FX Needs an Adjustment
#31385 from Larry Mason · No action required · Minutes (2021-12 Fastrack)
Thank you for your letter. The Club Racing Board appreciates your comments. F1000 competitors were not told to increase their
participation numbers or be reclassified into Formula Atlantic. Rather, they were notified in the January 2019 Fastrack that
F1000 would be discontinued as a separate class effective 1/1/2020 in connection with the incorporation of F1000 cars into
Formula Atlantic – similar to the notice that Formula Mazda was being discontinued as a separate class in connection with the
incorporation of FM cars into Formula X. Please see the response to letter #25823 in the January 2019 Fastrack. As with F1000,
FM's low participation numbers were posted on the SCCA website and provided a full year's notice of the need to improve the
class's participation level in accordance with GCR section 9.1.13.A. Please see the response to letter #28047 in the February 2020
Fastrack.
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Formula X is intended to provide a place for cars that do not participate in sufficient numbers to populate their own class, and
FM cars are an integral part of the class. During the 2021 U.S. Majors season, FM cars accounted for approximately 60% of the
entries in FX. With FM's participation, FX was able to achieve an average of 4.0 cars per event during the 2021 season. The FX
rules do not guarantee parity among the various types of cars classified in FX. GCR section 9.1.1.J.A expressly states: "It is
recognized at the inception that parity among the various cars that are eligible, or which may be classed, may not exist or be
achieved by reasonable means." Entrants are free to organize an unofficial championship for FM competitors within the FX class
or to otherwise recognize FM competitors' performance in FX. Please see the response to letter #28050 in the February 2020
Fastrack.