Curtis Farley

Curtis Farley is a former racing driver and SCCA National Championship Runoffs winner.

Racing career 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. 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.

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.

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.

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.

After his active racing career Farley was an engine builder for Formula Vee and various Ford powered racing series.

Motorsports results Year Track Car Engine Class Finish Start Status 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

American Open-Wheel racing results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

USAC FF2000 Championship results Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pos Points 1990 WSR1 MMR WSR2 CAJ WSR3 SON1 FIR1 SON2 PIR ? ? 1991 TOP113 SON2 MMR15 TOP22 LS11 MMR24 WSR3 LS320 LS35 4th ?

USAC FF2000 Western Division Championship Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos Points 1992 SON MMR IRP LV6 WSR14 TOP17 PIR WSR2 ? ?