Skip Barber Racing School today announced the Skip Barber 35th Anniversary TripleCrown, the first interdisciplinary race series of its kind. Each of the three Race Weekends in the Triple Crownwill utilize both the open-wheel Formula Skip Barber race cars of the Skip Barber Race Series and the MazdaMX-5 Cup car cars of the Skip Barber MAZDASPEED Challenge. The Triple Crown Champion will earn $4,500in credit toward future Skip Barber Racing School events.
“We want to do some fun things for the company’s 35th anniversary and create something that many of ourcurrent and past racers would like to participate in”, said Todd Snyder, Vice President of Competition for SkipBarber Racing School. “We’ve had runoffs before to see “who is the best” but this will be an opportunity to seewho the best is in multiple cars on three of the most famous tracks in North America. We are still working on thedetails (like celebrity drivers and instructors, etc.) but this is going to be something you don’t want to miss!”Skip Barber 35th Anniversary Triple Crown schedule
• February 12-14, Sebring International Raceway, Fla.• June 11-13, Lime Rock Park, Conn.• November 5-7, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Calif.
FormatThe Triple Crown format will match the standard regional Race Weekend format of two practice sessions onFriday, qualifying and first race on Saturday and the second race on Sunday. Friday practice will be split, withone session each in the Formula Skip Barber and MX-5 Cup race cars. Qualifying will alternate by weekend; thefirst and third weekend’s qualifying will be in the Formula Skip Barber with qualifying for the second weekend inthe Mazda MX-5 Cup race cars. The first race of the weekend will be in whichever car was used in qualifyingwith the second race to be contested in the other car.
Triple Crown Race Weekends are $4,299, which includes practice, qualifying and two races. For moreinformation please call Skip Barber Racing School at 800-221-1131 to speak with a School & Series Advisorduring business hours; Monday – Thursday, 8:30am – 7:00pm (Friday to 5:30pm) Eastern.
About Skip Barber Racing SchoolFor 35 years, Skip Barber Racing School LLC has operated a fully integrated system of racing schools, drivingschools, racing championships, corporate events and OEM events across North America. The Skip Barber RacingSchool is offered at more than 20 of the most prestigious race tracks in North America, while the Skip BarberDriving School, utilizing Mazda's performance sedans and sports cars, operates at five world-famous tracks indestination locations.
The Skip Barber Race Series is collectively six separate, arrive and drive equalized-car racing championships –the Skip Barber MAZDASPEED Challenge; two regional race series featuring race prepared Mazda MX-5 Cuprace cars, three regional open-wheel amateur series in Formula Skip Barber cars, and the first rung on the Mazdaopen-wheel ladder system; the BFGoodrich/Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda. All the series are part ofMazda's unique MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development ladder system.
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