{"id":5220,"date":"2019-11-01T17:53:03","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T17:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teamusascholarship.org\/?p=5220"},"modified":"2019-11-01T17:55:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T17:55:15","slug":"more-formula-ford-action-in-store-for-huffaker-green-at-the-walter-hayes-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/teamusascholarship.org\/?p=5220","title":{"rendered":"More Formula Ford Action in Store for Huffaker, Green at the Walter Hayes Trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Green (left) and Huffaker try to mimic Senna’s style.<\/p><\/div>\n

SILVERSTONE, England<\/strong> \u2013 A memorable Team USA Scholarship experience is drawing toward a close for Scott Huffaker and Josh Green \u2013 but they still have plenty of excitement ahead. The pair of young Americans have spent another busy week in England, firstly with visits to both the McLaren Technology Center (left) and WSR, which recently clinched another British Touring Car Championship crown, and for the last two days at Silverstone, the \u201cHome of British Motor Racing,\u201d in preparation for this weekend\u2019s 19th Annual Walter Hayes Trophy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last week has been awesome,\u201d said Green, 16, from Mount Kisco, N.Y. \u201cVisiting McLaren was sort of jaw dropping. It is this giant metal island in the middle of nowhere. Everyone was very welcoming and it was just a really cool experience to see so many cars I\u2019ve have watched my whole life. I mean, (Ayrton) Senna being mine and most racing car driver\u2019s idol, it was insane to be in the presence of all these incredible cars.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWest Surrey Racing was a bit smaller but equally as interesting,\u201d added Huffaker, 19, from Menlo Park, Calif. \u201cIt was especially cool as they had just won the British Touring Car Championship, which we watched on television the previous weekend. Dick Bennetts is such an interesting character with his huge wealth of knowledge about the sport. We learned a ton.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Testing at Silverstone has been productive.<\/p><\/div>\n

Green and Huffaker returned to action on Wednesday with the same pair of Cliff Dempsey Racing Formula Ford Ray cars with which they finished in the top 10 at last weekend\u2019s Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch. Testing has gone well, with both drivers displaying strong pace in a variety of different conditions. The first two days were run in primarily dry conditions, while today\u2019s pair of sessions were both held on a wet track.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pace is definitely there and the pace today in the wet has been really, really good,\u201d said Green. \u201cWe\u2019re ready to get at it in qualifying tomorrow. For the weekend ahead, the goal is to obviously finish as high as we can. You always want a trophy. I am just excited to race this track no matter what the conditions; it looks like it is going to be a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was my first experience at Silverstone, a legendary track,\u201d said Huffaker. \u201cI was a little emotional the first few laps because you see it on television, you race it on the games and then to do it in person is really cool with all the history.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing into the race, I am actually really excited. I might be more excited for this one than the Festival mainly because I have heard the racing is insane. The first two days of practice were dry. We had very good pace, I would say up there with the fastest guys within a tenth or two. I am very confident about that and the same here in the wet. It looks like it is going to be wet (tomorrow) but I don\u2019t think it matters wet or dry. We\u2019ve been fast in both.\u201d<\/p>\n

The entry of more than 100 Formula Ford cars have been split into four Heat races for which qualifying will be held tomorrow (Saturday) morning. Huffaker\u2019s #22 car has been drawn in Heat Two, with qualifying at 9:20 a.m. and the eight-lap race set to start at 12:40 p.m. Green, driving #21 in Heat Four, will qualify at 10:00 a.m. and race at 1:40 p.m. The field will be whittled down further via a pair of Semi-Final races on Sunday before the top 38 drivers will make it through to the 15-lap Grand Final at 3:10 p.m. local time on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Live timing \u2013 as well as commentary from Ian Titchmarsh, Paul Truswell and Alistair Douglas \u2013 will be available at https:\/\/www.tsl-timing.com\/event\/194456<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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