The Doorway to Formula Vee Racing in the USA
US Formula Vee is based on the 1963 Volkswagen Beetle. The 1200 cc engine, 4 speed transmission, link pin front suspension, drum brakes and steel wheels are stock, modified stock or or equivalent parts. The chassis is a tube frame design …
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Chassis Setup Tools. Formula Vee Logo's and Patches. Quixote Racing. The Samba (used parts)
While Formula Vee is about as inexpensive as you can get, no wheel to wheel racing is cheap. So here is some information that will help you see how realistic it is for your wallet.
History - Formula Vee
The transmission is a VW Type 1 four-speed gearbox along with a set of VW ratios. The body is fiberglass and the chassis is a tube frame. The chassis are known for their low-cost and easy repair and high structural integrity, allowing most drivers to walk away from accidents.
Governors for approval: "Rules for Formula Vee require a steel tubular frame providing chassis rigidity with no significant rigidity or strength derived from other means. Mono-coque, semi-monocoque, or stressed skin structure frames are not legal." By the time the Governors met, addi-
*Ineligible — doesn't have a Vee yet. springs in each of the six (not nine) spring ... piece of luck with Formula Vee is that the It is unfortunate, perhaps, that the "175-pound driver" has been used as an example a number VW sedan clutch is just about perfect for a ... for more chassis rigidity? Steel reinforcing in the nose section? A nerf ...
Media - Formula Vee
These images curteously provided by Brandall depict Vintage Formula Vees in action. “ This is Bill Griffith here driving George Curl IV's Zink at Hallett. I just like the composition and the feeling of speed as he is braking into the final turn."
chassis and decided that it was legal. The formal report had not yet been completed when this information was obtained, but it will contain the following conclusions: 1. The rule specifies only that the car ... charge of "increasing costs in Formula Vee" had no validity. It was easily demon- (Continued page 4) PAGE 2
ation' Formula Yee cars with larger engines and fewer restrictions. When they come, he says, small-car racing will be a new ball game." IMSA has one race scheduled, at the new Talladega (Alabama) track, for Nov. 8 and 9. There are to be 150-mile "sprints" for Vees and Fords, and 500 miles for Sedans. Other races are promised before then ...
Two of the cars use long bolts to drop Budapest put on the first Formula Vee race \..,.._. the tie rod attachment and the third uses stock mountings. All three cars had rela- held behind the Iron Curtain.