Jacer Racing Cars

Jacer Racing Cars design build and support a range of open wheeler chassis including Formula Vee

Jason Alan Cutts Engineered and Raced

The Jacer Formula Vee was born in 1995. Jason Cutts aged 19, decided to design and build a Formula Vee that encompased all the performance qualities of existing Vees, however the biggest goal was to make it look like a Formula Ford and be extra safe.

The “Cutts” was first concepted in early 1994, construction went from August 1994 to August 1995. Although Jason studied Telecommunications, he studied and topped Engineering Science at school, along with Metalwork. In fact, Jason’s first braze weld was done on the original chassis, and he took to Nickel Bronze welding like a duck to water. Originally, the name would be ” Cutts” , however, Jason wanted the car to have his name in its identity, so as not to confuse a chassis he built with one his brother David would build.

The original car was named Cutts – Jacer, a combination of Jason and Racer, and also standing for the above acronym. However, all other cars were named Jacer, and a chassis identity described its year of manufacture and chassis number, for example, 98-8 is a Jacer constructed in 1998, and being the 8th Jacer ever built. In 2000, the naming changed to being the category initial and the year of manufacture, eg, V2k, with the chassis number only appearing on the chassis plate. The change was introduced as Jacer was preparing to enter Formula Ford as a manufacturer, until Ford announced changes, and the project was halted.

The Cutts – Jacer debuted in October 1995, at Eastern Creek . It qualified last after teething problems, however qualifying was actually the cars first ever run on a circuit. By the feature race, the Jacer had won, and so began a successful history for the marque.