The 2013 Formula F season continued to build
momentum through May and June, highlighted by a “triple-header” Pacific F1600
Championship Series race weekend at Auto Club Speedway near Los Angeles;
preparations for the annual June Sprints SCCA Majors weekend at Road America in
Wisconsin; and a wet weekend of close racing at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut
for the F1600 Formula F Championship Series.
Two
More Victories Boost Herta in Pacific F1600 Championship
In California, the Pacific F1600 Championship
continued with a triple-header weekend at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana,
California. Colton Herta was the big
winner, with the son of former IndyCar and ALMS driver Bryan Herta taking the
first two of the three rounds to extend his lead in the championship.
But Joey Bickers posted his second Formula F win of
the season in the third race of the weekend to hang tough in the season-long
championship battle, now second with 214 points to 245 for Herta.
Herta and Bickers both drive Mygale Hondas for PR1
Motorsports, but continue to race each other hard and close as each seeks his
first auto racing championship. They
also face strong competition from the Lynx Racing Spectrum Hondas of Alex Keys
and Andrew Evans and all four “young guns” raced at the front throughout the
Auto Club weekend. Alex Kirby and his Fast Forward Components
prepped Piper DF5 also made their first appearance at Fontana, and expect to
compete in the remaining championship events.
The Pacific Formula F
Super Series next returns to Buttonwillow Raceway for a July 27-28 doubleheader
weekend. More information on the series
is available at www.pacificF2000.com.
SCCA
Majors Head to Road America
New for 2013, the U.S. Majors Tour provides a means
for the best SCCA club racers from across the country to compete at classic
race tracks including Sebring, Watkins Glen, the Circuit of the Americas and
the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
Divided into four geographic conferences – East,
North, Mid-States and West – the Majors have gotten off to an encouraging
start, with large fields and close racing throughout the 11 events held so
far. Lewis Cooper III currently leads
the Eastern Conference with the highest Formula F points total nationwide,
scoring 111 points to-date with a near-perfect record of five race wins and a
second out of six starts.
A traditional highlight of the summer racing
season, the June Sprints at the historic Road America circuit in Wisconsin is
now part of the Majors program. More
than 20 Formula Fs are expected at the 2013 Sprints, including reigning
national champion Tim Kautz in his Piper-Honda, Majors race-winner Steve
Bamford in a Mygale-Honda, and the Van Diemen-Honda of local favorite Jeff
Bartz.
Eidson
Vaults to Top of F1600 Formula F Championship Series
Back in the eastern U.S., after six rounds of the
12-race F1600 Formula F Championship Series, Cape Motorsports’ Jake Eidson has
vaulted to the top of the driver’s championship with three consecutive
victories and 249 points, including the second race at Road Atlanta and a pair
of wet-weather wins at Lime Rock Park May 24-25 in his Cape Motorsports
Spectrum Honda.
Aaron Telitz has combined one win at Road Atlanta
with a series of podium results to run second in the championship in his Wisko
Racing Mygale Honda, with 234 points.
Also in a Mygale Honda, Adrian Starrantino swept the opening weekend at
Virginia International Raceway, and lies third in the championship with 230
points.
Next on the schedule for the Eastern U.S.-based
Formula F series is the first of two double-header weekends at the Mid-Ohio
Sports Car Course, July 26-28.
Additional information on the F1600 Formula F Championship Series can be
found at http://www.f1600series.com/.
Video
Webcasts Promote Formula F Competition
Produced by Mathisen Media with the support of
Honda Performance Development, the first in a series of webcasts has debuted on
Honda Racing/HPD TV – YouTube, and can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ_bg_Xm31Q&feature=share&list=UUdrPIcwSMJ0SKCmsnCEO1jQ.
The video series provides American Formula F race
highlights, coupled with testimonials from Honda-powered IndyCar drivers
touting the virtues of Formula F competition and the lessons learned from Formula
F racing earlier in their careers.
The
first “F1600 In Focus” webcast featured race in-car footage from the opening F1600
Formula F Championship Series weekend at Virginia International Raceway, Pacific Formula F1600 Series action from Thunderhill
Raceway, SCCA Majors competition from Circuit of the Americas; and, an interview with Indy
500 champion Scott Dixon, who recalled his time winning the FF championship in
his native New Zealand.
Formula
F Action Continues in Canada
A large, 36-car Formula F field arrived in Montreal
for the June 7-9 Canadian Grand Prix weekend, the premier event of the
Quebec-based Formula Tour 1600 Championship Series. Twenty-one-year-old Thomas McGregor swept
both races in his Exclusive Autosport Spectrum Honda, with his 17-year-old
American teammate, Jack Mitchell, finishing second each day.
In the Ontario, Canada-based Toyo Tires F1600
Championship Series, Zach Robichon has coupled podium finishes at the
season-opening races at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park with a sweep of the DAC
Trillium Trophy races at Shannonville Motorsports Park to take a commanding
championship lead in his BRG Grote Racing Piper Honda. After four rounds, Robinson
holds a large, 356-240 points lead over his BGR Grote teammate, Jason
Bedasse. Veteran Shane Jantzi lies
third, with 236 points.
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