The FORZA Tifosi Challenge is a racing series for Historic Ferrari Challenge Cars. It is the revival of true gentlemen’s racing. It is a throwback to the beginning of sports car racing by successful, well-schooled, well dressed, and often titled amateur sportsmen. The series revives the era when sports actually involved sportsmanship, and the rules of motor racing were like an unspoken knight’s code. Race hard but race clean. Salute the man who overtakes you. Console the driver you overtake. To hit another car was a dishonor. The series is for wealthy gentlemen racers who value the preservation of these historic machines as much as pure competition.
The FORZA Tifosi Challenge is a partnership between Challenge Club Racing (CCR and FORZA, "The Magazine About Ferrari."). CCR, began in 2009, now has over 100 competition Ferrari owners on its roster and now exists as the largest group of Ferrari Racing Privateers in the world. By 2013, the organization has organized, promoted and sanctioned over 43 Ferrari Challenge races. The races act as the main events of high profile exotic car festivals, and as professional support races such as the 12 hours of Sebring, and in 2014 visits legendary racing tracks in North America including Daytona, Sebring, Watkins Glen, Road America and America's F1 venue, the Circuit of Americas.
The lineup of owner/drivers is a virtual who's who of successful American businessmen. The roster includes entrepreneurs, CEOs, and executives from diverse sectors including commercial & residential real estate development, oil & gas, retail automotive, private equity, banking, wholesale distribution, and extremely successful doctors and lawyers. The majority have incomes exceeding $1m per year, and a net worth exceeding $5 million dollars, 10% have a net worth exceeding $50M. The series is a social one, and as such the group has a unique camaraderie, most are close personal friends. The purchasing power, networks, and contacts of this elite group are seldom found in such a concentrated network. The series runs as a not for profit entity. There are no promoter fees 100% of the sponsor money is designed to increase the experience and value for the racers. Accordingly, each entrant is both welcoming and appreciative of sponsor involvement. Sponsors are granted unique and personal access the membership and are encouraged to network during the event weekends. Each weekend provides a near captive audience of the American business elite.
Each Ferrari entered into the series has a uniformed sponsor package, which means that each member carries each sponsor's graphic on their historic Ferrari. If a sponsor is accepted by the series, they are placed, not on one Ferrari, but on every Ferraris in the series.
From 2014-2015 FORZA, The Magazine of Ferrari, one of the most respected publications of the Ferrari brand. After a front cover story announcing the series, each FORZA magazine for the next two years, will dedicate four pages to the series, profiling the races, the drivers, the socials and sponsors. FORZA magazine has over 10,000 subscribers and is circulated in major news stands and Barnes and Nobles across the US. FORZA subscribers are a high net worth demographic, majority of which have a household income of over $250,000. The organization is also followed by over 14,000 fans on Facebook. With "The Magazine About Ferrari," the 2014 FORZA Tifosi Challenge will be one of the most highly visible and elite series in the Nation.
There are a limited number of sponsorship positions available for 2014. The following positions are available on a first come first serve basis:
