Friday, December 30, 2016

F100 2017 Important Safety and Tech Reminders

Here are a few important reminders for the 2017 season:

1) Driver's age ranges for classes are as follows; Cadet is 8 to 12, Junior is 12 to 15, Senior is 15+, Masters is 30+ or drivers over 200 lbs and Grand Masters is 50+.*(PLEASE SEE NOTE BELOW)
2) 
Driver's age is determined by the driver's actual age on December 31st, 2017.*

3) Double nutting weight/ballast bolts is legal. Safety wire and one single locknut is also allowed. PLEASE SEE BELOW for more information on ballast.
4) Helmet mounted cameras are NOT ALLOWED in 2017 for safety reasons (our insurance does not allow it). Please mount your on-board camera somewhere on your kart, such as the front fairing.


NOTE* This age rule means that if the driver turns 13 in 2017 they are too old to race in any FC class. If a driver turns 16 in 2017 they are too old to race in any FJ class. If a driver turns 30 in 2017 they are eligible to race in the Masters class. Please note, that F100 has some flexibility depending on the circumstances and situation, but these are general rules that will apply in most situations. For those wishing to move up or stay in a class, waivers are possible but not guaranteed. Please contact F100 for more information.


F100 would like to remind racers of the requirements for mounting weight/ballast onto your kart:

All weights must be white (painted, coated or white tape). They must be securely fastened to the kart with at least one lock nut and lock-wire/cotter or they can be secured using two lock nuts. All weight ballast over 7 lbs. must be secured to the kart with 2 (two) bolts.  The bolts must be 5/16" or larger. (8mm bolts are legal.)  All bolts must have either cotter pins, safety wire or use two locknuts to secure the weight to the chassis.


F100 would also like to remind parents to please bring proper documents for their minor racer, including proof of age to the first race of the season that the minor racer participates in.


For racers choosing to utilize the Spec Pump Gas option, please purchase your fuel the morning of the race from the appropriate spec gas station for the track:


http://www.f100karters.com/rules-3

If you have any questions please email F100 at formula100kartingseries@gmail.com.

Monday, December 26, 2016

F100 TaG Masters Class Survey and F206 LO206 Tire Survey

Thank you for all your responses to our surveys. We greatly appreciate your feedback. Your input is helping to shape our rules for the 2017 season. 

F100 is improving our class structure for 2017. We are taking away some of our less populated classes (i.e. FK125 Senior, FK125 Masters, FJ2, FC2), and adding classes that racers have requested (e.g. FK1 Grand Masters, which will run on track and intermixed with FK1 Masters but will have separate trophies and a separate points championship).

To go along with the few changes we are making to improve our class structure, F100 would like to gather input on adding the following class to our class roster:

FK125 TaG Masters Survey (for ages 30+)
This class will potentially replace our FK125 classes from 2016, which were not well attended. We wish to provide a place for racers who are using restricted 125cc engines in our Level 2 classes to move up to, and for racers who have decided to purchase a TaG engine to race with F100. Please see the survey below for more information and to show your interest:



F206 LO206 Tire Survey
F206 is also gathering input on our 2017 tire rule for the LO206 Senior class. With tire rules taking shape locally for the LO206 classes with other organizations, F100 would like to get feedback from F206 racers in regards to the F206 spec tire rule:



Thank you for your participation!

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

F100 Surveys - F100 Spec Race Fuel, F100 FK1 Minimum Weight, F206 LO206 Minimum Weight

F100 has developed a few surveys to inform our 2017 plans, and we would love to hear your thoughts! Please check out the surveys below:

Spec Race Fuel for Level 1 classes (please note, spec pump gas will still be a legal option, updated station list coming soon)

FK1 Minimum Weight

LO206 Minimum Weight


Also, if you have not already done so and you would like to, please participate in our other surveys:

F100 2016 End of Year Survey:

F100 Class Structure Survey:


We greatly appreciate your participation and support!

Sunday, December 11, 2016

Formula 100, Formula 206 and SKC - 2016 Season Recap and End of Year Survey

The fifth season of The Formula 100 Karting Series and our flagship travel series, F100 SoCal, has come to a close. F100 would like to thank all of our loyal racers for their participation and their support! F100 hosted 145 unique racers during the 2016 season, more than in any of our four previous seasons, and we consistently fielded grids of 20 or more racers in our FK2 Senior, FK1 Senior and FK1 Masters classes. 

In fact, our FK2 Senior class, which often serves as a first step into the sport for many racers, hosted 49 unique racers in 2016! And not only does F100 continue to bring new racers into the sport, but we also host some of the most competitive racing on the West Coast! Our FK1 Senior class, our most competitive Senior aged class, hosted 37 unique racers, many of whom are regular podium contenders at some of the biggest races in the US! We are very proud of the continued growth and development of our racers and our series! Year after year we continue to host some of the most competitive, most accessible and most affordable racing anywhere!

In order to help put the finishing touches on our plans for 2017, F100 has created a few surveys. Both surveys are relatively short and should only take a few minutes to complete. Your participation and your answers to these surveys are very valuable to F100, and we hope that you will take part. Please see below for links to the specific surveys:

F100 2016 End of Year Survey:

F100 Class Structure Survey:


Thank you so much for your continuing support! Tell your friends and bring your race team to F100 in 2017! We will be in touch soon with more information in regards to the 2017 season. Until then, thank you again for another amazing season of F100 racing!

Happy Holidays and as always, see you at the track!

Saturday, December 10, 2016

F100 SoCal 2016 Rd #8 Race Recap

The fifth season of The Formula 100 Karting Series has come to an end, and what a great season it was! F100 SoCal Round #8, held on Sunday, November 27th, at Grange Motor Circuit, was the first rain race F100 has ever hosted, and the weather, although challenging, provided the ingredients for a fun-filled day of F100 competition and proved to be a great ending to another excellent season! 

The battles were close all day at Round #8, with several first time winners, and several racers sealing 2016 F100 SoCal Season Championships! The light rain showers throughout the mid-morning mixed up the fields during qualifying and heat races and provided some very close and exciting racing! 

Thank you to all of our loyal racers who spent part of their Thanksgiving break with us and congratulations to all the podium finishers as well as those who secured an F100 Season Championship!

Results, photos and updated points standings are now available.

Updated points standings are now available. Barring any corrections due to unintentional error, these are the final points standings for the 2016 season for F100, F206 and SKC. Please see the following links:

Please note, if there are any mistakes in the points standings they are unintentional. We apologize for any misspellings and/or any calculation errors. If you believe a mistake has been made, please contact F100 to discuss.

Congratulations to our 2016 F100 SoCal Season Champions!

FC1 - Logan Meyer
FC1 Comer - Hayden Huelsman
FK1 Senior - Michael Milesi
FK1 Masters - John Shepherd
SKC - Robby Heck Jr


Results from the event are available at the following link:


Photos from the event are available at the following links:



Thank you so much for your continuing support! Tell your friends and bring your race team to F100, F206 and SKC in 2017! We will be in touch soon with more information in regards to the 2017 season and 2016 season awards. Until then, thank you again for another amazing season of F100 racing!