I have wanted to get into formula racing since I had finished karting. but there does not seem to be a full scca-backed formula racing league in the west coast. can anyone think of any formula racing in california?
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Willow Springs: you should find quite a few SCCA events run here with all the usual Formula classes accounted for (from Vee and Ford all the way up to Atlantic). You’ll also probably find the occasional event at Fontana.
Moving further North would be Button Willow. After that it is either tracks in Northern CA (Laguna Seca, Thunderhill, Infineon) or over to Spring Mountain in Nevada. All tracks regularly host SCCA and NASA race weekends. Some Formula series are somewhat poorly represented, though the more popular ones will often have large fields.
If you have an SCCA membership, most of the ones at Willow Springs and Fontanta will probably be listed in your local region’s newsletter (maybe Button Willow too). The webpages for the other regions as well as those of the individual tracks will normally have complete schedules as well.
As the friction is being reduced, the speed of the travelling object increases. However, why is friction important in formula one racing?
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Depends on what friction you are referring to.
Aero friction is important because it determines how well the car slips through the air, as well as how well it plants itself to the ground (generally trading one for the other, although you can actually achieve both to a limited extent with aero devices that work only in the laminar layer of flow; but most of the effect one way or the other comes from wings and devices that work in the turbulent layer).
Friction in the engine and driveline are key to how well they operate. Less friction will mean less parasitic loss of power and less heat, which will improve performance. And though less heat will mean better reliability, often times it becomes a balance between the two as some methods of protection will increase resistance (if not actually friction).
Friction is also the key to mechanical grip on the cars. The tires are the only part of the car in contact with the racing surface, and thus they are often the key limiting factor on all performance. Tires obtain their grip through friction. With zero friction here, the car would be unable to propel itself forwar (or brake or turn or anything else).
How do these three forces: Drag, Lift and Downforce. Affect a formula one racing car?
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drag is the wind resistance (force) that acts against the car as it is moving forward. Less drag means higher speeds, more drag means lower speeds.
Lift and downforce are the exact same things, but acting in opposite directions. On a race car downforce is good because it is a force created through aerodynamics that pushes that car in a vertical direction towards the race track. This allows the car to have more traction, its having the positive effects of adding weight to the car (creates traction), without the negative effects of actually adding the extra mass.
Lift is just the opposite. Its the vertical force acting on the car, again created by aerodynamics, that is trying to lift the car off the ground. This is an incredibly negative effect not only for traction, but for safety.
Remember that downforce is good, but drag is a byproduct of downforce which is bad. The idea in racing is to balance your drag and downforce levels to be the most efficient given drivers driving style, area of the track (corner, straight away), speed, and a myriad of other factors.
Lift needs to be taken out of the car as much as possible. The drivers life usually depends on it.
I would like to become a driver in some field of motor sports. In the US, circle track racing is prominent, but I would prefer something closer to rally or formula racing. I am a talented driver and I’ve done very well in amateur events. How do I progress from a hobbyist and into the professional circuit, and more importantly, at 25 years old, am I too old to try?
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i dont know a ton about rally racing and such but i race on the oval professionally and it takes basically the same techniques to make it. you are going to have to stand out in some way and get noticed. talk to everyone that you can in the racing world to get your name out. work hard and strive to be the best. i had to go talk to alot of teams before anyone ever let me do a test drive. now i race every weekend in my NASCAR Whelen Late Model. Im only 15 but your still young enough. it might be harder for you because of that but if your good enough you should have a chance.
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I noticed that the Speed channel blacks out Formula 1 races. The races have been marginalised for several years now, and I cant stand TSN’s rendition of the races which are delayed and shortened to cater to TSN’s scheduling. I like Speed channel’s broadcast much better. It seems F1 is still not popular here in Canada!
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Oh poor you!!! And at the start of a season which stacks up as being ‘interesting’!! If F1 isn’t popular over there (it was when I lived there!) they still manage to fill the stands in Montreal don’t they!!!
