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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
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
Formula Car Challenge Presented by Goodyear – Southwest – Hallett
By Sandy Magrath
Rounds 11 & 12 of the Formula Car Challenge presented by Goodyear – Southwest were held
at Hallett Motor Racing Circuit on July 23-24-25. We welcomed a special guest; Moses Smith
(FM Manufacturer), who is trying to visit the different FM Series around the country. Thanks
to Moses for his dedicated support!
We also welcomed two new drivers into the 2010 Series. Thanks to Darrell Mease and Phil
Brown for joining and racing with us.
We got lots of track time as we usually do at the COMMA sanctioned events at Hallett.
Friday was "open track" all day with 4 sessions on Saturday and 2 on Sunday.
One would think with only 6 FM's in attendance, there wouldn't be much excitement, but
that was far from the truth on Saturday with 4 drivers fastest race laps within a 1/2 second.
Davis Parr qualified on the pole Saturday but had to really work hard for the win with
David Vanhooser and George Jackson on his tailpipe. You could have thrown a blanket over
the Top 3 for most of the race with countless unsuccessful pass attempts. Initially, Darrell
Mease was also in the mix until a spin on Lap 3. Parr won with Vanhooser in a very close 2nd
and Jackson 3rd.
Parr got the pole again on Sunday with Jackson qualifying 2nd and Vanhooser in 3rd. Parr
pulled out into a comfortable lead with Jackson, Vanhooser, and Mease battling. Jackson spun
out on Lap 2 leaving Mease to put the pressure on Vanhooser, both racing on their home track.
On Lap 8, Mease spun out and Vanhooser finished 2nd with Mease in 3rd.
Congrats to George Jackson for getting his 1st Fastest Race Lap on Saturday.
Thanks to Connie and Scott Stephens at Hallett Motor Racing Circuit for their usual
terrific hospitality.
Our next and final Series event will be at Eagles Canyon Raceway in Decatur, Tx on
Oct 15-16-17 which is an SCCA Reg/Reg. We will have our Series Awards presentation
Saturday evening. Saturday's race will be for points and Sunday's race will be for fun!
Race/Qualifying Results and Point Standings for TWS can be found on our
Results & Points page.
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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