Greg Rice brought Steve Bamford to VIR on April 19th, 2011 for the first Formula Racing Promotions event. Bamford also ran at the 1st Watkins Glen event that year, and Rice drove Bamford's car in the final Glen event in that inaugural season. For the next 11 years RiceRace brought over 100 entries to FRP events, with ten Rice race drivers winning races overall. Those drivers were Steve Bamford, Braiden Eves, Colin Mullan, Simon Sikes, Jackson Lee, Trey Burke, Elliott Budzinski, Thomas Schrage, Ely Navarro, and Ayrton Houk. Sikes and Schrage won F1600 Championships in 2020 and 2022 respectively. Sikes won SCCA Championships in FF and FC. Bamford won several Masters Championships. Eves, Mullan, Sikes, Lee, Budzinski, Schrage, and Houk all won Team USA Scholarships, as did another RiceRace driver Andre Castro. RiceRace drivers Alex Scaler and Jason Pribyl were Team USA Scholarship nominees. It has been a very successful 12 years for the team which had crew members Carlos Rodrigues, Andrew Spencer, Chris Livengood, Alan Oppel, and Dillon Axarlis behind the pit wall for many of those events. Hoosier Tire and Quicksilver Race Engines were also there for the duration. Greg Rice thanks all these people for this success story, as well as the dozens of other people that were involved through these times!
RiceRace is looking for drivers to represent the team when they load into the Road Atlanta paddock for the first races of the 2024 F1600 Championship. It will be the 13th season for the FRP series but also the RiceRace F1600 team. The schedules is as follows:
2024 Formula Race Promotions Schedule
March 21-24 - Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta with Trans Am and SVRA
April 26-28 - Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course with SVRA
May 24-27 - Lime Rock Park with Trans Am and SVRA
June 7-9 - Pittsburgh International Race Complex with SVRA
June 28-30 - Road America with Trans-Am and IGT
July 25-28 - New Jersey Motorsports Park with F4 and FR
August 16-18 - Summit Point Motorsports Park with SVRA
Drivers who would like to find out more about driving with RiceRace in 2024 can contact Greg Rice at RiceRacePrep@gmail.com. The team also has their Sikes/Schrage championship winning car for sale if teams are looking to join the series and run their own operation.
