Congrats to him, always great to see fellow LFSers kicking ass in real life. Hope to see him climbing the ranks of American open wheel in the next few years.

http://www.f1600series.com/new ... mpionship-to-koykka-.html
http://www.lfsworld.net/?win=stats&racer=Rocket47

Holy shit!! Used to be in Zoom Competition with him, both of us co-managing the team.. Ever since I left I never heard of him again.. Cool to see he's still going strong in IRL racing!

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Holy shit!! Used to be in Zoom Competition with him, both of us co-managing the team.. Ever since I left I never heard of him again.. Cool to see he's still going strong in IRL racing!

Didn't even know he was racing in real life personally. Got the news on Twitter, from an American Open Wheel junior series news account. Enormous surprise, really. The (racing) world can be small sometimes.

Was he the one who wrecked you in Formula Junior?

Next is USF2000 right?

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Was he the one who wrecked you in Formula Junior?

No, it was a team-mate of him. I think he got kicked out of the team afterwards, anyway.

Yes I remembered it was a zoom guy.

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Didn't even know he was racing in real life personally. Got the news on Twitter, from an American Open Wheel junior series news account. Enormous surprise, really. The (racing) world can be small sometimes.

Yeah he used to do some karting already back then worldwide..
E: know its finnish but basically
http://www.matiaskoykka.com/index.php?sivu=kausi2005
he started leagues in 2005

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Next is USF2000 right?

It's a bit complex, but apparently there are two parallel F2000 championships in the United States.

• USF2000, which is part of Road to Indy, with Star Mazda, Indy Lights and IndyCar.
  
• F2000 - where Wyatt Gooden is racing - which is part of a parallel ladder held by SCCA, including F1600, aswell as the re-incarnation of Formula Atlantic.
  

I suppose F2000 would be the logical step(maybe a scholarship is in place for the F1600 champion?), however, perhaps a lateral move to USF2000 could be possible, if the budget is there.

Quote from GreyBull [CHA] :

It's a bit complex, but apparently there are two parallel F2000 championships in the United States.

• USF2000, which is part of Road to Indy, with Star Mazda, Indy Lights and IndyCar.
  
• F2000 - where Wyatt Gooden is racing - which is part of a parallel ladder held by SCCA, including F1600, aswell as the re-incarnation of Formula Atlantic.
  

I suppose F2000 would be the logical step(maybe a scholarship is in place for the F1600 champion?), however, perhaps a lateral move to USF2000 could be possible, if the budget is there.

If you look at the site under the drivers section, it looks promising for him, as he is loaded with Sponsers so he seems to have the money.

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If you look at the site under the drivers section, it looks promising for him, as he is loaded with Sponsers so he seems to have the money.

I wouldn't try to read too much into that, we don't know the story behind either of those sponsorship deals.


E: My point is, look at someone like Star Mazda racer Stefan Rzadzinski. He has around 20 sponsors(IIRC) this year, all local businesses from Alberta, gathered under the "Powered by Alberta" banner. Yet he could only afford a partial season in 2012.

Nice find Grey Will have to keep an eye on him

Quote from GreyBull [CHA] :

I wouldn't try to read too much into that, we don't know the story behind either of those sponsorship deals.


E: My point is, look at someone like Star Mazda racer Stefan Rzadzinski. He has around 20 sponsors(IIRC) this year, all local businesses from Alberta, gathered under the "Powered by Alberta" banner. Yet he could only afford a partial season in 2012.

I wouldn't call Oakley a local business though.

Either way does anyone have a way of contacting him, it would awesome to see another racer post their progress here.

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Either way does anyone have a way of contacting him, it would awesome to see another racer post their progress here.

There's his "fan club" Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MatiasKoykka

Interview on eFormulaCarNews: http://eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=11907

Matias says he's hoping to drive in USF2000 in 2013 if he can gather the budget.

LFS should build marketing strategy on these drivers when the S3 is released.

Guys, it's basically the same series in regards to F2000 / USF2000 with only a few minor differences. F2000 is the international league and is usually Ford / Van Diemen cars. USF2000 is the North American league which has Ford & Mazda cars.

You can qualify to drive in any series just by completing an SCCA / USAC certified training course like I had to do to get my SCCA license, by paying the SCCA registration fees, and by paying the race entry fees yourself or by a sponsor. At the F1600 level of racing, it's only $10,000 to $15,000 per season. The training to get into that series is anywhere from $3,000 to upwards of $10,000 depending on which school you go to.

Congrats to Matias on taking the championship! Maybe one day he and I will battle on the track!

I mistook the Formula Mitsubishi for the F1600! ugh sorry... anyhow here's a race clip with Matias @ Mid Ohio and an image of him @ Virginia Raceway. lol

F1600 Championships / Mid Ohio

Looks like an americanized version of formula ford.

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Guys, it's basically the same series in regards to F2000 / USF2000 with only a few minor differences. F2000 is the international league and is usually Ford / Van Diemen cars. USF2000 is the North American league which has Ford & Mazda cars.

You can qualify to drive in any series just by completing an SCCA / USAC certified training course like I had to do to get my SCCA license, by paying the SCCA registration fees, and by paying the race entry fees yourself or by a sponsor. At the F1600 level of racing, it's only $10,000 to $15,000 per season. The training to get into that series is anywhere from $3,000 to upwards of $10,000 depending on which school you go to.

Congrats to Matias on taking the championship! Maybe one day he and I will battle on the track!

Practicing on public roads / Cliffside

Practice session in the Formula 2000 / Infineon