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Welcome to Viking Racing LLC |
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Viking Racing, LLC was founded in 2008. With the founders' Scandinavian roots and heritage back to the Vikings, the name was given. Viking Racing is a team that operates out of Silicon Valley, CA and is competing in both karting and formula car racing. Common for both race series is that they are spec series, which is an exciting and very competitive form of racing where the Karts/Cars are almost identical and driver skills prevail. The foundation of the team is to provide a cost-efficient, yet valuable, package for our sponsors, a fun experience for our guests and sustainable good results on the race track.
The team is very much about technology. Racing is about leading edge technology. The team operates out of Silicon Valley - the heart of technology, the drivers are tech-industry executives and the team sponsors are typically leading technology companies as well.
- 2009 was our first season and was a learning year where we participated in the Norcal Rotax Masters class. The goal was to get consistent finishes and a championship finish within top 8. We exceeded this goal by far by finishing 4th overall in the championship, 4 podium finishes in 9 races with one win, one second and two third places.
- In 2010 we expanded the local Norcal Rotax racing to also participate in the Gatorz Challenge Of The Americas and finally participate in the US National Rotax Championship in Newcastle, Indiana. 2010 was very successful winning the NorCal Rotax Masters Championship, 2010 Driver Of The Year Award, 3rd place in the United States National Rotax Masters Points Championship and multiple podiums in other classes/series.
- In 2011 we expanded to not only race the 2-speed shifter Rotax DD2 125ccm to also race Pro Formula Mazda race cars. 2011 was a strong year with Rotax DD2 Masters US National Points Championship, NorCal DD2 Masters Vice Champion, 4th place in the 2011 US Grand Nationals in Utah and an overall 5th place in the Formula Car Challenge Championship in our rookie season.
- For 2012 the goal is to win the Formula Car Challenge, presented by Goodyear as well as to finish top 3 in the Molecule 125cc stock Honda S4 shifter Karting Championship
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The Formula Car Challenge presented by Goodyear is a regionalized open wheel racing series with an annual national championship. There are multiple regions across the country, and each region has unique features and events.
Once a year the regions meet for the NASA National Championships. The championship features a multi-class format -Formula Mazda (FM), Pro Formula Mazda (PFM), and the FormulaSPEED2.0 (FS2.0). All classes are powered by Mazda, and equipped with Goodyear Racing tires.
Each region is supported by a Region Promoter who is well versed in racing, and who can provide assistance to teams and independant drivers. The Formula Car Challenge is also supported by Goodyear Racing, and Mazdaspeed Motorsports Development. |
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News
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Race Report for Viking Racing, Formula Car Challenge - Race 1/2. March 9/10, 2012 |
March 10/11th was the date for season opener double header race weekend in the Formula Car Challenge. Unfortunately our preparation towards the new season has been really bad as we spent virtually all our time on fighting engine and car problems meaning I had not had one single lap at Infineon Raceway since our race in November last year. |
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Andre Eriksen wins 2011 US Rotax Max Challenge National Point Championship |
The USRMC National Point Standings ranks drivers from all the local and regional Rotax Max Challenge Series across the country using a weighted point system that increases based on event participation.
The purpose of the USRMC National Point Standings is to highlight those drivers who excel on the season as a whole, not including the USRMC Grand Nationals. Drivers who are properly licensed USRMC drivers are including in the standings for all seven categories, each counting their best six (6) results on the year toward the final standings. |
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Race Report for Viking Racing, Formula Car Challenge - Race 7/8. August 27/28th, 2011 (Indy GP Weekend) |
August 27/28th was the weekend of the annual Indy Car Grand Prix at Infineon Raceway. As the Formula Car Challenge was a featured event both days, it also meant it was Race 7/8 for me in the Formula Car Championship. Besides us and the Indy Cars, there was also historic cars, the Star Mazda Pro Championship as well as touring cars so the paddock was full and track time limited.
As such we only had one practice session before qualifying, no warm up but just the two races. At the last race here, we were running the Indy Car configuration so I knew the track but since it was 2 months back I would have preferred some more test time to get back in to the grove.
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