As 2024 comes to a close, it’s a great time to reflect on the year. It was a special racing season. Mateo’s second year racing cars and specifically Formula F/F1600 gave him an opportunity to build on what he learned in year 1. From the first Hoosier Super Tour race at Sebring, it was clearContinue reading “2024 in Review”
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SCCA Runoffs 2024 Formula F
Mateo’s final race of 2024 was back to Road America for the SCCA Runoffs. It was his first time at the event which is known for being a long one. Mateo did “Runoffs-lite” by forgoing the 3 days of practice and even the first of 3 days of qualifying. Had he started qualifying on DayContinue reading “SCCA Runoffs 2024 Formula F”
Summit Point – FRP
Summit Point was a race weekend that made you appreciate how special the season really was and thankful that the championship was wrapped up even before the first race of the weekend. It was a weekend to celebrate a job well done by Mateo and Team Pelfrey all season long. Mateo started Race 1 inContinue reading “Summit Point – FRP”
FRP Pittsburg
Perfect! What a weekend. Round 4 on the FRP schedule marked the midpoint of the season and a return to the track Mateo scored his first win last year. This would be the third FRP race weekend at Pitt for Mateo and his experience showed. It was a weekend sweep with Mateo being fastest inContinue reading “FRP Pittsburg”
Road Atlanta Part 1
The second race weekend of 2024 is the first of two trips to Road Atlanta in March. The SCCA Hoosier Super Tour event is a great opportunity to shake off the off-season and get some seat time before the opening weekend of the FRP series. As usual, the March weather in Atlanta was all overContinue reading “Road Atlanta Part 1”
2023 SCCA Hoosier Super Tour
I received official notification this week that confirmed I am the Hoosier Super Tour Champion for the FF class! Ironically, going into the season, we had no idea that this was even something I would be in the running for. When looking at the season, 3 races on the SCCA calendar stood out. Sebring wasContinue reading “2023 SCCA Hoosier Super Tour”
FRP at Mid-Ohio
My first visit to the iconic MidOhio Sports Car Course was a cold, wet experience. The weather was pretty miserable and changed constantly. We started with a practice day Friday that was completely wet, no dry laps to be had. Not the best way to learn a new track. Fortunately for me, Team Pelfrey hasContinue reading “FRP at Mid-Ohio”
Road Atlanta, Part 2
Two weeks after the SCCA Hoosier Super Tour event, MNR returned to Road Atlanta for the biggest car racing event Mateo has been involved in. Not only was there a pack field of 32 F1600s on the track, but the Formula Race Promotions races shared the track with the TransAm series and Sportscar Vintage RacingContinue reading “Road Atlanta, Part 2”
2022 Recap
2022 was a transition year for Mateo. After having obtained a SCCA competition license in 2021, this year was used to determine what kind of cars and what team Mateo would race with in 2023. While working through that process, Mateo continued working on his racecraft in karting. MNR’s Florida Winter Tour included WKA’s KartWeekContinue reading “2022 Recap”
SCCA Super Tour – Sebring
In December, the first stop of our Florida tour was at Sebring for the Lucas Oil Scholarship shootout. At the time there were no plans to return to Sebring anytime in the near future. But while there, an opportunity arose for Mateo to get his first chance to race cars. The Lucas Oil Racing SchoolContinue reading “SCCA Super Tour – Sebring”