier Tire will provide a contingency program to the F1000 Pro Series awarding tires for top three finishing drivers well as an additional tire by a random drawing for each race in 2012.

Hoosier Tire is the largest manufacturer of race tires in the world and produces over 1000 different types of race tires for all types of racing. Hoosier Tires were on the winning cars on the last two F1000/FB SCCA national champions.

“We are excited to have his opportunity to start this relationship with Hoosier Tire” said F1000 Series Administrator Thomas Copeland, “With so many in the F1000/FB class winning on Hoosier Tires we wanted to be able to provide what we thought was the best tire package available to our drivers.”

“Hoosier has worked hard to develop the best performing tires in the business for F1000/FB race cars” stated Hoosier Product Manager, Bruce Foss. “The opportunity for Hoosier Racing Tire, Corp. and our distributor, Hoosier Tire West to be involved with the F1000 Pro Series, fits extremely well with our overall plan, moving forward.”

The F1000 Pro Series cars are purpose-built high-performance Formula 1000 race cars and Formula 2000 converted race cars powered by 1000cc motorcycle engines, with top speeds in excess of 150 MPH. The F1000 Pro Series consists of 8 SCCA sanctioned National championship races at four venues over the course of the 2012 season. Racers will compete for championship points based on in-class finishing positions, with a separate start lineup at all SCCA national events where the series will compete. For more information on the F1000 Pro Series visit: www.f1000proseries.com

About Hoosier Tire Hoosier Tire is the largest manufacturer of race tires in the world and produces over 1000 different types of race tires for all types of racing. Hoosier Tire was founded in 1957 by former racer Bob Newton and is based in Lakeville, Indiana with manufacturing facilities in nearby Plymouth where all of its tires are “Made in the USA”

For additional information on Hoosier Tire and its line of high-performance racing tires, visit Hoosier Tire at: www.hoosiertire.com

F1000 Pro Series Announces 2012 Schedule

Fremont, California (Dec 16, 2012) - The F1000 Pro Series has released it's race schedule for 2012. The schedule currently calls for eight races over four weekends and includes the already released date at Mid-Ohio with Indy Car and ALMS where drivers from both the West Coast F1000 Pro Series and the East Coast F1000 Championship will compete together at the same event.

The F1000 Pro Series in 2012 will continue to support SCCA national participation numbers for FB by running the majority of it's event in conjunction with SCCA nationals. This will allow drivers entered in the series to not only compete in the F1000 Pro Series of events but also obtain needed race starts to qualify for the SCCA national runoffs. As a result of driver feedback the F1000 Pro Series has also added to the series in 2012 a double race event at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California.

The F1000 Pro Series will also see competition as a support race at a major race series in 2012 when it joins the East Coast F1000 Championship at the Indy Car/ALMS Mid-Ohio race weekend in August. This event should see the largest gathering of F1000 race cars for a single event. A tow fund for the Mid-Ohio race weekend for West Coast Drivers will be announced at a later date.

The F1000 Pro Series also announces for the first time cash prizes will be awarded at all races events to the top finishing drivers. As in 2011 there will also be a cash prize award to the top three drivers in the Championship. In addition, the driver that finishes the season with the highest points total will be awarded the F1000 Pro Series Driver's Championship Trophy. The constructor finishing with the most awarded points during the season will be presented with the F1000 Pro Series Manufacturer's Cup.

The F1000 Pro Series cars are purpose-built high-performance Formula 1000 race cars and Formula 2000 converted race cars powered by 1000cc motorcycle engines, with top speeds in excess of 150 MPH. Racers will compete for championship points based on in-class finishing positions, with a separate split start at all SCCA national events where the series will compete.

Additional dates may be announced at a later date.

The F1000 Pro Series will kick off its 2012 race season at Thunderhill Raceway, Willows, California on March 10-11, 2012

March 10-11 Thunderhill (with SCCA - Double National)
Apr 27-29 Laguna Seca (with SCCA - Double Regional)
May 26-28 Pacific Raceways (with SCCA - Double National)
Aug 3-4 Mid-Ohio (with Indy Car/ALMS)

F1000 Pro East –West Shootout Event Scheduled for Mid-Ohio

Cape Coral, Florida (December 2, 2011) – The East Coast Formula 1000 Championship and the West Coast F1000 Pro Series have announced plans for an East-West Shootout between their respective series at the Formula 1000 Championship Series race weekend at Mid-Ohio, August 3-5, 2012.

This event, one of the largest on the Mid-Ohio calendar, should bring the best F1000 drivers in the country together at one event with the top drivers from the East and the West competing against each other on the same track. The event will serve as points paying races on both series championship calendars.

The double-header weekend should see the largest field of F1000 cars ever assembled for a single event. Drivers expected to attend are 2010 and 2011 SCCA FB National Champions Brandon Dixon and Brian Novak alongside 2010 and 2011 West Coast F1000 Pro Series champions Nicholas Belling and Dave Palmer. Other drivers expecting to compete are top contenders JR Osborne, Glenn Cooper, Taylor Archer, Larry Vollum, and Jeremy Hill, amongst many others.

The event, held in support of the IZOD Indycar Series and American Le Mans Series, should also highlight an intense manufacturer’s battle between the top car builders in F1000 with nearly all the manufacturer’s represented in the event.

Dave Palmer Wins 2011 F1000 Pro Series Driver's Championship

Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, Utah - (August 7, 2011)  Dave Palmer of Portland, Oregon, driving for Stohr Cars has won the 2011 F1000 Pro Series Driver's Championship. Palmer, who competed in every event on the 10-race schedule in 2011 clinched the championship with 67 total points. His victory in the season opening race at Thunderhill along with his two 2nd place finishes at Buttonwillow helped propel him to a 9 point lead in the overall standings. Palmer also took 3rd place in Race 2 at Thunderhill and in Race 7 at Portland to round out his podium finishes in 2011.
 
The F1000 Pro Series sponsored by Goodyear Racing Tires (www.racegoodyear.com), Williams Racing Developments (www.willrace.com) and George Dean Racing Engines (www.georgedeanracing.com), along with partner sponsors Ballistic Performance Components (www.ballisticparts.com), Hyperco (www.hypercoils.com),  Jongbloed Racing Wheels (www.jongbloedracing.com), (Elisabeth Jackson Motorsports Artwork, and Geartronics (www.geartronics.co.uk) is based on purpose-built high-performance Formula 1000 race cars and Formula 2000 converted race cars powered by 1000cc motorcycle engines, with top speeds in excess of 150 MPH. The F1000 Pro Series consists of 10 SCCA sanctioned National championship races at five venues over the course of the 2011 season.

Nicholas Belling of Langley, BC, Canada driving for Norfolk, England based Ralph Firman Racing took runner-up honors in the 2011 F1000 Pro Series Driver's Championship with 58 total points. Belling took victory in Race 3 at Buttonwillow along with 2nd place finishes in Race 2 at Thunderhill, Race 5 at Seattle, and Race 8 at Portland for his podium finishes in 2011.
 
JR Osbourne of Castle Rock, Colorado driving for Portland, Oregon based Stohr Cars finished third in 2011 F1000 Pro Series Driver's Championship with 39 total points on tha basis of his five finishes in 2011. His three wins in Race 2 at Thunderhill, Race 4 at Buttonwillow, and Race 6 at Seattle were the most of any driver in 2011.
 
Larry Vollum driving a Stohr who entered the series late in the season at Portland took 4th place in the Driver's Championship with 35 total points due to his consistent podium finishes over the final two race weekends. He claimed victory in Race 8 at Portland, 2nd in Race 7 at Portland, and finished 3rd in both races at the season final weekend at Miller.
 
Taylor Archer also driving a Stohr, was another late comer to the series to acquit himself well during the season's final two weekends. His victory in the season finale at Miller helped garner him 5th in the overall Driver's Championship for 2011. This along with 2nd place in Race 9 at Miller, a 3rd place in Race 8 at Portland and a 5th place in Race 7 at Portland sees him finish with 33 total points for 2011.
 
John LaBrie steadily improved his race performances during the year to finish 6th overall in 2011 F1000 Pro Series Driver's Championship. Driving for Phoenix Race Works out of Phoenix, Arizona LaBrie's 3rd place at the season opener at Thunderhill along with a succession of consistent point finishes saw him finish the year with 32 total points.
 
Other notable drivers competing in 2011 include Race 5 Seattle winner Kyle Oberndorf, Race 7 Portland winner Lucian Pancea, and Race 10 Miller winner Russ Werner.
 
 
 

Final Standings - 2011 F1000 Pro Series Driver's Championship
 

1	Dave Palmer	Stohr	67 pts
2	Nicholas Belling	Firman	58
3	JR Osbourne	Stohr	39
4	Larry Vollum	Stohr	35
5	Taylor Archer	Stohr	33
6	John LaBrie	Phoenix	32
7	Lucian Pancea	Stohr	30
(tie)	Mark Belling	Firman	30
9	Kyle Oberndorf	Stohr	24
(tie)	Russ Werner	Phoenix	24
11	Randy Mitchell	Novak	23
12	Terry Biner	Firman	15
13	Rod Rice	Stohr	13
14	Rod Morley	Firman	7
15	Gary Hickman	Edge	6
16	Christopher Ash	Speads-Rilltech	5
17	Glenn Cooper	Firman	4

 

Stohr Cars Wins 2011 Manufacturer's Cup Trophy

Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, Utah - (August 7, 2011)  Stohr Cars of Portland, Oregon has won the 2011 F1000 Pro Series Manufacturer's Cup Trophy for the second year in a row. Stohr Cars finished with an accumulated total of 114 points over the 10-race series. British based Ralph Firman Racing (RFR), represented by Firman West Cars of Lake Tahoe, Nevada finished in second with 69 points. Phoenix Race Works located in Phoenix, Arizona took third place honors with 43 total points.
 
The F1000 Pro Series sponsored by Goodyear Racing Tires (www.racegoodyear.com), Williams Racing Developments (www.willrace.com) and George Dean Racing Engines (www.georgedeanracing.com), along with partner sponsors Ballistic Performance Components (www.ballisticparts.com), Hyperco (www.hypercoils.com),  Jongbloed Racing Wheels (www.jongbloedracing.com), (Elisabeth Jackson Motorsports Artwork, and Geartronics (www.geartronics.co.uk) and is based on purpose-built high-performance Formula 1000 race cars and Formula 2000 converted race cars powered by 1000cc motorcycle engines, with top speeds in excess of 150 MPH. The F1000 Pro Series consists of 10 SCCA sanctioned National championship races at five venues over the course of the 2011 season.
 
Final standings - 2011 F1000 Pro Series Manufacturer's Cup Trophy
 

1	Stohr Cars	114 pts
2	Ralph Firman Racing	69
3	Phoenix Race Works	43
4	Novak	23
5	Edge Engineering	6
6	Speads-Rilltech	5

 

Taylor Archer Grabs First Victory in Season Finale

Miller Motorsports Park, Toole, Utah - (August 7, 2011) Taylor Archer drove a flawless race to grab victory in Race 10 of the 2011 F1000 Pro Series sponsored by Goodyear Racing Tires, Williams Racing Developments and George Dean Engines with partner sponsors Hyperco, Jongbloed Racing Wheels, Ballistic Performance Components, Elizabeth Jackson Artwork, Kool Coat, and Geartronics North America.

Russ Werner fresh off his victory in Saturday's race took his second pole position of the weekend becoming the only competitor to get below 1:23 when he clocked his best time of 1:22.968.  Taylor Archer filled out the front row of the grid nearly a half a second back of Werner with a best time of 1:23.547.

As the green flag dropped just before 2pm on a warm sunny afternoon under clear blue skies Werner went straight for the lead as the entire field exited cleanly through the first corner without incident. As the two passed through the turn four Scream corner Archer drew up alongside Werner and took the lead under braking for the Black Rock Hairpin at the end of the back straight. Further back in the field Mitchell made his way past Vollum with both N.Belling and Palmer scrambling past LaBrie.

At the end of lap one the order was Archer, Werner, Mitchell, Vollum, Belling, Palmer, LaBrie, Biner, M.Belling and Ash. As the field would their way onto the back straight for the second time Werner retook the lead at exactly the same corner that he had lost it on the previous lap. From there the battle for the lead would become a tight one with only couple of seconds separating the top five cars of Werner, Archer, Mitchell, N.Belling, and Vollum as they jockeyed for track position. Further back another battle ensued consisting of Palmer, LaBrie and Biner who were all separated by less than a second.

As the race continued Werner began to slowly draw away from the others in the lead group eventually expanding his lead out to five seconds by the end of lap eight. Just a it looked to be a repeat of the previous day's race Werner was suddenly in the pits with what he thought was a locked rear brake. He would return to the race to drive a couple of exploratory laps before finally calling in day.

This left Archer in front with a slight lead over Mitchell. Mitchell was driving with a hastily repaired header after it had cracked during the morning qualifying. Working quickly he only just made it to the grid prior to race start. After Werner's exit and with Mitchell hot on his heels Archer began to really crank up the effort as his car was seen to power slide through the West Ten corner coming onto the front straight.

As Archer began to stretch out his lead ever so slightly over Mitchell the battle for third heated up as a stalking Vollum finally managed after several laps to force his way past N.Belling to take the final podium position.

Championship leader Dave Palmer needing only to keep his cool and finish to secure the driver's title followed behind the dueling duo of Vollum and N.Belling. His well timed drive to fifth place secured him the 2011 Driver's Championship.

John LaBrie continued his steady improvement throughout the year finishing sixth. Terry Biner back in his car for the first weekend since breaking his hand at Buttonwillow in race two back in April drove well to finish seventh. Christopher Ash brought the lone Speads F1000 entry into eighth with M.Belling and Russ Werner who failed to finish rounding out the finishers.

Results
2011 F1000 Pro Series Race 10:

1	Taylor Archer
2	Randy Mitchell
3	Larry Vollum
4	Nicholas Belling
5	Dave Palmer
6	John LaBrie
7	Terry Biner
8	Christopher Ash
9	Mark Belling
10	Russ Werner

Sunday Qualifying, Race 10:

1.	Russ Werner	1:22.968
2.	Taylor Archer	1:23.547
3.	Larry Vollum	1:24.670
4.	Randy Mitchell	1:25.605
5.	John LaBrie	1:26.094
6.	Nicholas Belling	1:26.236
7.	Dave Palmer	1:26.360
8.	Terry Biner	1:26.737
9.	Christopher Ash	1:27.905
10.	Mark Belling	1:32.736
11.	Gary Hickman	no time

Werner Takes Convincing Win at Miller

Miller Motorsports Park, Toole, Utah - (August 6, 2011) Russ Werner piloted his Phoenix F1000 race car to a convincing win in Race 9 of the 2011 F1000 Pro Series sponsored by Goodyear Racing Tires, Williams Racing Developments and George Dean Engines with partner sponsors Hyperco, Jongbloed Racing Wheels, Ballistic Performance Components, Elizabeth Jackson Artwork, Kool Coat, and Geartronics North America.

The field of F1000 competitors took the green flag race under clear skies and warm temperatures. As the field poured into the first corner Nicholas Belling took the lead from pole sitter Werner. Further back, Championship leader Dave Palmer starting in seventh position attempted to take in inside line into the corner in the hope of making up some positions only to find Randy Mitchell already there. The two made contact with Palmer spinning and falling back to the tail end of the field. Mitchell suffered some minor suspension damage in the fracas but was able to continue without losing any positions but would spend the race fighting handling issues as a result.

Nicholas Belling's stint at the front would be short-lived as Werner quickly took back the position and began to pull away from the rest of the field. As Werner streak off into the distance the battle for second heated up as N. Belling, Archer, Vollum, and Mitchell all ran virtually nose-to-tail for several laps with each trying to overtake the other and move up in position. As Belling lead this train his car began to develop an understeer condition which allowed one driver after the other to finally force their way by dropping him back to fifth where he would finish.

At the back Palmer drove in a valiant effort to make up ground after his first corner spin left him in last place and fighting to keep his lead in the championship. Driving consistently quick laps he evenually caught up to and overtook M.Belling at about half-distance. As he closed on LaBrie to take another position LaBrie spun with Palmer narrowly avoiding contact. Palmer would finally get pass LaBrie a short time later to finish in 8th place.

Terry Biner in a Firman and Chris Ash in the lone Speads-Rilltech competing in his first F1000 Pro Series event both drove cautious and uneventful races to finish 6th and 7th respectfully.

Werner crossed the line in dominating fashion 16 seconds in front of his nearest competitor. Taylor Archer took second place honors with Larry Vollum rounding out the podium finishers in 3rd.

With Nicholas Belling's fifth place finish and Dave Palmer's eighth place, Palmer takes a 10 point lead into the season's final race on Sunday. Nicholas Belling needs to win with Dave Palmer finishing no higher than 8th to have a chance of wrestling the title away from Palmer.

Results, 2011 F1000 Pro Series Race 9:

1	Russ Werner	Phoenix
2	Taylor Archer	Stohr
3	Larry Vollum	Stohr
4	Randy Mitchell	VD-Novak
5	Nicholas Belling	Firman
6	Terry Biner	Firman
7	Chris Ash	Speads-Rilltech
8	Dave Palmer	Stohr
9	John LaBrie	Phoenix
10	Mark Belling,	Firman

Saturday Qualifying, Race 9:

1	Russ Werner	1:22.267
2	Nicholas Belling	1:23.661
3	Taylor Archer	1:23.715
4	Larry Vollum	1:24.005
5	Randy Mitchell	1:25.141
6	Terry Biner	1:26.385
7	Dave Palmer	1:26.645
8	John LaBrie	1:27.643
9	Chris Ash	1:27.702
10	Mark Belling	1:32.008

 

 Kool Koat Ceramic Coatings joins as Sponsor Partner!

Fremont California (August 4, 2011) - Kool Coat Ceramic Coating Ltd has joined the F1000 Pro Series as a partner sponsor for the 2011 season.  Kool Coat based in Vancouver, B.C. Canada specializes in ceramic thermal barrier coatings specifically designed for the motorsport industries high heat demands and performance requirements.

Kool Coat (www.koolcoatceramiccoatings.com) provides a range of engine, exhaust, header, industrial, and specialty coatings to stop heat, control heat, disperse heat, dry films, oil shedding and thermal dispersing. Immediate benefits include lower under hood temperatures, lower header radiant heat, as well as longer header life which in turn will produce more HP. Kool Coat coatings are available in many colors including titanium, black, cast, white, cerachrome.

Some areas where Kool Coat is currently involved on a daily basis for the motorsport industry include work with headers, turbos, turbo manifolds, complete exhaust systems, intake manifolds, piston coatings, radiators, brake pads, rotors, and calipers

For more information contact Kool Coat at: Kool Coat Ceramic Coating, Ltd., (604) 888-8688 or email Kool Coat at: info@koolcoat.ca

The F1000 Pro Series sponsored by Goodyear Racing Tires (www.racegoodyear.com), Williams Racing Developments (www.willrace.com) and George Dean Racing Engines (www.georgedeanracing.com), along with partner sponsors Ballistic Performance Components (www.ballisticparts.com), Hyperco (www.hypercoils.com),  Jongbloed Racing Wheels (www.jongbloedracing.com), (Elisabeth Jackson Motorsports Artwork, and Geartronics (www.geartronics.co.uk) and is based on purpose-built high-performance Formula 1000 race cars and Formula 2000 converted race cars powered by 1000cc motorcycle engines, with top speeds in excess of 150 MPH. The F1000 Pro Series consists of 10 SCCA sanctioned National championship races at five venues over the course of the 2011 season.

Oberndorf Declared Victor in Seattle

Fremont, Ca - (July 7, 2011) - with the ruling by the SCCA in regards of the fuel protest
against JR Osborne by Nicholas Belling falling in favor of Nicholas Belling, the results of
Race 5 have become official. JR Osborne has been excluded from the results.
On track second place finisher Kyle Oberndorf has been declared the winner in Race 5. The
results of Race 5 are to be amended as follows:

Race 5 Results:

1	Kyle Oberndorf
2	Nicholas Belling
3	Lucian Pancea
4	Dave Palmer
5	Mark Belling
6	John LaBrie
7	JR Osborne

Trophies for Seattle race 5 will be handed out at a later date. Championship
points will be amended to reflect the official race results.

2011 F1000 Pro Series Driver's Championship to be decided at Miller

Fremont, Ca - (July 6, 2011) - With points now amended for Seattle's Race 5 the 2011 F1000 Pro Series Drivers championship is now down to two drivers.

Dave Palmer of Portland, Oregon currently leads the championship with 60 points. In second is Nicholas Belling with 47. With 13 points separating the two, Belling needs at least a second place and a sixth place to tie Palmer in points.

In the case of a tie the championship will be awarded on the basis of best finishing positions. Currently, both drivers have one win and two 2nd place finishes, with Palmer an additional two third place finishes. Under this scenerio Belling would need that second place finish to edge out Palmer for the title. Anything less and Palmer will become champion.

Points are awarded for first through 9th as follows: 12-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

Each driver accumulated points through all eight races in the following manner:

Palmer: 12+7+9+9+6+5+7+5 = 60

Belling: 1+9+12+0+9+6+1+9 = 47

The championship driver will be awarded the 2011 Driver's Championship trophy as well as a cash prize and other contingency awards as the championship driver.

Flag Confusion helps Vollum to Victory at Portland

Portland International Raceway -(July 3, 2011) Larry Vollum assisted by some confusion over a white flag took his first win of the season in Race 8 of the 2011 F1000 Pro Series sponsored by Goodyear Racing Tires, Williams Racing Developments and George Dean Engines with partner sponsors Hyperco, Jongbloed Racing Wheels, Ballistic Performance Components, Elizabeth Jackson Artwork, and Geartronics North America.

The race began under partly cloudy skies and warm conditions. The field of F1000 taking the green flag some 30 seconds ahead of the main field of national competitors.

Pole sitter Vollum lead the field through the chicane, but was quickly overtaken by both Archer and Pancea. As the field came around after the first lap it was Pancea in the lead closely followed by both Archer and Vollum. Entering into the chicane on the 3rd lap Archer dived into the inside taking the lead from Pancea.

The racing up front became fast and furious for the next several laps as the three ran in a very tight pattern with each driver within striking distance of each other with Archer desperately trying to hold off Pancea and Vollum.

As the race worn on Pancea found himself in trouble. Having made a gamble on setup, Pancea now found the car slower and not as well behaved as the day before. Vollum exploited this as he copied Archer's move on Pancea into the chicane. Pancea knew he was in trouble but there was nothing he could do but hold on as he continued his slide down the field.

After yesterday's loose sprocket issue Nicholas Belling found the car more to his liking and begin to pull his way up through the field from his sixth starting position. As he took over third place from the falling Pancea he was several seconds behind the lead duo of Archer and Vollum. Lap after lap saw him close the gap between him and Vollum until he was just more than a second back.

Up front Vollum was giving Archer everything he could to get pass with Archer continuing to deny Vollum the lead with every move Vollum tried.

It was all to be taken completely out of the hands of the drivers. As tow trucks rolled to assist a stalled car from a competitor from the main national group, the white flag came out. Archer, after being away from racing for more than a year, mistook the the white flag for having the same meaning as a yellow flag. As he slowed for the incident he was passed by both Vollum and N. Belling. As Archer realized his mistake he tried to regain position but it was too late. The damage had been done and the race was lost.

Vollum continued on to take the checkered flag and his first victory with N. Belling several seconds behind. Archer followed the two across the line in third.

The remainder of the field followed with Russ Werner in fifth, Dave Palmer adding to his points total in 5th, Pancea in sixth, with Oberndorf seventh. After dueling most of the race with M.Belling, LaBrie took eighth, with M.Belling ninth, Rice with his still diabolical car tenth, and Pahls failing to finish in eleventh.

Race 8 Results:

1	Larry Vollum
2	Nicholas Belling
3	Taylor Archer
4	Russ Werner
5	Dave Palmer
6	Lucian Pancea
7	Kyle Oberndorf
8	John LaBrie
9	Mark Belling
10	Rod Rice
DNF	Herman Pahls

Race 8 Qualifying Results:

1	Larry Vollum	1:11.229
2	Lucian Pancea	1:11.269
3	Taylor Archer	1:11.852
4	Kyle Oberndorf	1:11.992
5	Dave Palmer	1:12.619
6	Nicholas Belling	1:13.385
7	Rod Rice	1:14.119
8	Russ Werner	1:14.391
9	John LaBrie	1:14.951
10	Mark Belling	1:17.601
11	Herman Pahls	1:17.601

Pancea goes Flag-to-Flag to win at Portland

Portland International Raceway -(July 2, 2011) Lucian Pancea took his first win of the season in race 7 of the 2011 F1000 Pro Series sponsored by Goodyear Racing Tires, Williams Racing Developments and George Dean Engines with partner sponsors Hyperco, Jongbloed Racing Wheels, Ballistic Performance Components, Elizabeth Jackson Artwork, and Geartronics North America.

Pancea who started on pole was never headed as he lead from flag-to-flag to take adominant win.

Under clear blue skies and warm temperatures, the F1000 field took the split start some 40 seconds ahead of the main field of national competitors.

At the end of the first lap it was Pancea leading with Oberndorf leapfrogging both N.Belling and Vollum at the start running second. Close behind was Vollum followed by Palmer, N. Belling, and the rest of the field. Pancea, Oberndorf, and Vollum were running nose to tail and already begining to stretch out some distance between them and fourth place runner Palmer who had also managed to advance past N. Belling. The running order was Pancea, Oberndorf, Vollum, Palmer, N.Belling, Werner, Archer, LaBrie, M.Belling, and Rice.

As the cars exited the chicane Oberndorf suddenly slowed with electrical issues finally rolling to a stop midways towards turn 3. This brought out a double yellow caution that bunched the field up. As the the caution ended on lap 4 and the green flag came out Pancea streaked out from the field followed closely by Vollum.

For the next several laps Vollum crowded Pancea's mirrors looking for an opening to get by. Lap after lap Vollum would pull alongside Pancea heading down into the chicane only to find Pancea arriving just ahead of him.

The battle was interrupted again by a second double yellow caution on lap 7. As the pace car came out of the pits and bypassed the chicane it missed picking up race leaded Pancea and instead it was Vollum just behind the pace car. This lead to several laps where Pancea was forced to slow down before the pace car finally picked up the race leader.

As the green flag flew for the second restart N. Belling began to slow with a mechanical issue on the back straight. The bolts holding the sprocket had loosen and with the chain tension gone he began to lose drive. Evenually losing all drive in the car forcing his retirement.

Up front Pancea and Vollum resumed their battle. Each time Vollum pulled alongside at the chicane Pancea managed to fend him off. As the race progressed Pancea managed to use traffic to his advantage to pull out just enough of a lead over Vollum to keep Vollum behind him going into the chicane.

As the Checkered flag fell it was Pancea taking the win with Vollum less than a second back with the remainder of the field spread out over the course by several seconds.

Championship leader Dave Palmer drove a solid race to third to consolidate his championship points lead, Russ Werner moved up two positions from his sixth starting position to claim fourth. Taylor Archer competing in his first series event and his first race in more than a year took fifth, with Rod Rice limping his ill-handling car into sixth. John LaBrie continued to improve his driving finishing a seventh with Mark Belling rounding out the field of runners in eighth. Herman Pahls declined to take the race start.


Race 7 Results:

1	Lucian Pancea
2	Larry Vollum
3	Dave Palmer
4	Russ Werner
5	Taylor Archer
6	Rod Rice
7	John LaBrie
8	Mark Belling
9	Nicholas Belling
10	Kyle Oberndorf
DNS	Herman Pahls

Race 7 Qualifying Results

1	Lucian Pancea.	1:12.297
2	Larry Vollum.	1:12.391
3	Nicholas Belling.	1:12.591
4	Kyle Oberndorf.	1:12.634
5	Dave Palmer.	1:14.103
6	Russ Werner.	1:14.141
7	John LaBrie.	1:16.928
8	Mark Belling	1:17.664
9	Herman Pahls.	1:19.305
10	Taylor Archer.	No time

JR Osborne Battles to Victory in Race 6 of the 2011 F1000 Pro Series

Pacific Raceways (May 30, 2011) - JR Osborne once again battled adversity to take his third victory of the season in the 2011 F1000 Pro Series sponsored by Goodyear Racing Tires, Williams Racing Developments and George Dean Engines with partner sponsors Hyperco, Jongbloed Racing Wheels, Ballistic Performance Components, Elizabeth Jackson Artwork, and Geartronics North America.

Osborne of Castle Rock, Colorado spent the majority of the race locked in battle over first place with Canadian Kyle Oberndorf, with Osborne evenually prevailing to take the win and close within four points of Dave Palmer for the lead in the 2011 Driver's Championship.

Lucian Pancea who had set a blistering time of 1:18.308 to take pole position got off to a rough start after falling back to third at the start. As the cars came by to complete the first lap the order was Osborne, Oberndorf, Belling, Pancea, Palmer, LaBrie, and Cooper.

As the race continued Belling began pushing his way through from his third starting position passing Pancea on the first lap, Oberndorf on the third, then taking the lead from Osborne on the sixth. He continued to lead for the next couple of laps and looked secure in the lead until coming into the turn eight hairpin just prior to the main straight where he spun nearly taking Pancea who was following some ways behind with him.

Pancea, who had to make a quick tire change just prior to the race start due to a flat tire found himself with another tire problem as he battled a deflating tire most of the race before managing a very respectful third under difficult driving conditions. Belling evenually collected himself to continue on and finish fourth.

This left Osborne back in the lead with a closely following Oberndorf right behind. The racing got hot and heavy at the front as the laps wound down with Osborne evenually taking the flag just in front of Oberndorf.

Championship leader Dave Palmer continued to improve throughout the weekend setting a personal best time during the race. His six points for fifth place keeps him in the lead in the Driver's Championship with 43 points with points yet to awarded from Race 5 awaiting the outcome of the JR Osborne fuel protest by Nicholas Belling.

Series Newcomer Glenn Cooper continued to find his way around the twisting Pacific Raceway track. His 1:19.953 qualifying time put him right in with the fastest drivers in the series. But unfortunately he was not able to carry that over to a good result in the race. While attempting a pass on Palmer in turn one, he carried too much speed into the corner and wound up off track in the gravel trap runoff area. By the time he got re-started the main field of national competitors had passed him by. He spent the most of the race winding his way past them before finally catching LaBrie at the back of the F1000 field to take sixth place.

John LaBrie continued his weekend woes with sound as once again he found himself on the receiving end of the orange meatball flag. Dispite his continued run ins with officialdom LaBrie did managed what he called a "great race" to finish 7th.

Race 6 Results:

1	JR Osborne	Stohr
2	Kyle Oberndorf	Stohr
3	Lucian Pancea	Stohr
4	Nicholas Belling	Firman
5	Dave Palmer	Stohr
6	Glenn Cooper	Firman
7	John LaBrie	Phoenix

Lucian Pancea takes Pole Position for Race 6 of the 2011 F1000 Pro Series

Lucian Pancea piloted his Stohr F1000 race car around the Pacific Raceway track to take pole position for Race 6 of the 2011 F1000 Pro Series sponsored by Goodyear Racing Tires, Williams Racing Developments, and George Dean Racing Engines with partner sponsors Hyperco, Jongbloed Racing Wheels, Ballistic Performance Components, Elizabeth Jackson Artwork, and Geartronics North America. Pancea circled the track at an amazing 18:308. Yesterday's unofficial winner of Race 5 JR Osbourne set second best time followed by Nicholas Belling and Kyle Oberndorf third and fourth. Series newcomer Glenn Cooper clocked the fifth fastest time at 1:19.953 followed by Dave Palmer and John LaBrie in the lone Phoenix.

Race 6 Qualifying results:

1	Lucian Pancea	1:18.308
2	JR Osborne	1:19.039
3	Nicholas Belling	1:19.602
4	Kyle Oberndorf	1:19.632
5	Glenn Cooper	1:19.953
6	Dave Palmer	1:21.063
7	John LaBrie	1:24.919

Results in Holding Pattern in Race 5 of the 2011 F1000 Pro Series

May 29, 2011 (Kent, Wa) – The F1000 Pro Series was thrown into a holding pattern as protests flew after Race 5 at Pacific Raceway of the 2011 F1000 Pro Series sponsored by Goodyear Racing Tires, Williams Racing Developments, and George Dean Racing Engines, with partner sponsors Hyperco, Jongbloed Racing Wheels, Ballistic Performance Components, Elizabeth Jackson Artwork and Geartronics North America.

JR Osborne who looked set to take his third victory of the season instead found himself having to wait 3 weeks to get confirmation of his win after third place finisher Nicholas Belling filed a protest against Osborne's use of fuel.

The field took the split start from the from of the main national group under cold, cloudy skies and ran nearly incident free only two minor cautions for incidents from cars in other classes. Osborne lead away from the start leaving N.Belling and Oberndorf to mix it up for second followed closely by Mark Belling, Lucian Pancea, John LaBrie, and Dave Palmer. As the race progressed, N. Belling suffered from poor handling as the camber bolts on his car came loose which dropped him back from second place runner Kyle Oberndorf, who likewise was forced to back off the final laps as his fuel ran too low.

Lucian Pancea who suffered from several issues throughout the weekend including a burnt exhaust valve in the first qualifying session which required an engine change found himself back in fourth with Dave Palmer who sat out the second qualifying session and spent most of the race running alone on track a very lonely fifth. Mark Belling had fallen back to sixth from his fourth starting position after finding himself lost in heavy traffic. John LaBrie continued his difficulties from qualifying with sound and was meatballed yet again but after a quick dash into the pits to work on the car the issue was cleared up and he was able to continue on finishing seventh.

After the race in the post-race impound third place finisher Nicholas Belling filed a protest against race winner JR Osborne over fuel used by Osborne during the event. The protest was duly filed by the race organizers which places the official results for the race on hold while the protest winds its way through the process.

Unofficial Results

1	JR Osborne	Stohr
2	Kyle Oberndorf	Stohr
3	Nicholas Belling	Firman
4	Lucian Pancea	Stohr
5	Dave Palmer	Stohr
6	Mark Belling	Firman
7	John LaBrie	Phoenix

Q2 Qualifying Results:

1	JR Osbourne	1:19.120
2	Nicholas Belling	1:19.397
3	Kyle Oberndorf	1:19.801
4	Mark Belling	1:25.159
5	Lucian Pancea	1:30.762
6	John LaBrie	Time disallowed for sound
7	Dave PalmeR	No Time

Q1 Qualifying Results:

1	JR Osbourne	1:19.159
2	Lucian Pancea	1:19.733
3	Kyle Oberndorf	1:19.864
4	Dave Palmer	1:22.908
5	John LaBrie	1:24.919
6	Mark Belling	Times disallowed-ignored black flag
7	Nicholas Belling	No time-car not repaired in time from practice crash

JR Osborne Takes Victory in Race 4 at Buttonwillow

JR Osborne overcame adversity to to win Race 4 of the 2011 F1000 Pro Series sponsored by Goodyear Racing Tires, Williams Racing Developments, and George Dean Racing Engines, with partner sponsors Hyperco, Jongbloed Racing Wheels, Ballistic Performance Components, Elizabeth Jackson Artwork and Geartronics North America.

Osborne who looked for a time to be done for the weekend after crashing out in yesterday's race after getting tagged by another competitor made a stellar comeback to win convincingly over second place finisher Dave Palmer.

The morning qualifying session saw Osborne take pole position from Nicholas Belling by just over a second. John LaBrie vastly improved his times over yesterday's qualifying to finish third fastest with a time of 1:49.591, followed closely by Dave Palmer clocking a best time of 1:49.649 and Mark Belling with a 1:51.045.

Race 4 Qualifying Times:

1	1:43.536	JR Osborne
2	1:43.663	Nicholas Belling
3	1:49.591	John LaBrie
4	1:49.649	Dave Palmer
5	1:51.045	Mark Belling
DNS	No Time	Terry Biner (broken hand)
DNS	No Time	Rod Morley (illness)

The race began under cloudless blue skies and warm temperatures. The field of F1000 taking the flag some 30 seconds after the main field of national competitors. Nicholas Belling, race 3 winner from Saturday challenged Osborne from the flag eventually finding his way through on lap two down the back straight leading up to the Lost Hills corner. As in the previous day's race the two fast front runners came up to the tail end of main field within a lap of race start. As Belling followed closely by Osborne came up on to competitor running in another class at the hairpin at the end of lap 2, as he mis-calculated the corner and slid wide. Osborne following closely behind had nowhere to go and made contact with Belling, with the result that the nose of Belling's Firman was knocked off in the collision. A trip down pit lane and a conference with the crew confirmed that the day was over for Nicholas Belling.

Osborne continued on and despite a bent push rod from the contact he managed to to extend his lead taking the checkered flag and his second victory of the season.

The incident between Nicholas Belling and Osborne elevated Dave Palmer having already finding a way around LaBrie, into 2nd. Mark Belling and John LaBrie were left to fight it out behind Palmer for the final podium position. Mark Belling also managed to scrabble past LaBrie at the start but after a short full course caution mid-way through the race the roles were reversed with LaBrie getting the better of Belling on the re-start. Belling dropped back several seconds behind LaBrie before making a late race challenge. As the two ran nose to tail Belling made several attempts to get by with the two nearly running side-by-side into several corners. As they came up on a pair of backmarkers Belling made a lunge for the position but overshot the corner making contact with one of the backmarkers, which caused damage to the wing and nose on the Firman, which ended his challenge. LaBrie continued on unchallenged the rest of the way to take his first ever podium position. After initially getting by LaBrie Dave Palmer drove a lonely but steady handed race into second place. Palmer's second place gives him a 10 point lead in the Driver's Championship over JR Osborne.

Race 4 Results:

1	JR Osborne	Stohr
2	Dave Palme	Stohr
3	John LaBrie	Phoenix
4	>Mark Belling	Firman
DNF	Nicholas Belling	Firman
DNS	Terry Biner	Firman
DNS	Rod Morley	Firman

Nicholas Belling takes Victory at Buttonwillow
in Race 3 of the 2011 F1000 Pro Series

Nicholas Belling of Langley, BC, Canada took victory honors in Race 3 of the 2011 F1000 Pro Series sponsored by Goodyear Racing Tires, Williams Racing Developments, and George Dean Racing Engines, with partner sponsors Hyperco, Jongbloed Racing Wheels, Ballistic Performance Components, Elizabeth Jackson Artwork and Geartronics North America.

Amongst the drivers participating this weekend include Thunderhill winners JR Osborne and Dave Palmer in their Stohr F1000 race cars. Alongside them is John LaBrie in the lone Phoenix being supported this weekend by Phoenix designer Dustin Wright, with the Firman West team of Nicholas and Mark Belling along with Terry Biner and Rod Morley making up the Firman contingent However late Friday Rod Morley was forced to withdraw from the weekend due to illness.

Saturday morning practice saw the cars take to the track under blue skies and cold windy conditions. The cold track conditions caught out Terry Biner who hit the outside pit wall near the pit entry early in session, which put him out for the weekend with a broken hand when the steering wheel whipped around in his hand on impact.

The Firman of Nicholas Belling set the early pace setting a new overall track record for the 3.10 mile Buttonwillow #25ACCW track at 1:42.965.

Saturday qualifying began under clear skies and calmer winds than the earlier practice session with the cold breeze from the morning giving way to warmer temperatures. Nicholas Belling, continuing his form from the morning practice took pole position with a time of 1:43.918. JR Osborne despite brake issues and ride height difficulties managed second quickest time of 1:45.918. Race one winner Dave Palmer took third with a 1:50.954 followed by the improving Mark Belling clocking a best time 1:51.182. John LaBrie in lone Phoenix rounded out the field with a time of 1:59.395.


Round Three Qualifying Results

1	1:43.918	Nicholas Belling
2	1:45.918	JR Osborne
3	1:50.954	Dave Palmer
4	1:51.182	Mark Belling
5	1:59.395	John LaBrie
6	No Time	Terry Biner
7	No Time	Rod Morley

The field of Formula 1000 cars lined up for the split start approximately 30 seconds behind the main field of national race competitors which consists of multiple run groups from different car classes. Pole sitter Nicholas Belling in his Firman jumped out to an early lead closely followed by the Stohr of JR Osborne. Following behind this duo were the cars of Dave Palmer and Mark Belling with John LaBrie following closely behind.

The duel between the two protagonists at the front looked to be shaping up to be a mighty one with Osborne closely shadowing Nicholas Belling's every move on the track. By the end of the first lap Belling and Osborne had already caught the tail end of the field of national competitors up front and began mixing it up amidst them.

Halfway around the second lap the two came up to a Formula Atlantic while entering into the ultra quick sweeper Riverside. Belling managed to squeeze by the Atlantic leaving Osborne to desperately shoot for a gap between the Atlantic and the corner in an attempt to stay in contact with the fast moving Belling. The two cars touched and both spun off into the deep soil just off to the inside of the corner. Just like that, Osborne's day was over, leaving Nicholas Belling to continue on, now with a sizable lead over second place Palmer.

There was still plenty of action back in the field as Palmer and Mark Belling were running separated by less than a second. Over course of the next several laps the two stayed glued together as one with Mark Belling attempting several optimistic moves a soon as the slightest opportunity to get by arose. John LaBrie remained nearby but never threaten the two and eventually fell back before retiring with a broken chain drive.

Back up front Nicholas Belling continued his assault on the track has he pulled out his lead ever further with each lap that passed. Twenty-five seconds on lap seven, thirty-six seconds on lap ten, forty-seven seconds on lap twelve. He was completely hooked up.

As the race continued on Mark Belling began to lose track of Palmer as the two wound their way through traffic. They were to finish in that position with Palmer taking the checker for a sound second place several seconds in front of Mark Belling.

Round 3 Race Results

1	Nicholas Belling	Firman
2	Dave Palmer	Stohr
3	Mark Belling	Firman
DNF	John LaBrie	Phoenix
DNF	JR Osborne	Stohr
DNS	Terry Biner	Firman
DNS	Rod Morley	Firman

JR Osborne leads flag-to-flag to take victory in Round 2 of 2011 F1000 Pro Series

JR Osborne drove his Stohr F1000 car from pole postition to first place leading throughout to take victory at Thunderhill Raceway in Round 2 of the 2011 F1000 Pro Series presented by Goodyear Racing Tires, Williams Racing Developments, George Dean Racing Engines with partner sponsors Hyperco, Ballistic Performance Components, Jongbloed Racing Wheels, Elizabeth Jackson Artwork and Geartronics North America.

Taking the green flag under cloudy and very windy conditions JR Osbourne stretched out to an early lead and was never threaten during the race. Nicholas Belling in his Firman drove from his fourth starting position to take second place honors with Round One winner Dave Palmer in his Stohr rounding out the podium in third place.

Gary Hickman, who was force to start at the back of the field due to a sound violation in qualifying and only just made the grid after a last second sound check worked his way through the field to finish fourth in his Edge Engineering F1000. It was a good result for Hickman and his crew they spent a good deal of the previous night both at the track and back at the hotel room patching bodywork back together after the incident with Russ Werner in the previous day's race.

Back in the pack Rod Morley suffered a spin on the opening lap in the tricky off-camber turn 3 which put him out of contention. A couple of laps later Rod Rice running third spun in turn five while attempting to hunt down second place Nicholas Belling thereby ending his chances for a good finish. After a standing yellow a couple of laps later so workers could retrieve the head surround bodywork from the middle of the main straightaway that had flown off Nicholas Belling's car both Rice and Morley got their cars restarted by the track crew and resumed their race, however by this time several laps down.

Both Terry Biner in his Firman and John LaBrie now in the lone Phoenix entry drove an uneventful race to finish behind fourth place Hickman. Mark Belling likewise drove a steady but uneventful race to finish behind LaBrie.

Randy Mitchell had been looking at a decent finish to go with his third place result from Saturday's race when he got tangled up with a CSR in the ultra quick turn 8 sending him off course and bringing out the final full course yellow of the day. The race never resumed after that and finished as on Saturday, behind the pace car under yellow.

2011 F1000 Pro Series - Race Two Results

Race 2 results - Race time 29:56.493

1	JR Osborne	Stohr
2	Nicholas Belling	Firman
3	Dave Palmer	Stohr
4	Gary Hickman	Edge
5	Rod Morley	Firman
6	John LaBrie	Phoenix
7	Mark Belling	Firman
8	Terry Biner	Firman
9	Randy Mitchell	Van Diemen-Novak
10	Rod Rice	Stohr
DNS	Russ Werner	Phoenix
DNS	Kyle Oberndorf	Stohr

Dave Palmer drives through the field to win Round One of the 2011 F1000 Pro Series

Dave Palmer drove his Stohr F1000 through a full field to take the win in the opening round of the 2011 F1000 Pro Series sponsored by Goodyear Racing Tires, Williams Racing Developments, George Dean Racing Engines, with partner sponsors Hyperco, Jongbloed Racing Wheels,  Elizabeth Jackson Artwork and Geartronics North America.

Palmer, who had his best qualifying times disallowed for an improper tire change behind the pit wall which would have put him second on the grid, stormed through the field avoiding the carnage from multiple incidents to take the win.

Finishing Second on the track was the Stohr of Rod Rice with Randy Mitchell in his Van Diemen-Novak rounding out the podium in third.
 
Qualifying
 
With the weather threatening, the rains stopped and the track drying, the F1000 competitors to ran the first qualifying session of the weekend on Saturday morning where ten of the competitors took to the track. The exceptions were defending race winner JR Osbourne who was sidelined waiting for a suspension replacement part to arrive after one had failed due to vibration issue on the Friday test day and Terry Biner who had decided to sit out the session.

The tricky track conditions made tire selection critical. Most of the cars started the session on wets and found themselves having to look for wet patches on the track as their tires overheated. As the track increasely dried Dave Palmer dove into the pits for a quick change to slicks tires. He was caught out however we the rain returned a couple of laps later and spun at the uphill turn 5.

Palmer was eventually put up a best time of 1:56.652 which would have put him 2nd fastest qualifier but his fastest times were disallowed as he had gone behind the pit wall to change his tires in violation of the rules. The penalty elevated Russ Werner in his Phoenix to second.
It was Gary Hickman that ended up having the trick setup when he had his rain tires turned reducing the amount of tread on his tires. It essentially turned his rain tires into intermediates. The setup proved to be the quickest of the contenders with Hickman taking the unofficial pole at a time of 1:56.209.
Randy Mitchell did well in the changing conditions to take third fastest in his Van Diemen-Novak conversion car. John LaBrie visiting Thunderhill for the first time took fourth quickest, with Rod Rice fifth followed by the Firman's of Mark Belling, Rod Morley and Nicholas Belling.
It was discovered later that the two Bellings Nicholas and Mark Belling had had their transponders one one another's car and both ended up in the session with each of the others qualifying times.
After Friday's test day Kyle Oberndorf discovered a crack in his enigine and with no replacement available it put him out of of the weekend's competition.

Round one qualifying times:

1	1:56.209	Gary Hickman
2	1:56.794	Russ Werner
3	2:02.292	Randy Mitchell
4	2:03.770	John LaBrie
5	2:04.725	Rod Rice
6	2:07.481	Mark Belling
7	2:12.424	Rod Morley
8	2:26.713	Nicholas Belling
9	2:51.467	Dave Palmer
No Time	No Time	JR Osborne
No Time	No Time	Kyle Oberndorf

RACE
 
With the rains having blown away the field took the flag under a cloudy sky. Pole sitter Gary Hickman jumped out to an early lead over second qualifier Russ Werner, but back in the JR Osborne after working late into the night replacing his broken front suspension was picking off his competitors like a big game hunter on a relentless charge up to the front. He was followed closely by Dave Palmer who was determined not to lose contact with Osborne.
Lap three saw Osbourne finally make his way to the front, coming up on Russ Werner running in second in the uphill turn nine. After passing Werner with ease Osbourne had Hickman squarely in his his sights overpowering him on the back straight before turn 10. Thereafter he began to pull away from the field.
This left Hickman and Werner to duel it out for second. On the run up to the turn five Eagle's Nest corner on lap eight Werner misjudged his braking and ran up over Hickman's knocking off the engine cover and rear wing. Hickman continued for a short distance before retiring, with Werner finished and already outside of the car up the hill in turn five. The carnage bought out the pace car for several laps to clear the track.
After the pace car pulled off Osbourne began to take off again leaving the remaining F1000 competitors to duke it out for second. Just as it appeared Osbourne would win convincingly a clutch seal blew as he entered turn five which sent up a huge cloud of smoke trailing behind his car.

After Osborne's big bang exit Dave Palmer who had been stealthily working his way through the field trying to keep up with Osbourne took over the lead with Rod Rice running 20 or so car lengths behind followed closely by Mitchell in his Van Dieman FC Novak conversion car. They remained in that order for the remainder of the race taking the checkered flag two laps later.

Round one race results:

1	Dave Palmer	Stohr
2	Rod Rice	Stohr
3	Randy Mitchell	Van Diemen-Novak
4	Terry Biner	Firman
5	Mark Belling	Firman
6	John LaBrie	Phoenix
7	JR Osborne	Stohr
8	Rod Morley	Firman
9	Nicholas Belling	Firman
10	Gary Hickman	Edge
11	Russ Werner	Phoenix
DNS	Kyle Oberndorf	Stohr

Ballistic Performance Components Joins F1000 Pro Series as Partner Sponsor

Ballistic Performance Components has joined the F1000 Pro Series as a partner sponsor for the 2011 season. Ballistic Performance Components based in North Charleston, South Carolina, provides a range of high-performance batteries for power sports.

Ballistic Performance Component Batteries use the latest, state of the art lithium ferrous energy storage technology available that provides a smaller, lighter, higher energy battery. Each Ballistic Performance Component Battery is assembled by hand in the USA using computer designed custom proprietary cells, cases, and hardware. As a result, Ballistic Performance Component Batteries will provide more energy out of a smaller package while requiring almost no regular maintenance and under most conditions a longer service life than existing lead acid batteries.

Ballistic Performance Components LLC is a joint venture between the principles of KWS Motorsports (www.kwsmotorsports.com) and Millennium Technologies (www.mt-llc.com)

The F1000 Pro Series sponsored by Goodyear Racing Tires (www.racegoodyear.com), Williams Racing Developments (www.willrace.com) and George Dean Racing Engines (www.georgedeanracing.com), along with partner sponsors Jongbloed Racing Wheels (www.jongbloedracing.com), Elisabeth Jackson Motorsports Artwork & Designs, Geartronics (www.geartronics.co.uk) and Hyperco (www.hypercoils.com) is based on purpose-built high-performance Formula 1000 race cars and Formula 2000 converted race cars powered by 1000cc motorcycle engines, with top speeds in excess of 150 MPH. The F1000 Pro Series consists of 10 SCCA sanctioned National championship races at five venues over the course of the 2011 season.

For further information, please visit http://www.f1000proseries.com
or email firmanwestcars@gmail.com

Hyperco Joins F1000 Pro Series as Partner Sponsor

 
Fremont, Ca  (February 1, 2011) - Hyperco (www.hypercoils.com) announced today that it is joining the F1000
Pro Series as a partner sponsor for the series in 2011. In addition to becoming a partner sponsor Hyperco will
provide contingency awards for registered drivers competing in the F1000 pro Series.
 
Hyperco is a supplier of high performance suspension components for all levels of the motor racing industry. In 1996,
Hyperco joined with MW Industries, Inc (www.md-ind.com) to become one of the top spring and specialty fastener
manufacturer's in the nation.
 
Hyperco's product line includes suspension coils (Hypercoils), hydraulic load centering perches and composite leaf
springs. Hyperco specializes in the development and optimization of these products for the motor racing industry.
 
The F1000 Pro Series sponsored by Goodyear Racing Tires (www.racegoodyear.com), Williams Racing Development
(www.willrace) and George Dean Racing Engines (www.georgedeanracing.com), along with partner sponsors Jongbloed
Racing Wheels (www.jongbloedracing.com), Elisabeth Jackson Motorsports Artwork & Designs, and Geartronics
(www.geartronics.co.uk) is based on purpose-built high-performance Formula 1000 race cars and Formula 2000
converted race cars powered by 1000cc motorcycle engines, with top speeds in excess of 150 MPH. The F1000 Pro Series consists of 10 SCCA sanctioned National championship races at five venues over the course of the 2011 season.

For further information, please visit http://www.f1000proseries.com
or email firmanwestcars@gmail.com

10th Manufacturer Comes to F1000 Pro Series in 2011

Hollywood, Ca (January 26, 2011) - Joining the field of nine other manufacturers set to compete in the 2011 F1000 Pro Series is Tapacat Racing Cars, headed by Hollywood screenwriter and former racer, Christopher Crowe.

Crowe, who's Hollywood writing credits include "The Last of the Mohicans", "Fear", and "Off Limits" announced today his re-entry into motor sport with the formation of Tapacat Racers, a race car manufacturing firm located in Los Angeles, California.

From the Silver Screen to professional auto racing? "It's not as great a leap as it may sound," Crowe said. "In fact, racing led me to my eventual screenwriting career. I was involved in the sport as a kid, driving SCCA cars back in the Midwest. On graduation from college, I went to work writing for Chris Economaki at National Speed Sport News. Not because I was a writer, really – but more because of my love for race cars. The problem was, I couldn't type. And no one at the paper could read my hand-scrawled race reports. So, to make a long story short, Chris bought me typing lessons, I typed a screenplay and sold it Hollywood – then spent a forty year career there.

When I heard about the F1000 Pro Series I couldn't resist re-involving myself in the sport. So I'm back where it all started – only this time manufacturing race cars instead of driving them. Better for an old man!"

Tapacat Racers is comprised of three primary members, Crowe; former national champion FSAE designer and engineer Bobby Alley of Bakersfield, CA.; and chief fabricator Maxwell Sullivan Crowe, also of Los Angeles.

Their Tapacat F1000 entry is currently being readied for its unveiling sometime in early spring.

The F1000 Pro Series sponsored by Goodyear Racing Tires, Williams Racing Development and George Dean Racing Engines, along with partner sponsors Jongbloed Racing Wheels, Elisabeth Jackson Motorsports Artwork & Designs, and Geartronics is based on purpose-built high-performance Formula 1000 race cars and Formula 2000 converted race cars powered by 1000cc motorcycle engines, with top speeds in excess of 150 MPH. The F1000 Pro Series consists of 10 SCCA sanctioned National championship races at five venues over the course of the 2011 season.

For further information, please visit http://www.f1000proseries.com

or email firmanwestcars@gmail.com

F1000 Pro Series Announces Sponsors and Schedule for 2011

Jan 21, 2011 - The F1000 Pro Series announces that Goodyear Racing Tires, Williams Racing Development, and George Dean Racing Engines will be title sponsors of the 2011 F1000 Pro Series.

The F1000 Pro Series is pleased to announce the return of Goodyear Racing Tires for a second season as well as welcome new title sponsors Williams Racing Development and George Dean Engines to the F1000 Pro Series. Goodyear Racing Tires is a provider of high-performance tires for all types of racing applications. Williams Racing Development (WRD), specializes in transmission servicing and other racing services. WRD supplies driveline components from several manufacturers; Hewland, Tilton, GKN and Joe Gibbs Driven. George Dean Racing Engines provides performance services principally for motorcycle engines used in four wheel racing applications.

The series would also like to welcome back Jongbloed Racing Wheels as a partner sponsor alongside our new partnering sponsors Elisabeth Jackson Motorsports Artwork & Designs, and Geartronics.

The F1000 Pro Series cars are purpose-built high-performance Formula 1000 race cars and Formula 2000 converted race cars powered by 1000cc motorcycle engines, with top speeds in excess of 150 MPH. The F1000 Pro Series consists of 10 SCCA sanctioned National championship races at five venues over the course of the 2011 season. Racers will compete for championship points based on in-class finishing positions, with a separate start lineup at all SCCA national events where the series will compete.

The F1000 Pro Series which is currently supported by nine F1000 manufacturers, is planning several new upgrades for 2011 including improved press media which will include expanded series press coverage with additional news outlets, increased photography, webcasts of race events, extensive race reporting, an enchanced website, and on-line videos of all series events. In addition, series marketing and media kits will be provided to all registered competitors.

New series changes include that all series entry fees for drivers will be waived for 2011. Drivers can register at no cost and be fully eligible for all prizes and contingency awards presented by the series.

Providing technical advisement for the F1000 Pro-Series for a second season will be George Dean of George Dean Racing Engines based out of Seattle, Washington.

The F1000 pro Series will kick off its 2011 10-race season at Thunderhill Raceway, Willows, California on March 26-27, 2011 with the season finale at Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, Utah on August 6-7, 2011.

For further information, please visit http://www.f1000proseries.com or email firmanwestcars@gmail.com

Nicholas Belling Wins 2010 F1000 Pro Series Championship

September 26, 2010 (Road America, Wisconsin) – The final championship round of the 2010 F1000 Championship Series sponsored by Goodyear Racing Tires and Jongbloed Racing Wheels is completed.

Final Points tally shows Nicholas Belling of Langley, British Columbia, Canada taking the the championship honors with 80 points. Second Place in the championship goes to JR Osborne of Castle Rock, Colorado with 56 points. Completing the podium in Third Place in the Championship is Lucian Pancea of Bellevue, Washington with 49 points.

Stohr Cars Win 2010 F1000 Pro Series Constructors Trophy

Stohr Cars of Portland, Oregon took First Place honors in the 2010 F1000 Pro Series Constructors Trophy sponsored by Goodyear Racing Tires and Jongbloed Racing Wheels with a point total of 139 points. Second Place in the Constructors Trophy went to Ralph Firman Racing, Norfolk, England, with 110 points. Collecting Third Place in the F1000 Pro Series Constructors trophy was to Phoenix Cars of Phoenix, Arizona.

The F1000 Pro Series congratulates all its championship competitors.

JR Osbourne Goes 2 for 2 at Portland Raceway

JULY 4, 2010 (Portland, Or) – JR Osbourne in his Stohr swept the series winning both events at Portland in the 2010 F1000 Pro Series sponsored by Goodyear Racing Tires and Jongbloed Racing Wheels.

Kyle Oberdorf in a Stohr finished second with Dave Palmer making it a podium sweep for Stohr as the manufacturer took all three of the top positions.

JR Osbourne takes Victory in Round 13 at Portland Raceway

July 3, 2010 (Portland, Or) – JR Osboune took first place honors in round 13 of the 2010 F1000 Pro Series sponsored by Goodyear Racing Tires and Jongbloed Racing Wheels. Dave Palmer finished second with Russ Werner in a Phoenix rounding out the podium in third.

Belling Best the Field in Round 12 at Pacific Raceway

May 31, 2010 (Seattle, Wa) – Nicholas Belling showed his mastery in the rain to take victory during round 12 of the 2010 F1000 Pro Series sponsored by Goodyear Racing Tires and Jongbloed Racing Wheels.

Belling dominated the wet qualifying session in his Firman RFR-010 to take pole at a time of 1:28.56, followed closely by Lucian Pancea in his Stohr at 1:28.80. Third on the grid went to David Palmer with a best time of 1:33.87, following him in fourth was Taylor Archer at 1:44.12. Kyle Oberndolf started at the back after having all his qualifying times disallowed with a sound violation.

With the rain falling steadily the race started under wet conditions. As the field came around after lap one the order was Pancea, Oberndorf, Palmer, Belling, and Archer. Belling having fallen down the field after a mis-step in turn three which allowed both Pancea and Oberndorf to get by. He continued to fall back on next lap finishing about fifteen car lengths back from the nose-to-tail duo of Pancea and Oberndorf up front.

On lap four while entering the tricky downhill turn three Pancea lost control under braking and ended up high sided in the dirt on the outside of the turn. The car was deemed to be in too dangerous a location for the safety crew to attend to it which caused the race to be black flagged.

After the car of Pancea was removed the race was restarted with Oberndorf leading Belling, Palmer and Archer. As the F1000 field jockeyed around the other formula type cars in the SCCA group Belling got hung up by slower traffic which allowed Oberndolf to blast off into the lead.

After finally getting around the slower cars Belling took off after Oberndorf, slowly reeling him in which each passing lap. On lap thirteen entering turn 9 Belling made his move, passing Oberndorf for the lead. Belling continue to extend his lead out during the remaining laps to take the win with Oberndorf second. Palmer took third with Archer finishing in forth. Pancea, who managed to take the restart after his car was removed from the dirt in turn three finished last a lap down.

Lucian Pancea Splashes to Victory at Pacific Raceways in Round 11

May 30, 2010 (Seattle, Wa) -Lucian Pancea steered his Stohr F1000 to victory in Round 11 of the 2010 F1000 Pro Series sponsored by Goodyear Racing Tires and Jongbloed Racing Wheels.

The morning qualifying session run on a dry track saw Kyle Oberndorf in his Stohr take pole position with a 1:20.66. Lining up along him was Lucian Pancea in a second Stohr clocking a time of 1:21.08. Nicholas Belling qualified his Firman RFR-010 third with a time of 1:21.39 followed by Taylor Archer 1:22.23 and Dave Palmer 1:22.65.

As the race started under threatening skies lead the field on the first lap with Pancea some four car lengths back, Belling a further five cars lengths behind Pancea followed by Archer and Palmer. Just before half distance the skies finally opened up and the race quickly turned wet. The track remained wet for the remainder of the 20 lap event even after the rain had stopped a couple of laps after it had started.

Pancea immediately took advantage of the wet conditions to pass Oberndorf for the lead making a wide pass through turn eight. As he exited the corner he had already built up a three car lead on Oberndorf. Belling a ways back in third spun in the wet conditions exiting turn eight but managed to resume and managed even to mount a late race challenge to Oberndorf in second before the flag finally decended on his challenge.

Taylor Archer in his first ever F1000 race finished in fourth followed by David Palmer in his Stohr finishing fifth.

Lucian Pancea Wins at Portland Raceway in Round 9

May 30, 2010 (Seattle, Wa) -Lucian Pancea took victory in his Stohr in Round 9 of the 2010 F1000 Pro Series sponsored by Goodyear Racing Tires and Jongbloed Racing Wheels.

Kyle Oberndolf finished second followed by JR Osbourne third and Rod Rice in fourth. The Firman team of Nicholas and Mark Belling were forced to withdraw from the event as a result of mechanical issues during qualifying and did not start the race.

No FB cars started the second feature race (round 10).

Belling's Go 1-2, 1-2, at Buttonwillow

The father and son duo of Mark and Nicholas Belling took turns winning in Round 7 and 8 of the F1000 Pro Series at Buttonwillow Raceway, California

Under blazing skies and warm tempertures which were to prevail throughout the weekend, the Saturday morning qualifying saw the Firman of Nicholas Belling set new FB qualifying track record of 1.45.167 on the Buttonwillow 25, CCW Course. Second in qualifying was Mark Belling in his Firman setting a time of 1.51.594. Gary Hickman in the Edge Engineering entry was an early weekend casualty having suffered a blown engine on Friday and was unable to return due to nagging clutch issues.

Because of the light FB turnout the split start was waved with the FB cars taking their place within the main group of competitors with Nicholas Belling starting 3rd overall and Mark Belling starting 17th overall.

The race ran uneventfully for most of the duration of the 16 lap event until about 2/3's distance when Nicholas Belling was forced to pit with a faulty ECU which left Mark Belling to take the victory. Nicholas Belling went on to finish 2nd and set a new FB race record of 1.46.497.

Sunday's qualifying and race was a near repeat of Saturday's only with the roles reversed in the race as Nicholas Belling took the FB honors. The race was largely uneventful until near the end of the event when it was forced to finish under safety car for an accident amougst the Sports 2000 field.

JR Osborne "Spins and Wins" in Round 6 of the 2010 F1000 Pro Series

JR Osborne repeated his performance from Saturday to win Round 6 of the 2010 F1000 Pro Series at Thunderhill Raceway, California.

Sunday's morning qualifying session saw overcast clouds and cool temperatures. The 20 minute session was plagued by two black flag stoppages that saw many cars in the national group struggle to get heat into their tires. As a result nearly all the drivers had diifficulty getting a clean lap in what was a very brief qualifying session.

Gary Hickman failed to complete a lap in qualifying as he suffered from clutch issues while Nicholas Woodman was forced to start at the back due to sound violation.

Round 6 race  Results (name, chassis, fast lap)

1	JR Osborne	Stohr	1:42.986
2	Phil De La O	Phoenix	1:43.452
3	Russ Werner	Phoenix	1:47.333
4	Nicholas Woodman	Stohr	1:45.968
5	Lucian Pancea	Stohr	1:51.386
6	Nicholas Belling	Firman	1:43.232
7	Gary Hickman	Edge	1:48.433
8	David Palmer	Stohr	1:51.301

Round 6 Podium: 2nd Place Phil De La O, accepting the manufacturer's Award for Stohr, 1st place JR Osborne, 3rd Place Werner

Osborne leads Belling and De La O

JR Osborne Wins Round Five in the F1000 Pro Series at Thunderhill

JR Osborne raced his Stohr FB/F1000 car to victory in Saturday's Round Five of the 2010 F1000 Pro Series. Osborne led throughout the 16 lap event, besting a field of eight cars comprising four different F1000 manufacturers. Nicholas Belling in the Firman took second, with Nicholas Woodman in a Stohr completing the podium in third place.

The race began as the FB field took the green flag in a split start approximately 30 seconds behind the main field of national competitors. But it wasn't long before the leading FB cars caught up to the back half of the main field and began to wind their way through the slower cars.

Belling and Woodman battled for second with Belling running wide into the first corner allowing Woodman to slot into second. On lap two at the notorious turn five Crow's Nest corner Woodman duplicated what Belling did in turn one, went wide, which allowed Belling to get alongside and eventually take second place several corners later. By this time Osborne leading from the start had stretched out a nearly eight second lead. Belling then set off after Osborne eventually reducing the gap to less than a second, where they ran nearly nose to tail for several laps before Osborne was able to use traffic to extend out his lead again.

As Osborne took the flag, Belling was faltering from fuel starvation and evenually ran out of fuel on the front straight just before the finish line, coasting over with the engine completely dead to collect second. Woodman, who was unable to match the speed of the two leaders, ran a lonely third for much of the race. Hickman in the Edge began the race in fourth but suffered from a slow deflating tire which caused him to begin to drop back through the field as others including Delao, Palmer, and Werner improved their positions.

One mid field battle worth watching was the Gary Hickman, Russ Werner dice for sixth. It came to a head as the two came up to lap a couple of back markers on the front straight. With the four cars tightly bunched together and each closely dicing for racing room Hickman was suddenly forced to check up giving Werner a shot at a tight inside line leading into the first corner which allowed him to take the position.

Phil De La O drove a steadily improving race in the Phoenix to finish fourth, with Palmer moving up to fifth and the troubled car of Pancea rounding out the field.

After the race at tech inspection several of the cars came under close examination from the stewards including that of race winner Osborne. After some tense moments the car was deemed legal and the race result stood. Unfortunately for Hickman, he ran foul of the sound restrictions. On the second to last lap his car was deemed to have been over the sound decibel level and was assessed a two lap penalty which dropped him to eighth place.

1	JR Osborne	2009 Stohr	1:41.074
2	Nicholas Belling	2010 Firman	1:41.483
3	Nicholas Woodman	2007 Stohr	1:42.765
4	Gary Hickman	2010 Edge	1:45.243
5	Lucian Pancea	2010 Stohr	1:47.008
6	David Palmer	2007 Stohr	1:48.675
7	Russ Werner	2009 Phoenix	1:48.806
8	Phil De La O	2009 Phoenix	No Time

Race Results
1	JR Osborne
2	Nicholas Belling
3	Nicholas Woodman
4	Phil De La O
5	David Palmer
6	Russ Werner
7	Luciano Pancea
8	Gary Hickman

Race Times (fastest laps)
Nicholas Belling	1:42.730
JR Osborne	1:43.222
Nicholas Woodman	1:43.920
Phil De La O	1:44.797
Gary Hickman	1:46.319
Russ Werner	1:46.587
David Palmer	1:46.989
Lucian Pancea	1:47.509

JR Osborne leads the field away at the green flag.

Osborne and Belling dice for the lead

Round 5 Podium:

2nd Place Belling, Wayne Felch of Stohr accepting the Manufacturer's Award

Race winner JR Osborne, and 3rd Place Nicholas Woodman.

Belling Takes Fourth Round Victory at Willow Springs Raceway

Willow Springs, California (February 28, 2010) – Nicholas Belling of Canada drove his Firman West Cars prepared Firman RFR-010 FB to victory in Sunday's Round 4 of the F1000 Pro Series at Willow Springs Raceway, California.

Belling started the race on pole position and led throughout the event clocking the fastest race lap at 1:17.499. Gary Hickman of Alpine, California finished second in his Edge Engineering FB car with a best time of 1:18.744.

Both cars ran near the front of the combined class 27 car field in an incident free race along the 2.5 mile track.

The series continues on to it's next event at Thunderhill Park on March 20-21.

The F1000 Pro Series current point standings after Round 4

Driver's Championship:

Phil De La O 24 pts

Nicholas Belling 24 pts
Gary Hickman 18 pts

Manufacturer's Cup

Phoenix 24 pts

Firman 24 pts
Edge Engineering 18 pts

Second place Gary Hickman, Edge (left) and race winner Nicholas Belling (right)

 

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