SIMON PAGENAUD NEW SiF ASK A PRO; MAX CRAWFORD’S NEW PARTNERSHIP; SoCal HAPPENINGS THIS MONTH

Newly crowned IndyCar champion Simon Pagenaud is the latest online driving instructor for SAFEisFAST.com.

The French driver races for Team Penske and scored five victories and seven pole positions on his way to his first IndyCar title earlier this year. Pagenaud entered the series in 2011 and has raced for four teams, winning the Rookie of the Year title in 2012.

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Pagenaud is a former Champ Car Atlantic title winner and has experience racing in various championships including Formula Renault, the Champ Car World Series, and American Le Mans, which he won with the Highcroft Racing LMP1 squad in 2010.
 
 

Skip Barber Contest Winner

Congratulations to Devin McCaffrey on winning the Skip Barber Racing School competition, with a prize of a three-day course worth over $5,000 at the world-renowned racing academy.

He answered three questions correctly to go in the hat for this amazing prize and will now participate on the Skip Barber course at a track of his choosing. An SCCA Novice Competition License is available at the end of the three days.

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 MAX CRAWFORD AND COMPANY JOIN ONROAK AUTOMOTIVE

Autosport reports that Crawford Motorsport, builder of the U.S. Formula 4 chassis, has been acquired by Ligier constructor Onroak Automotive to be its North American operations arm with Max Crawford as general manager.

161031max-crawfordThe Crawford facility in Denver, N.C., will become the service base for Ligier LMP2, P3 and Group CN racecars on this side of the pond.

Onroak, with shops at Circuit de Nevers Magny Cours in central France, is part of Evergreen, formerly JN Holding, which includes French constructor Mygale, the OAK Racing team, engine builder Sodemo and Italian-based carbon specialist HP Composites, plus Lotus and Morgan distributor Marcassus Sport.

Evergreen president and Onroak founder Jacques Nicolet said: “Since 2014, we’ve been looking for the right place, but mostly the right people, to base our activity in the USA.

“Onroak Automotive will pursue the development of the existing Crawford F4 program in the USA and will establish its sales and support services for its range of prototypes for the North American market.”

Crawford Composites, separate from the motorsports division, provides products for the motorsports, military, automotive, manufacturing, aerospace and, yes, the music industries.

 

NOVEMBER EVENTS FOR SoCal AREA VISITORS AND MEMBERS

Friday, November 4th7 pm – Petersen Museum in the Bruce Meyer Family Gallery – “Racing Through the Forest – The History of the 1950 – 1956 Pebble Beach Road Races” will be shown.  This documentary was filmed over a three-year period and includes 50 interviews of legendary names in road racing.  The film has been produced by renowned racecar driver Rick Knoop and filmmaker Dean Kirkland.
 
Saturday, November 12th10 am to 2 pm – Parnelli Jones  will be signing his new book:  “The TransAm-Era” at AutoBooks in Burbank.  His earlier books will be available for purchase as well.
 
Saturday, November 26th – 10 am to 2 pm – Linda Vaughn will be at AutoBooks to sign her new autobiography.
 
Autobooks is located at 2900 W. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA 91505.  For more information contact Tina at (818) 845-0707.

 

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