Word: formula
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...though, Medenica is slogging it out at the bottom of the road racing ladder, driving his Formula Ford in amateur races sponsored by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA). Up against dozens of other drivers who spend each weekend with visions of Watkins Glen and Monte Carlo dancing through their heads, he hopes to pick up enough racing savvy to make it worth the slow and expensive climb towards the road racer's ultimate dream--driving a Formula One in Grand Prix competition...
...Formula Ford is a streamlined fiberglass beast, housing a 100-horsepower Ford Cortina engine inside a 13-foot-long frame. Capable of averaging speeds of over 90 mph, it is built to withstand the sharp turns and hills that distinguish the road racing course from the banked ovals of the stock-car loop...
Another is the addition to his team of Dave Aronson, a freshman who spent last summer work with the late Formula One driver Mark Donohue. Along with two of Medenica's classmates--Fred Boyd and Chris Yerkes--Aronson rounds out what is probably the only all-Harvard pit crew in the SCCA...
This serious approach reflects the high cost of the sport. "The surest way to make a small fortune in road racing is to start out with a large one," Aronson maintains, and the figures bear him out. A good Formula Ford will run about $8000, and a driver will have to spend at least that much during the seven-month season for maintenance, travel costs and entry fees...
...crowding brouhaha increased in intensity last week as a group of Mather students produced statistics in support of their previously unsubstantiated claim that the University's crowding formula is biased against Mather...