THE MAN DEDICATED TO FORMULA VEES
Oct 05, 2021
3 minutes
BY SHIN WATANABE
PHOTOGRAPH BY VOLKSWAGEN AG, SHIN WATANABE
DAYTONA SPEEDWAY AUGUST, 1963
Since its inception during the early 1960s, Formula Vee racing has been one of the most competitive and affordable forms of open-wheel racing anywhere in the world. A group of independent VW dealers developed it. Thanks to air-cooled VW parts being still widely available today, the series has stayed mostly unchanged since the ’60s, relying on engines, transmissions, and suspension components found on 1963 Beetles, wrapped in a basic steel-tube frame and a fiberglass body.
The Formula Vee league
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