Many weekend racers prefer never to leave Formula Vee once they have started, and there are members that have been racing Vee’s for over 10 years. Some of the younger or more serious racers progress to Formula Ford, or Formula 3, and some end up with a professional V8 drive. Cameron McConville, Larry Perkins, John Bowe, and Jason Bargwanna all progressed through Formula Vee, and more recently, 2002 Australian Formula 3 Champion and European Formula 3 participant James Manderson was the Victorian Formula Vee Champion in 1999.