Curtis Farley is a former racing driver and SCCA National Championship Runoffs winner.
Farley first qualified for the SCCA National Championship Runoffs in 1978 in the Formula Vee class. After three attempts in Formula Vee, Farley graduated into Formula Continental in 1980. Farley won the SCCA Midwest Division National championship Formula Continental class in a Zink Z14. [1] At the Runoffs Farley raced an Argo JM2 Volkswagen, former Formula Super Vee, car. Farley passed polesitter Phil Rosette to win his only Runoffs national championship. [2]
After years in Formula Vee and Formula Ford without major success, Farley focused on Formula Ford 2000 and SCCA Formula Continental. The US did not have a national F2000 series until 1990. He therefore competed in the national Canadian Formula 2000 Championship in 1985. His best result was a tenth place at the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres. Other talents, such as Cor Euser and Claude Bourbonnais, also competed in the race. [3]
Farley also made a short stint in Formula Atlantic. He made six starts in 1987, 1988 and 1989 in the SCCA and ECAR Formula Atlantic championships. His best result was at the 1988 Grand Prix of Montreal finishing in third. [4]
In Formula Continental Farley again won the SCCA Midwest Division National in 1988. Racing with USAC Farley made his debut in the inaugural FF2000 Championship series at Firebird International Raceway winning the race. In 1991 Farley raced the full season in the USAC FF2000 Championship winning at Laguna Seca and scoring another three podium finishes. Farley finished fourth in the season standings, behind Greg Tracy, Randy McDaniel and champion Craig Taylor. [5]
After his active racing career Farley was an engine builder for Formula Vee and various Ford powered racing series. [6]
Year | Track | Car | Engine | Class | Finish | Start | Status |
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1978 | Road Atlanta | Lynx B | Volkswagen | Formula Vee | 16 | 28 | Running |
1979 | Road Atlanta | Lynx B | Volkswagen | Formula Vee | 9 | 19 | Running |
1980 | Road Atlanta | Argo JM2 | Volkswagen | Formula Continental | 1 | 2 | Running |
1981 | Road Atlanta | Citation-Zink | Volkswagen | Formula Vee | 2 | 5 | Running |
1983 | Road Atlanta | Citation-Zink Z16 | Ford | Formula Ford | 27 | 14 | Not running |
1984 | Road Atlanta | Reynard 84F | Ford | Formula Ford | 28 | 12 | Running |
1987 | Road Atlanta | Swift SE3 | Ford | Formula Continental | 10 | 6 | Running |
1988 | Road Atlanta | Swift SE3 | Ford | Formula Continental | 2 | 2 | Running |
1991 | Road Atlanta | Citation | Ford | Formula Continental | 26 | 17 | Not running |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pos | Points |
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1990 | WSR1 | MMR | WSR2 | CAJ | WSR3 | SON1 | FIR 1 | SON2 | PIR | ? | ? | |
1991 | TOP1 13 | SON 2 | MMR1 5 | TOP2 2 | LS1 1 | MMR2 4 | WSR 3 | LS3 20 | LS3 5 | 4th | ? |
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos | Points |
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1992 | SON | MMR | IRP | LV 6 | WSR1 4 | TOP 17 | PIR | WSR2 | ? | ? |
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