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About Us
Texas Autosports was formed in 1997 by Tim and Sandy Magrath to exclusively
promote Formula Mazda. Recognizing the need for a competitive, fast, economical, low
maintenance race car in the Southwest, Texas Autosports jumped at the opportunity
to become the Southwest dealer for Formula Mazda. In September 2002, Star Race
Cars (manufacturer for FM) debuted its new 2004 model Pro Formula Mazda. The
Pro FM is several steps above the earlier version ("Standard FM"). Now, Texas Autosports
can service two markets those that want to go fast and those that want to go REAL
fast. For both FMs, Texas Autosports offers sales, service, extensive parts inventory,
track side assistance, "Arrive and Drive" packages, rental packages, data acquisition
analysis, transport, testing, and a local racing series.
The Standard FM can be run in the Southwest Formula Mazda Series and
the club racing circuit. The Pro FM can be run in the Star Mazda Series North
American Championship which is partnered with the American
Le Mans Series. The Pro FM can also be run in the Club Racing circuit.
For more detailed information on both cars, go to the pages indicated
on the navigation bar to the left.
Photos from Championship Trophy Presentation
(see story at right)
Darryl Wills - Champion
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Davis Parr - Second Place
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Russ Hillenburg - 3rd Place and Rookie of the Year
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Philip Miller - 4th Place
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Frank Newman - 6th Place and Masters Champion
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David Vanhooser - 7th Place
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Roger Addison - 8th Place
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Latest News
Rounds 3 & 4 Formula Car Challenge Presented By Goodyear - Southwest
By Sandy Magrath
Rounds 3 & 4 of the Formula Car Challenge Presented by Goodyear -
Southwest were held at Texas World Speedway in College Station,
Texas March 4-7. It was an SCCA Double National.
We had 2 very fast visiting drivers (Jamie Slone from Tucson, Arizona and
Russ Lindemann from Longmont, Colorado) who graciously joined our Series and
provided our drivers with good competition and camaraderie. We would like to
thank them for coming down to play with us and would like to invite others
outside our region to do the same.
The Texas World Speedway 2.9 course is a very fast and technical race track.
Fortunately, there was a Thursday test day with lots of sessions in addition to
the Friday test day provided by SCCA.
For Saturday's race, Darryl Wills got the pole on his home track with Jamie Slone
and Russ Lindemann qualifying 2nd and 3rd. Davis Parr, Dallas Texas, showed his
knowledge of the track by passing Lindemann early on for 3rd position. However,
with only 4 laps to go, Parr missed a gear and gave up his Podium Spot to Russ
Lindemann. The real battle was for 6th between Rookie Stuart Rettie and long
time Series driver Walter Gragert making his return after a racing hiatus. Rettie
held the spot for most of the race with Gragert getting around him on Lap 12. But
Rettie didn’t give up and re-passed Gragert with 2 laps to go.
Sunday's race started even before the green flag as a light rain started to fall
about 30 minutes before race time. Some drivers showed up at the grid in Slicks,
some in Rains, and some in Rains mounted backwards. Although the rain stopped
before the end of the race, it was a little too late for those who chose Slicks.
Darryl Wills demonstrated how many years of Sprint Car racing helps with rain
driving by not only winning the FM race but also the Overall (beating FA, FB, FC,
CSR, DSR, S2000) John Hugon was the hard charger of the day moving up from 9th
to 4th on his new Goodyear Rains. Jamie Slone and Russ Lindemann finished 2nd and 3rd.
Goodyear Tire Drawings for the weekend went to Russ Hillenburg, Russ Lindemann,
Jamie Slone, and Davis Parr. There were 11 FM's participating at this event.
Our next event will be an SCCA Reg/Nat to be held at Eagles Canyon in Decatur, Tx on March 26, 27, 28.
Used Standard FM for sale
If you are looking for a used Standard FM, call Texas Autosports at 817-512-4752.
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